V40 brakes - poor braking for a minute in morning.

Recently purchased 2001 model.Very poor braking effeciency on cold startup
lasting less than 1 minute or 500 yards.Service centre changed a vacume
hose with no improvement.
Also rear left door will sometimes not open from outside but always open
from inside.

 

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,

What do you want us to do about it?

 

| Recently purchased 2001 model.Very poor braking effeciency on cold startup
| lasting less than 1 minute or 500 yards.Service centre changed a vacume
| hose with no improvement.
| Also rear left door will sometimes not open from outside but always open
| from inside.
|

How interesting.

 

don't know about the door, but a friend had a similar problem with brakes in
his Audi.... Very weak for the first few minutes, but then seemed normal.
Found out it was a vacuum leak in the hose from the brake booster to the
intake manifold... guess it took a little while for the vacuum to build up
enough to give good braking action. Suggest you have that part of the system
checked.... if they replaced a hose, that might be the area, but perhaps
they didn't do it right????

 

Check with volvo I think there is a recall about water getting into a
vacuum pump that messes with the brakes. Good luck.

 

I took my '01 S40 (85K miles) in to the dealer and they had 3 recalls on my
car - one of them was for the brake booster. They should all be done as
warranty service. I also had a software upgrade, that one cost me.