Volvo V70 Complaints

934 consumer complaints on file.

#10130857August 1, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
ALTERNATOR HAS INTERMITTENT CHARGING PROBLEMS, LEFT STRANDED WITH DEAD BATTERY. WHEN I SPOKE WITH VOLVO THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THAT IT IS NOT UNCOMMON PROBLEM. I TOOK THE CAR TO A SERVICE STATION AND THEY HAD SEEN THE PROBLEM ON MULTIPLE VOLVOS AS WELL. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130884August 1, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
MY 1999 VOLVO V70 STALLED IN TRAFFIC CAUSING ME TO LOSE POWER STEERING. LUCKILY TRAFFIC WAS MOVING SLOWLY BECAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE CAR OVER AND RESTART IT AFTER SEVERAL TRIES. I TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICE AND THEY CLEANED FUEL DEPOSITS OFF THE THROTTLE, BUT INFORMED ME THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL AND IF THE PROBLEM PERSISTS, I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER FOR A $1,600 DOLLAR REPAIR OF THROTTLE CONTROL. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130886August 1, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DT: 1999 VOLVO V70 STATION WAGON GLT. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND SPEED. CONSUMER WAS JUST DRIVING AND IT STARTED LOSING POWER. WHEN PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE GAS PEDAL IT STARTED BUCKING. WHEN CONSUMER FIRST CONTACTED THE DEALER HE TOLD HIM THAT IF CONSUMER LEFT VEHICLE SITTING FOR A WHILE IT WOULD START BACK. DEALERSHIP CLAIMED IT WAS THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE. THIS PART WAS REPLACED ON 4-1-05, AND LATER FAILED ON 7-29-05. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED IT AGAIN AT NO CHARGE. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. CONSUMER HAD NOT PICKED UP THE VEHICLE FROM THE DEALERSHIP AS OF YET. BEFORE THESE INCIDENTS OCCURRED THE CRUISE CONTROL QUIT WORKING, THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SYSTEM LIGHT AND ENGINE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130845August 1, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DT: CONTACT STATES THE CAR HAS ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING. IT GENERALLY RESTARTED BUT NOT ALWAYS. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED FROM TIME TO TIME. HAS BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM SINCE THE FALL OF LAST YEAR. THE DEALER ATTEMPTED TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM, AND FELT IT NEEDED A NEW STARTER. HAD A NEW STARTER PUT ON AND THEN A NEW IGNITION , AND THAT INITIALLY SOLVED THE PROBLEM. BUT THEN THE PROBLEM RECURRED, VEHICLE STALLED AND DIED ON THE HIGHWAY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10129855July 24, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
DRIVING ALONG 495 HEADING WEST IN FAST LANE AT ABOUT 65 MPH. ETC LIGHT CAME ON. I STARTED MOVING OVER TO BREAKDOWN LANE AND STOPED. HAD TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AS ENGINE WAS SURGING. SHUT OFF ENGINE. LOOKED UP ETC IN MANUAL WHICH SAID "SHUT OFF ENGINE THEN RESTART. AFTER RESTARTING, ENGINE WAS SURGING. TACHOMETER GOING UP AND DOWN. SWITCHED OFF ENGINE. OPENED HOOD TO LOOK FOR LOOSE WIRE, CONNECTOR OR BLOWN ETC FUSE. SAW NO LOOSE WIRES OR CONNECTORS. IDENTIFIED FUSE. REMOVED FUSE, FUSE LOOKED FINE. REPLACED SAME FUSE. TRIED ENGINE, PROBLEM DISAPEARED!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10128492July 12, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
1. NO EVENT LEADING TO FAILURE. CAR HAS OPERATED PERFECTLY SINCE PURCHASED, JUNE 2004. 2. FAILURE OCCURED WHILE DRIVING FROM LUNCH. CAR WAS DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY FIFTY-FIVE (55) MILES TO GET TO WORK. UPON RETURING FROM LUNCH CAR STALLED, WOULD ONLY IDLE, SO ONLY 20-30 MPH SPEED WAS ACHEIVED. LIMPED INTO WORK PARKING LOT AND HAD HIGH IDLE. SHUT DOWN VEHICLE. CAME BACK NEXT MORNING, CAR STARTED BUT TOOK TO INDEPENDANT REPAIR SHOP. CAR HAD CODES OF MAF SENSOR FAILURE AND ETS SENSOR FAILURE. THEY CLEARED CODES AND CAR WAS DRIVABLE. I DROVE HOME THAT EVENING BUT CAR EXIBITED SAME FAILURE ON CA HWY 58. I DISCONNECTED BATTERY-CLEARING CODES AND MADE IT TO RESIDENCE. 3. TOOK VEHICLE TO VOLVO DEALER IN BAKERSFIELD, CA. TOOK ONE WEEK TO REPRODUCE TROUBLE CODES. DEALER REPLACED ETS-ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SENSOR AND CHARGED $855.20 FOR REPAIR. TRIED TO GET THE OLD ETS BUT WAS TOLD THE PART HAD A "CORE" CHARGE AND WAS NOT RETURNABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10128192July 9, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
DEALER SAYS THROTTLE BODY IN 2002 VOLVO V70 IS FAILING AND WILL PRESENT SAFETY PROBLEM (STALLING ON X-WAY OR INABILITY TO START). DEALER SAYS $1,000 TO REPLACE.NEVER HAVE ENCOUNTERED THIS IS A NORMAL MAINTENANCE ITEM WITH ANY OTHER VEHICLE IN OVER 35 YEARS OF DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127291July 1, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
