22.01.2026
First visit to Otomol Volvo. On 22 January 2026, I went to Otomol Volvo service and explained the problems in my vehicle.
During this, I was told that a code would arrive on my phone and that I needed to tell them that code. I said the message clearly said “commercial communication consent,” that I should not be forced to receive advertising SMS messages just because I came to the service center, and that I did not want to give the code. In a harsh tone, they said “no, this code is mandatory,” and “if you do not give it, we will not be able to reach you in an emergency concerning your vehicle,” and they said it had nothing to do with advertising. Because of the possibility of an urgent situation involving my vehicle, I felt compelled to give it; meanwhile the SMS expired, they sent another one, and they took the code from me.
Scope of work
1 - PERIODIC MAINTENANCE TO BE PERFORMED
2 - RIGHT MIRROR COVER LOOSE / MIRROR GLASS CONNECTION
3 - RIGHT FOG LAMP LOOSE, CHECK CONNECTION
4 - LEFT FRONT SEAT BELT SOMETIMES DOES NOT LATCH, CHECK
Service note
1 - PERIODIC MAINTENANCE COMPLETED * FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS / BRAKE DISCS REPLACED * UPPER ENGINE M...
2 - RIGHT MIRROR FITTED BACK IN PLACE / RIGHT MIRROR SIGNAL REPLACED
3 - BAKALIT FITTED BACK IN PLACE
4 - SEAT BELT SOCKETS LUBRICATED
Work items
17301 BASIC SERVICE17424 Spark plug replacement17432 Cabin air filter17433 Fuel filter replacement17435 Engine air filter17400 Service 2.0 software u...87007 Climate performance test51104 FRONT BRAKE PAD REPLACEMENT51116 Front brake discs x221807 Upper engine mount replacement21815 Left engine mount replacement51217 Brake discs/brake p...35130 Front signal bulb a...36323 Headlamp washer replacement36334 Front headlamp washer c...I005 PAINT MATERIAL AND LABOR
Spare parts
8 ENGINE OIL (0W-20)32140029 OIL FILTER (P3+P4+977751 DRAIN PLUG WASHER32290011 SPARK PLUG (P3/4/5/6) (14-32242190 GASOLINE FILTER (P3+31368022 AIR FILTER (P4) (31404958 CABIN FILTER (V40)986833 SUMP PLUG30690734L SCREENWASH ADDITIVE (1-30690735L OIL AND WASTE CLEANING30690778 GASOLINE FUEL SYSTEM31400818 FRONT BRAKE DISC (V40)30741279 BRAKE DISC BOLT32373149 FRONT BRAKE PAD (P130690762 BRAKE CALIPER GREASE (31471039 REAR BRAKE DISC (V4032373165 REAR BRAKE PAD (32222136 LEFT FRONT UPPER ENGINE MOUNT31359642 TORQUE ROD (ENGINE M...31402416 RIGHT MIRROR SIGNAL (S630659080 SENSOR (CMP) (V40) (31391757 REAR WIPER BLADE32341315 FRONT WIPER KIT31276118 HEADLAMP WASHER MOTOR39814180 HEADLAMP WASHER CAP
These were the procedures we agreed on.
24.01.2026
This was the first time in my life that I had seen this warning, and I immediately wrote to the Otomol Volvo Service WhatsApp line, the one with the Volvo logo in its profile picture and the number +90 ***** 43 06, which had occasionally contacted me before from Volvo.
“Drop by, we will look at the car,” they said.
28.01.2026
Second visit to Otomol Volvo. I went back again on 28 January 2026.
New work items52602 Brake vacuum pump s...17406 Brake fluid replacement
Spare parts31381634 BRAKE SERVO (V40)31400402 BRAKE SERVO SENSOR30690712 HYDRAULIC FLUID (500 ML)
An additional 43,302 TL was demanded for these procedures.
Even though I had never seen that warning before in this car and it appeared for the first time immediately after leaving the service center, they never accepted any responsibility for having damaged a vehicle I had delivered in sound condition; instead they said, “we did not touch the brake.” Technically that is not entirely true either. They said it was purely a matter of chance that a brake warning in a vehicle whose brakes had been problem-free for years appeared only 4 km after leaving the service center, and they laughed. I was in shock, said I could never accept that, and left.
