Volvo V70 Complaints (1998)

187 consumer complaints on file.

• #537214June 29, 1998
  VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  WHILE OUTSIDE OF CAR, CONSUMER OPENED DOOR AND REACHED HAND IN TO TURN KEY (WANTED TO ROLL UP WINDOWS), CAR STARTED/ACCELERATED RAPIDLY, KNOCKING CONSUMER OVER.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  1

  Deaths:

  0

• #536829June 12, 1998
  ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY

  BATTERY VENT MISSING, BATTERY BOILED OVER. BATTERY ACID SPRAYED OVER ENGINE COMPARTMENT DRIVE BELTS, POWER STEERING HOSES AND BRAKE LINES.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #536643June 4, 1998
  EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL

  THE TURN SIGNAL SOCKET APPEARS TO HAVE CORRODED CONTACT TERMINALS.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #536649June 4, 1998
  EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL

  LEFT TURN INDICATOR BEGAN FLASHING QUICKLY, INDICATING A POSSIBLE BULB FAILURE. AFTER REMOVING THE BULB, FOUND SEVERE BLACK CHARRING SURROUNDING THE CONTACT AREA. AFTER CLEANING, THE BULB STOPPED FLASHING.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #823419May 18, 1998
  ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE

  CONSUMER'S SON WAS EXITING FROM THE REAR DOOR. WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN HIS LEG WAS RIGHT UP AGAINST THE TAIL PIPE, HE SUFFERED 2ND DEGREE BURNS. CONSUMER WAS TAKEN TO DOCTOR AND WAS PRESCRIBED ANTI-BIOTICS FOR INFECTION DUE TO BURN. INCIDENT HAPPENED ON MAY 13, WHICH IS THE FIRST TIME CONSUMER WAS TAKEN TO THE DOCTOR AND AGAIN ON THE 15 OF MAY. *AK

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  1

  Deaths:

  0

• #820075December 22, 1997
  SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING

  THE SHOULDER PORTION OF THE REAR SEAT BELT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE IS OUT OF THE SEAT BACK MECHANISM AND WILL NOT GO BACK INTO THE MECHANISM. THE MIDDLE BELT WAS REPLACED IN AUGUST OF 97 FOR THE SAME REASON. THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE IS BEING REPAIRED BY DEALER AT THIS TIME.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #819249December 10, 1997
  FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:AUXILLARY TANK

  CONSUMER WOULD SMELL GAS VERY STRONGLY AFTER FILLING TANK. WHEN TAKEN TO DEALER ON 11/12/9., DEALER STATED THAT A PROLBEM EXISTED WITH THE EXPANSION TANK AND THAT THE TANK WOULD BE REPLACED. *AK

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0