Volvo V70 Complaints (1999)

169 consumer complaints on file.

• #708796July 19, 1999
  ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

  THE PROBLEM IS A GRINDING/VIBRATION WHEN THE CAR GETS HOT. THE DEALER/VOLVO SAY IT IS THE VISCOUIS COUPLING. NEITHER ONE KNOW HOW TO FIX. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY HAVE AT LEAST TWO BRAND NEW CARS THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT ON THEIR LOT THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM (WONDER WHAT THEY WILL DO WITH THESE CARS?).I THINK THIS IS A VERY BIG PROBLEM. PLEASE HELP...... *AK

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• #708815July 19, 1999
  FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

  THE VEHICLE WAS DELIVERED NEW WITH A FUEL PROBLEM--A LEAK SOMEWHERE IN THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY. SINCE THEN, IT HAS 3 TIMES DEVELOPED GAS LEAKS, ONE TIME SERIOUS ENOUGH THAT GAS WAS POURING THE GAS TANK AREA (APPARENTLY A RUPTURED SEAL).

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• #708690July 16, 1999
  ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS

  ON THE HIGHWAY I WAS SIGNALLED BY ANOTHER DRIVER THAT I HAD NO BRAKE LIGHTS. I PULLED OVER TO CONFIRM AND FOUND THAT INDEED I DID NOT HAVE WORKING BRAKE LIGHTS. WHEN I GOT HOME I FOUND THAT I HAD BLOWN A FUSE FOR THE BRAKE LIGHT CIRCUIT. I REPLACED THE FUSE AND HAVE NOT HAD A PROBLEM SINCE. I REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO THE DEALER AT MY FOLLOWING SERVICE APPOINTMENT. THE SERVICE REP CONFIRMED THAT ALL 3 LIGHTS (2 MAIN & THE HIGH MOUNTED 3RD LIGHT WERE ON THE SAME FUSE. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS 1 FUSE GOING OUT WITH SEEMINGLY NO CAUSE LEAVES THE VEHICLE AND DRIVER VULNERABLE TO A REAR END ACCIDENT.*AK

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• #707574June 15, 1999
  SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE

  PLASTIC CLIP BROKE WHEN RESTRAINT USED FOR FIRST TIME. DEALERSHIP REPLACED IT.

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• #707473June 11, 1999
  SUSPENSION

  THE CAR WAS PICKED UP FROM MAJESTIC MOTORS THURSDAY 3 JUNE 1999, WITHIN 20-30 MINUTES OF DRIVING THE CAR A NOISE BEGAN WHICH SEEMED TO ORIGINATE IN THE REAR, IT PROGRESSIVELY BUILT UNTIL IT WAS EAR SHATTERING, THE CAR BEGAN TO VIBRATE FROM THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS BACK, MORE APPARENT IN THE REAR. THE DEALERSHIP WAS PHONED ON MONDAY, THE SALEMAN RETURNED MY CALL TUES, WHEN THE PROBLEMS WERE DESCRIBED TO HIM, HE INDICATED THE REAR WHEELS WERE PROBABLY OUT OF BALANCE AND THE MECHANICS MUST HAVE OVERLOOKED THE REAR WINDOW VENTS. AN APPOINTMENT WAS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY 9 JUNE 1999, A LOANER WAS SUPPLIED. I RETURNED TO PICK UP THE CAR AT 3PM, IT HAD NOT BEEN LOOKED AT, I RETURNED THE FOLLOWING AFTERNOON. I WAS INFORMED THEY COULD NOT FIND A NOISE AND/OR VIBRATION, A MECHANIC STANDING AT THE DESK OFFERED TO TAKE GO FOR A ROAD TEST. W/IN MINUTES OF EXITING THE PARKING LOT, THE NOISE BEGAN, PROGRESSIVELY ESCALATING AS WELL AS THE VIBRATION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED ME THIS WAS A COMMON COMPLAINT FROM NUMEROUS OF THEIR CUSTOMERS AND DESPITE REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO REMEDY THE SITUATIONS THEY HAD BEEN INFORMED BY VOLVO HEADQUARTERS THAT IT WAS A DESIGN/ENGINEERING FLAW AND NOT REPAIRABLE. THIS WAS REITERATED BY THE SALESMAN, TOM FROM VOLVO CUSTOMER SERVICE, MR. BILL ALPRO VICE PRESIDENT & SERVICE DEPT MANAGER, AND MS. SUSAN CAMPBELL OF VOLVO CUSTOMER SERVICE. *AK

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• #706557May 17, 1999
  SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY

  WITH A CHILD SEAT INSTALLED IN THE CENTER SEAT, THE BUCKLE FOR THE RIGHT REAR PASSENGER IS BLOCKED BY THE BASE OF THE CHILD SEAT. AN EXTENDED BUCKLE AS WAS INSTALLED IN JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES (AS REFERENCED IN YOUR ID #6I004000) IS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION.

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• #705513April 11, 1999
  STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE

  IF ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILS AND ONLY WAY TO OPEN BACK DOOR IS WITH NONEXISTING LOCK, OCCUPANTS COULD BE TRAPPED INSIDE CAR.

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• #705105March 30, 1999
  POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT

  NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

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• #836025March 22, 1999
  SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES GOING DOWNHILL THEY WOULD CLICK. SOMETIMES WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THEY WILL GRIND AND NOT STOP. OWNER HAS RAN STOP SIGNS ON 2 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE 3 TIMES, AND STILL CANT FIND THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. *AK

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