I immediately called Volvo Türkiye Customer Services, and they too stated that they agreed with Otomol Volvo’s “chance” explanation.
Following days
Satisfaction call, promise of a callback, then being left hanging. In the following days, Otomol Volvo service called and asked whether I was satisfied with the procedures.
When I said I was not satisfied and explained the situation, I was told that I would be called back about the matter.
I waited for days and was never called. Then I called Otomol Volvo again to ask when I would be called. They said, “a new manager has arrived, things are a bit messy here, they will call you.” I waited again and again.
Meanwhile, because I wanted to consult people around me, I called Otomol Volvo and asked for the new cost estimate and the part names to be sent to me as a PDF. I was told, “it will be sent during the day.” It was not sent.
And all this time I was still waiting for the Otomol Volvo customer experience team, the same team that had called me first, to follow through on their promise that “we will call you.”
More days passed. When I called Otomol Volvo again and asked, “why have you still not called?”, I was told, “you already spoke with Volvo Türkiye, so it was deemed unnecessary to call you.” THEY HAD DECIDED AMONG THEMSELVES NOT TO CALL ME ABOUT THE CALL I HAD BEEN WAITING FOR FOR DAYS, AND DID NOT CALL ME. I HAD NEVER SAID AT THE START THAT OTOMOL VOLVO MUST CALL ME. THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE CENTER CALLED ME ON ITS OWN, SAID THEY WOULD LOOK INTO IT AND CALL ME BACK, AND THEN DID NOT. I was shocked by such an answer regarding the call I had been waiting for for days, because even a local repair shop would not show that level of disrespect; if it says it will call, it calls.
I raised my voice and said all of this was awful.
02.02.2026
Call with Elif Dutar. Days passed like this, and on 2 February 2026 Elif Dutar, an Otomol Volvo manager, called me and tried to tidy the issue up. She sent me the cost PDFs I had requested.
She too said she agreed that the warning appearing a few kilometers after the car left the service center was a matter of chance, and that there was nothing to be done.
Elif Dutar also said that complaints sent to the Swedish head office are forwarded directly to Türkiye without even being read, and that taking this matter to the Swedish head office would be a waste of effort. That too was a deliberately provoking way of speaking to a customer.
I also asked her in writing about the unlawful SMS code incident, and she CONFIRMED IN WRITING that they had obtained the consent unlawfully under the excuse of emergencies. She said:
“Under the KVKK law, if communication consent is not granted to us, we cannot reach any of our customers either in writing or verbally. For this reason, having that consent is of great importance for us as Otomol.”
This is a direct confession. Because the law is clear: “A commercial communication consent request cannot be bundled into a package under the excuse of routine workflow. Bundled consent is unlawful.”
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There was also something absurd in these conversations: Otomol’s obtaining of the SMS code through false and misleading statements, and presenting commercial communication consent as if it were an emergency contact requirement relating to the vehicle, created serious doubts in my mind regarding data security and privacy. Because of this, I tested the voice AI customer service system to see whether it would disclose information that should never be given to me, and I asked it standard data-leak test questions to understand whether it was operating safely. Elif Dutar then threatened me by implying that my conversations with the AI had been listened to within the company and that, if I continued to pursue my rights, a lawsuit could be filed against me under the pretext of a so-called cyberattack. The company first created the data-security doubt itself, then turned the customer’s test of that doubt back into threatening language. That too is a scandal in its own right.
Afterwards
Final contact with Volvo Türkiye. After that, I called Volvo Türkiye as well and asked for their comments both on this advertising-consent scandal and on their view that the fault was a matter of chance. They made statements supporting Otomol Volvo and said there was no issue.
They must have foreseen that they would not be able to bury all these scandals, because later in the conversation the customer service representative said that, after speaking with manager Serhan Özmercan, they might be able to offer a discount of a certain amount regarding the fault that emerged after the service visit. After insistence, the “favor” they offered for a problem they themselves had created was... a discount.