2007 Volvo S40 Consumer Discussions

Volvo S40 Lease Questions

Volvo S40 lease

Written by: jobualli on Oct 27, 2009 05:45 PM

Hi all! I am torn between leasing a 2010 S40 T5 AWD R-Design and an Audi A4 Premium Plus Quattro. I have a 2007 S40 T5 AWD and loved it. Here are the lease options I have negotiated so far for the car with metallic, cold weather pkg and multimedia pkg: MSRP= $34,650 Cap cost= $27,850 Months MF Resid Up Front Monthly 36 0.00237 15246 1572 497.48 39 0.00237 14553 1561 485.36 ... Read More...

Volvo S40 Audio/Entertainment Systems

Re: 2007 Volvo S40 plays MP3??? [cyberella]

Written by: subearu on May 24, 2009 10:36 AM

Sure, it is possible there is an issue with the CD player. Make sure you are closing the session on the disc as well in your burning software. Not all FM stations do song titles. At least in my area. My T5 also has the Sirius option, which I listen to 95% of the time. -Brian Read More...

Re: 2007 Volvo S40 plays MP3??? [subearu]

Written by: cyberella on May 24, 2009 09:45 AM

I just tried a disc burned at 24x. Still unreadable. I am now officially confused and wishing I had my old F150 back. What speed should I try? 8x? I know it will play copied CDs but I'm wondering if the manuals are stock and the player the car has is damaged. The other weird thing is that it doesn't update the FM song titles... at all.. If I unselect the text option, then ... Read More...

Re: 2007 Volvo S40 plays MP3??? [cyberella]

Written by: cyberella on May 24, 2009 09:35 AM

Okay, I tried all that. Nothin'. 'Disc Unreadable'. My CD burner runs at 48x speed.. my CDs say 52x. They work everywhere else. I guess this means a call to Volvo. I'm computer savvy, but apparently not Volvo savvy. Read More...

Re: 2007 Volvo S40 plays MP3??? [cyberella]

Written by: subearu on May 24, 2009 09:34 AM

Might also try burning at a slower speed (default is max of your burner). My discs were made on an XP laptop. If you have a DVD player at home, you might want to try the mp3 disc there too, many of them are able to play these as well. You can use it as another confirmation that the disc is not a coaster. I also found that CD text works when you make a regular audio (non-mp3/wma) ... Read More...

Re: 2007 Volvo S40 plays MP3??? [subearu]

Written by: cyberella on May 24, 2009 09:06 AM

Thank you very much. I have that brand discs 2 feet from me right now and both of those programmes. I used Windows Media Player on a Vista laptop for MP3s that was 'unreadable'. But I have an older version on an XP machine. Sounds goofy that if one doesn't work the other might but that's computers for ya. Also, I will try Nero. Thanks for raising my hopes! Read More...

Re: 2007 Volvo S40 plays MP3??? [cyberella]

Written by: subearu on May 24, 2009 07:45 AM

I know my '07 T5 plays wma/mp3 discs CD-R's just fine. I usually just make the disc w/o folders, but have a couple that have 2 or 3 levels of folders that work too. I made the discs in Windows Media Player as well as Nero. Verbatim CD-R media, if that matters. -Brian Read More...

2007 Volvo S40 plays MP3???

Written by: cyberella on May 24, 2009 05:40 AM

So my car manual says my single disc CD player will play MP3s as long as they are not copy protected. I have made MP3 CDs for my previous Ford pickup trucks that worked just fine, even with folders separating the music. I tried them in the Volvo and the discs are unreadable. I have some copied *.CDA songs which the car likes just fine so apparently the player prefers ... Read More...

Volvo S40

Re: S40 being phased out for S60 [s60leaser]

Written by: volvobuff on Jul 08, 2008 08:43 AM

Actually, they may well add up. I got the same pitch from one dealer when I was shopping for my S40. He had a lot of unsold S80s on his lot that he wanted to move. The current model S80 has never sold well, starting from its introduction, and Volvo has heavily subsidized this model with very aggressive leasing and purchase deals from day one. I test drove all three S80 ... Read More...

Volvo S40 Prices Paid and Buying Experience

Re: Lease Deals 2008 s40? [jb911]

Written by: jim99000 on May 12, 2008 03:06 PM

jb911, 2007? My area's 2007 S40's were gone by August of last year. I'm surprised your dealer has any left, much less 9. If a 2008, not sure on the money factor and residual but the current manufacturer-to-dealer incentives for both a lease and a buy are $1500. As of 4/1/08, Volvo greatly reduced the $5000 and $6000 lease incentives that it had been offering. Read More...