Volvo V70 Complaints

934 consumer complaints on file.

#753837October 29, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
RECURRING PROBLEM (3 TIMES AT LEAST NOW) WITH LEAKING FUEL TANK, STRONG SMELL AND NOTICEABLE LEAKS ON THE R.H.S. FUEL TANK (REAR SIDE) UNDERNEATH. A FEW LOOSE CLAMPS ON THE HOSES ON THE TOP OF THE TANK FOUND AND FIXED. PROBLEM DISAPPEARED, BUT COMES BACK WITH EVERY RE-FUELING. DEALER SUGGESTED REPAIRING IT AT THEIRS' AT MY EXPENSE AS A GENERAL CASE, NO RECALLS EXIST. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#753707October 26, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
I AM FILING THIS REPORT BECAUSE OF THE CONCERN ABOUT A POTENTIAL SAFETY PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT, HAS BEEN TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER FIVE TIMES, AND CANNOT BE RESOLVED. INTERMITTENTLY WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THERE IS A CLICKING SOUND AND A STRONG VIBRATION FEELING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN BRAKING. THIS CLICKING AND VIBRATION CONTINUES UNTIL THE CAR COMES TO A FULL STOP. DEALER STATES THAT THIS IS THE ABS AND IS NORMAL FOR THIS CAR. I DON'T KNOW IF ITS REALLY THE ABS, BUT THE PROBLEM HAPPENS AT LEAST 5-10 TIMES PER WEEK UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS WHEN THE ABS SHOULD NOT ACTIVATE. THIS IS UNNERVING FOR THE DRIVER AND MAKES US FEEL UNSAFE. THERE ARE OTHER COMPLAINTS ON YOUR WEBSITE WITH THE SAME SYMPTONS, BUT WHERE THE CAR STALLED OR THE BRAKE PEDAL LOCKED UP. I'M CONCERNED THAT MY PROBLEM WITH TURN INTO A MORE SERIOUS PROBLEM, BUT THE DEALER SAYS THAT NOTHING IS WRONG. I'VE RECENTLY FOUND OUT THAT THE BRAKE SYSTEMS AND ABS WERE REDESIGNED IN 2001 AND THIS VIBRATION AND CLICKING PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED IN THE REDESIGN. ALTHOUGH THE DEALER NOW ADMITS THERE IS A PROBLEM, THEY SAY IT CANNOT BE FIXED. AS A RESULT, I HAVE A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AND DON'T WANT TO DRIVE THIS CAR ANY LONGER. IT'S ON LEASE AND VOLVO REFUSES TO TERMINATE THE LEASE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#753602October 24, 2001
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:FLASHER UNIT
CLUTCH PROBLEM: 5 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. CLUTCH STICKS AFTER PRESSING IT IN, WHEN IT COMES BACK UP. THIS HAPPENS WHEN TEMPERATURE IS COLD. DEALER CHECKED OUT 4 TIMES, COULD NOT REPRODUCE PROBLEM. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOUND PROBLEM AT ONCE AND STATES THAT CLUTCH BEARING NEEDS LUBRICATED OTHERWISE WILL WEAR PREMATURELY. DEALER REFUSES TO DO THIS. LIGHT PROBLEM: PROBLEM EXACTLY THE SAME AS 99-00 RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID: 00V405000. YEAR 2001 SHOULD GET INCLUDED IN RECALL. DEALER "FIXED" PROBLEM ONCE BY "CLEANING THE SOCKET" PROBLEM REOCCURED. REQUIRED RECALL FIX IS TO REPLACE BULB AND SOCKET AND NOT "CLEAN SOCKET".
