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Car Forum / Volvo Cars / February 2006How does Volvo weather leather now?
My sister owns a V70 thats about 11 years old. I've noticed in her car what I've noticed in a few Volvos--that the leather seems to crack and degrade, not aging gracefully. I am considering purchasing a 2002 to 2004 S80. Should I be concerned? Has the quality of leather improved yet? Duke > My sister owns a V70 thats about 11 years old. I've noticed in her car > what I've noticed in a few Volvos--that the leather seems to crack and > degrade, not aging gracefully. I am considering purchasing a 2002 to 2004 > S80. Should I be concerned? Has the quality of leather improved yet? I own an '01 S80. It's junk. The leather began to crack right around the 33rd month. Although the car was still under warranty at the time it never seriously occured to me to try to get it repaired at no cost to me under Volvo's warranty. I'm certain they would have told me to take a hike. The '02 may be 100% better but I doubt it. I might add that I've owned lots of cars over the years with leather upholstery. None have been this bad. Pat > My sister owns a V70 thats about 11 years old. That's quite a feat. The V70 has been available stateside since 1998 (maybe '97 in the European market). > I've noticed in her car > what I've noticed in a few Volvos--that the leather seems to crack and > degrade, not aging gracefully. I am considering purchasing a 2002 to 2004 > S80. Should I be concerned? Has the quality of leather improved yet? All leather has to be regularly conditioned. Car seats get exposed to extremes in temperature (sometimes over a short period of time - hot day turn the AC on, cold day turn the heater on). Routine conditioning keeps the leather supple, and prevents cracking. AC  SignatureIn America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from - Peter Ustinov. wrote: >>My sister owns a V70 thats about 11 years old. > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > turn the AC on, cold day turn the heater on). Routine conditioning keeps > the leather supple, and prevents cracking. "Routine conditioning"....you mean like every damned week? I bought a '90 740 for my wife recently, the black leather interior was fine. Some cracks, no tears. I conditioned it, and regularly condition it: soft, supple, should last nearly forever. People, these cars are like human relationships: you gotta put in time and effort to maintain them if you want them to last. >I bought a '90 740 for my wife recently, the black leather interior was > fine. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > People, these cars are like human relationships: you gotta put in time > and effort to maintain them if you want them to last. I have an '87 760GLE, and I can't believe how good the leather looks for the age and mileage!! IT'S great! BTW: I see many other cars with horrible leather interiors that suffer from cracking and such, often after 2-3 years of "regular" use by 165lb men/women!! I prefer harder leather, like in my 760. i have a ten year old 850, leather is very good, the older volvos have tougher leather than the new ones ie: s80 as this is very supple. as the above statement, you MUST look after it with a good leather feed liquid, should last forever. col >>I bought a '90 740 for my wife recently, the black leather interior was >> fine. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >I prefer harder leather, like in my 760. > i have a ten year old 850, leather is very good, the older volvos have > tougher leather than the new ones ie: s80 as this is very supple. as [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >>>I conditioned it, and regularly condition it: soft, supple, should last >>>nearly forever. Should but doesn't doesn't. >>>People, these cars are like human relationships: you gotta put in time >>>and effort to maintain them if you want them to last. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> >>I prefer harder leather, like in my 760. >>I bought a '90 740 for my wife recently, the black leather interior was >>fine. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > I prefer harder leather, like in my 760. Sorry, but leather is not mileage dependent. > I bought a '90 740 for my wife recently, the black leather interior was > fine. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > People, these cars are like human relationships: you gotta put in time > and effort to maintain them if you want them to last. Baloney! You don't have to slather your lover with Lexol in order to keep him or her from deteriorating. Volvo leather used to last for twenty years with ordinary, minimal upkeep. Most relationships don't last that long. Unfortunately, there are no warrantees on relationships. Unfortunately, there are no warrantees on leather interiors either. > My sister owns a V70 thats about 11 years old. I've noticed in her car > what I've noticed in a few Volvos--that the leather seems to crack and > degrade, not aging gracefully. I am considering purchasing a 2002 to 2004 > S80. Should I be concerned? Has the quality of leather improved yet? > > Duke Forget Volvo leather. Mine began to wrinkle badly after about ten months. After 2.5 years of ownership, despite slathering the drivers' seat with Lexol and every other so-called "Wonder" preparation, including leatherique, it's looking worse and worse. this is on an 03 XC70. On the other hand, my 84 two door turbo's leather is still soft, and although wrinkled, looks ten times better than my XC. Given the fact that here in Las Vegas, interior temps often exceed 200 degrees during the summer with windows closed, co-workers that own Town Cars or Crown Vic's with leather...that are older than my car and also are parked outside all the time (my car is always garaged...even at work), look better than my leather, even though one woman in my office claims that she only cleans her leather with WINDEX!!!!! Can you believe? She is the one with an optioned-out Crown Vic with the interceptor suspension that I mentioned in this group a couple of months ago. |
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