I bought a car from Kamux a year ago (in April 2023) and serious flaws keep coming.
It is a Volvo V50 from year 2007 for around 7500 euros and mileage a bit less than 300 000 km. I would say it could be a decent price for a 16-year-old Volvo. A close relative of mine has a Volvo S40 from 2007, which I used to drive occasionally until I purchased my own car, and I have a 10-year-old driving experience with it. All the main parts of my relative’s car are in good condition – there were a few expensive repairs – but just a few over the years. So I know what a well-maintained Volvo can be.

With the car from Kamux, on the other hand, I’ve been to mechanics a few times only over this year that I own it! And the price of repairs is already over 2500 euros. And more costly repairs are needed.

So, about the issues that I had to get fixed. So, I got the car in April 2023 – the weather was moderate – not too cold and not too hot – so I found out that air conditioner doesn’t work only in summer. Well, it’s an old car, some issues are expected, but later on when winter came, I found out that heating doesn’t work properly either! It was some compressor not working, accompanied by some cooling liquid leakages.

Other things that have to be fixed are serious as well. After a month of driving the engine started to rev noticeably when engine is cold. I mean, when I start the car RPMs jump up and down for the first 15-20 minutes, when yet not driving. Another thing that seems to be related – when I just start driving, and I have to stop at a red traffic light and press the brake – RPMs jump up and the car “tries” to move forward with me pressing on the brake. This “involuntary” speeding up also seem to happen when the gears are changed (although the car is automatic), but those “jumps” happen at 20-30 km/h, 40-50 km/h etc. – noticeable in the first half an hour of driving. Mechanic said that transmission has to be changed to fix this.
To fix AC, heating and leakage issues and to investigate what’s going on with RPMs jumping up I spent 2500 euros, but I must note that I contacted Kamux and they paid 500 out of that.

Another thing is that if I have to turn the steering wheel right or left abruptly, there’s a weird metallic sound for a brief moment.

I expect some repairs for an old car, but not several costly repairs within a year. This car was definitely hugely overvalued. I think I should have brought a mechanic with me to check the condition of the car more meticulously, but I expected some level of decency regarding price/condition of the car.

And one more thing, the car was sold without the spare wheel. It is usually hidden in the trunk of the car, and when I was buying the car – winter tires were piled over there, I would need to remove all of them, so I didn’t check. And I didn’t imagine that you have to ask if the car has a spare wheel included.

There are more minor things like a few bulbs being burnt and one of the headlights permanently fogging up from the inside.

To sum up, I spent a lot of money on an overpriced car and then had to spend a lot of time at a mechanics.