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#753269October 16, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, SUSPENSION
HEARD LOUD "KNOCKING" WHEN TURNING RIGHT AND LEFT, DECELERATING, AND ENTERING/EXITING PARKING LOTS. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP THREE TIMES AND TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG. IT WAS SIMPLY A VERY HEAVY CAR AND MIGHT MAKE THAT NOISE IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES. PROBLEM WORSENED. TOOK TO INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND HE FOUND BROKEN MOTOR MOUNTS WHICH LEFT ENGINE SITTING ON TOP OF STEERING COLUMN. HE STATED IT WAS A DESIGN FLAW THAT HAS NOW DAMAGED THE STEERING AND POSSIBLY ALIGNMENT, SUSPENSION, ETC. ALSO NOTED THAT PLACEMENT OF ENGINE ON TOP OF STEERING COLUMN WILL PROBABLY CAUSE THE MOTOR MOUNTS TO BREAK AGAIN WITHIN SIX MONTHS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752919October 4, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TREAD SEPARATION ON 4 TIRES. *AK (TIRESIZE: P205/65R15)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752931October 4, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9004884October 1, 2001
STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK
AFTER MAKING A NUMEROUS OF RIGHT TURNS THE STEERING WHEEL LOST ALL POWER ASSIST, HAD TO GO STRAIGHT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO TURN, REPLACE STEERING RACK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#896450September 18, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN VEHICLE IT STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. INDICATOR LIGHTS FLASHED ACROSS DASH, AND VEHICLE STALLED. CONTACTED DEALER ,AND COULDN'T FIND CAUSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752278September 17, 2001
SUSPENSION:REAR
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752156September 13, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES TRAVEL TO WITHIN 1 INCH OF FLOOR AND ARE TOO NEAR ACCELERATOR. POSSIBLE TO SIMULTANEOUSLY ACCELERATE AND BRAKE AT SAME TIME WITH A SIZE 11/2 SHOE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562707August 27, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DURING BRAKING, THE ABS SEEMS TO RANDOMLY START FUNCTIONING ON ITS OWN, AS IT WOULD DURING A PANIC STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL PULSEIN UNISON WITH A MODERATE TAPPING SOUND EMANATING FROM BELOW THE REAR SEAT, THE BRAKES DO NOT PULSE PHYSICALLY, ONLY THE PEDAL PULSE AND THE TAPPING OCCURS, THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM AND CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS A NORMAL FUNCTION OF THE ABS, HOWEVER THE SERVICE MANAGER AGREED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND THAT VOLVO WAS AWARE OF IT IN A SMALL NUMBER OF OTHER VEHICLES.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750706August 18, 2001
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
A DRIVETRAIN VIBRATION COMMON TO THE VOLVO XC AWD WORE THROUGH THE HEAT SHIELD AND WAS WEARING THROUGH THE PLASTIC GAS TANK. WHILE INVESTIGATING THE VIBRATION, THEY FOUND THE VISCOUS COUPLING HOUSING HAD WORN THROUGH THE SHIELD AND TANK AND REPLACED THE TANK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749935August 6, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
ABS ANF TRACKING SYSTEM OFF WARNING LIGHTS COME ON. SOMETIMES AT STARTUP, WHILE DRIVING OR BRAKING. DEALER HAS SERVICED SYSTEM WITH NEW SENSORS AND RESETTING COMPUTER WITH NO SUCCESS ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THEY SAY IT ISN'T IMPORTANT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#891066June 25, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A MINOR COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, FRONT OF VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, MELTING THE WIRES IN ENGINE AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. AFTER INSPECTION OF VEHICLE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT FIRE STARTED IN TURN SIGNAL LIGHT. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#747000June 18, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
IF PEDAL BRAKE WAS NOT APPLIED, CAR WOULD HAVE ROLLED FORWARD ON HILL EVEN THOUGH TRANSMISSION WAS IN REVERSE GEAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890367June 14, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, TIRES
UNDER NORMAL BRAKING CONDITIONS PEDAL INTERMITTENTLY FEELS BOUNCY AND VIBRATES. SOMETIMES THERE IS ALSO A BUMPING NOISE. THIS HAPPENS ONLY WHEN COMING TO A STOP, NEVER UNDER EMERGENCY BRAKING. BRAKING DISTANCE IS NORMAL. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER 5 TIMES, REPLACED HYDROLIC UNIT/CONTROL MODULE/FRONT BRAKE PADS, AND ALL TIRES. DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. DEALER STATED IT WAS NORMAL FOR THIS VEHICLE TO REACT THAT WAY DURING BRAKING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745877May 25, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS ON HIGHIWAY 5 IN SAN DIEGO. I SET THE CRUISE CONTROL AT 65MPH. WHEN I APPROACHED A CONGESTED AREA, I MANUALLY PUSHED THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH TO THE "OFF" POSITION. WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL IN THE "OFF" POSITION I CONTINUED DRIVING THROUGH THE CONGESTED AREA. AS I WAS LEAVING THE CONGESTED AREA, I DECIDED THIS WOULD BE AN IDEAL TIME TO PUSH THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH INTO THE "ON" POSITION, IN PREPARATION FOR DRIVING AT THE HIGHER ALLOWED 65MPH SPEED LIMIT. WHILE TRAVELLING AT 30MPH I PUSHED THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH INTO THE "ON" POSITION. AS THE CAR WAS NEW TO ME, I DID NOT RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS NO CLEAR DETENT SIGNIFYING THE "ON" POSITION. UNKNOWNINGLY I 'OVERPUSHED' THE SWITCH FROM THE "OFF" POSITION, PASS THE "ON" POSITION, INTO THE "RESUME" POSITION (THINKING THAT THIS OUGHT TO BE THE "ON" POSITION). I REMOVED MY FINGER FROM THE SWITCH AND IMMEDIATELY THE CAR BEGAN ACCELERATING (I LATER CAME TO REALIZE IT WAS ACCELERATING TO 65MPH, THE SETTING PRIOR TO THE SWITCH BEING TURNED OFF). MY COMPLAINT IS THAT WHEN I PUSHED THE SWITCH INTO THE "OFF" POSITON, ALL PRIOR CRUISE CONTROL SETTINGS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ERADICATED (AS IT DOES IN MY GM TRUCK AND PREVIOUS CARS I DROVE). A DRIVER, AS I DID, NOT KNOWING THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL MEMORY DOES NOT CLEAR WHEN THE SWITCH IS PUSHED INTO THE "OFF" POSITION, COULD EXPERIENCE AN UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION AND A RESULTING COLLISION WHEN THE SWITCH IS PUSHED BEYOND THE "ON" POSITION. AN INDIVIDUAL, AS I, HAVING DRIVEN A GM VEHICLE WITH FACTORY INSTALLED CRUISE CONTROL CONTROL IS USED TO HAVING THE "OFF" POSITION SEPARATING THE "RESUME" AND "ON" POSITIONS SO THAT THE OPERATOR MUST SELECT A DISTINCT, EXCLUSIVE MOTION FOR "OFF" "ON" AND "RESUME". *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745792May 23, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL FAILURES WITH THE CAR ON A ROUTINE BASIS. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN OIL LEAKS, GASOLINE LEAKS, AIR CONDITIONER FAILURE AND SEAT BELT FAILURES. THE CAR HAS BEEN REPAIRED ALMOST ON A MONTHLY BASIS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF OWNERSHIP. THIS PAST WEEK, IT HAS BEEN REPAIRED THREE TIMES FOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE SEAT BELTS AND AIR BAGS. THE VOLVO DEALERSHIPS HAVE MADE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS AND WARRANTIES HAVE PAID MOST OF THE COSTS, THE AMOUNT OF TIME THIS CAR HAS SPENT BEING SERVICED IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. EVEN THE VOLVO DEALER HERE IN FLORIDA (PLANTATION VOLVO) SUGGESTED WE RESEARCH THE FLORIDA LEMON LAW. THE LAW DOES NOT APPLY TO US BECAUSE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED IN MASSACHUSETTS. WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY ASSISTANCE IN GETTING VOLVO'S ATTENTION THAT THIS PARTICULAR CAR HAS MAJOR FLAWS, ESPECIALLY ELECTRICAL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#785008May 17, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
CONSUMER STATES WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEED ENGINE SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN, VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND AFTER INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT DEBRIS WAS LEFT IN THE FUEL TANK, THAT AT CERTAIN FUEL LEVELS CLOG THE FUEL LINE THAT CAUSES ENGINE TO SHUT DOWN, THE DEALER HAS SOLVED THE PROBLEM BY USING A FUEL FILTER, HOWEVER DEALER STILL HAS THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THE TANK RUNS DRY WHILE STILL INDICATING 75 MILES OF GAS ON THE INSTRUMENTATION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744964May 5, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
I WAS HEADING TO THE COUNTRY ON A 2-HOUR DRIVE AND THE WEATHER WAS HOT ABOVE 80 DEGREES. SO I GUESS YOU CAN SAY THE ENGINE WAS ALSO VERY HOT. I ALSO HAD THE AC GOING WHICH IS A GOOD DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AT THE TIME OF FAILURE. I WAS ON A NARROW COUNTRY PAVED ROAD TRAVELING ABOUT 25 MPH. I KNOW THIS SPEED TO BE TRUE BECAUSE I WAS IN A DEVELOPMENT WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT IS LOW AND I ALWAYS TRAVEL SLOW IN THE DEVELOPMENT. THERE WAS A PARKED CAR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND I HAD TO MOVE SLIGHTLY OFF THE PAVED PART OF THE ROAD ONTO A SLIGHT DECLINE UNPAVED PART OF THE ROAD THEN WHEN I PASSED THE VEHICLE TURNED BACK ONTO THE PAVED SURFACE. IN EFFECT AT ON TIME THE DRIVERS SIDE 2 WHEELS WERE ON THE DECLINE UNPAVED ROAD. WHEN I TURNED BACK ONTO THE ROAD THE CAR STALLED AND IT WAS HARD TO STEER BUT THIS WAS NOT A CONCERN BECAUSE I WAS GOING SLOWLY. I TRIED TO RESTART WHICH ANY BODY WOULD DO AND THEN BEGAN TO SMELL A STRONG GASOLINE ODOR. I POP OPENED THE HOOD BUT DID NOT SEE ANY WRONG BUT DID NOTICE WHAT APPEARED TO BE GASOLINE ON THE FLOOR UNDER THE ENGINE. WITH THE HOOD OPENED I TRIED TO START THE CAR AGAIN AND NOW SAW GASOLINE ALL OVER THE HOT ENGINE. AFTER QUICKLY WIPING THE GAS FROM THE ENGINE I FOUND THE FUEL LINE HAD SEPARATED AND I WAS NOT SURPRISED SINCE THIS WAS A SNAP TOGETHER PART THAT SITS ON TOP OF THE ENGINE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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