DT: CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT ANY WARNING SIGNS. THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE (EMT) WAS REPLACED, BUT THIS DID RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. CONTACT TRIED TO NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER BUT DID NOT SUCCEED. CONTACT CALLED THE VOLVO DEALERSHIP AND THEY WERE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM WAS WORKED ON BEFORE SHE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10126124June 21, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
I HAD MY TROTTLE UNIT, PCV SYSTEM REPLACED TWICE ON MY 1999 VOLVO V70, ONCE UNDER WARRANTY AND AGAIN 35000 MILES LATER AT MY EXPENSE ($1041.91). I HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY LEARNED THAT THIS IS A PERVASIVE PROBLEM WITH THESE MODEL VOLVO CARS FROM YEARS 1999 THROUGH 2001. AN ARTICLE IN THE LAS ANGELOS TIMES DATED MAY 3, 2005 STATES THAT BETWEEN 21 AND 94% OF THESE UNITS FAIL WITHIN THE FIRST 100,000 MILES. VOLVO NA REFUCES TO RECALL THESE UNITS APPARENTLY, ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE, REPLACING SOME UNITS UNDER A SILENT EXTENDED WARRANTY PROGRAM. I AM REQUESTING YOUR ORGANIZATION TO INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER AND, IF FOUND THAT THE MAJORITY OF THESE UNITS FAIL WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD SPECIFIED, YOU MANDATE THAT VOLVO NA RECALL THESE UNITS. AS SUCH, THOSE OF US WHO HAVE ALREADY PAID TO HAVE THEM REPLACED CAN RECEIVE A FULL REFUND FOR THE REPAIR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10124718June 3, 2005
SEAT BELTS
1998 VOLVO V70A EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE DRIVERS SIDE SHOULDER HARNESS. *MR THE SHOULDER HARNESS WAS FRAYED. ONE WOULD HAVE TO PULL THE SEAT BELT TO UNLOCK AND THEN PULL IT DOWN WHICH CAUSED IT TO WEAR. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119110June 2, 2005
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH, STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
REAR LOCKING MECHANISM BROKE . REAR LOCKING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND LOCK WAS NOT LOCKING COMPLETELY. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER. HOWEVER, DEALER DID NOTHING TO ASSIST THE CONSUMER. RECALL 00V239000 CONCERNING TAILGATE LOCKING MECHANISM WAS ISSUED. *AK *SB *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10124756May 26, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
1999 VOLVO V70 EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SYSTEM.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED*** *MR THE ETS LIGHT (ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SYSTEM) WOULD COME ON AND THE VEHICLE WOULD START TO BUCK. SEVERAL MECHANICS, DEALER AND FRIENDS OF THE CONSUMERS STATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120994May 16, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
UNEXPECTED AND INTERMITENT BRAKE FAILURE. DISCUSSED AT LENGTH ON VOLVO FORUM. HERE IS THE LINK: HTTP://FORUMS.SWEDESPEED.COM/ZEROTHREAD?ID=32551
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120637May 11, 2005
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE ROAD AND THE VEHICLE JUST DIED, I PUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS AND IT DID NOT ACCELERATE. WARNING LIGHTS DID NOT COME ON, NOTHING SIGNALED TO ME THAT ANYTHING HAPPENED. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE MAIN ROAD AND ONTO A SIDE ROAD, WITH MUCH DIFFICULTY TURNING MY WHEEL. I STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTED AND DROVE BACK HOME TO SWITCH OUT WITH ANOTHER CAR. MY 3 YEAR OLD WAS IN THE BACK SEAT AND I WAS ABOUT TO GET ON A HIGHWAY. LUCKILY THIS DID NOT HAPPEN WHILE DOING 65MPH DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115433March 18, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, AND TOOK TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ALTERNATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10111369March 15, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE CAMSHAFT BELT TENSIONER BROKE WHICH CAUSED THE BELT TO COME OFF AND THE VEHICLE TO LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH. THE OWNER HAS CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER WHO REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS. *JB TIMING BELT TENSIONER, BELT AND VALVES AND HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115676March 14, 2005
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR
THE DAMPER MOTOR AND RECIRCULATION MOTOR IN THE CONSUMER'S 2001 VOLVO V70 FAILED AND AS A RESULT THE HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED. *NM *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10112309February 28, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CAR FAILS TO SHIFT UP OR DOWN UNDER ACELERATION AT LOW SPEEDS. THE CAR JUST DOES DO SEEM TO GO INTO GEAR, AND WHEN IT DOES IT JERKS THE CAR HARD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110497February 14, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT GO OFF BUT THE PASSENGER DID WHEN ANOTHER CAR COLLIDED WITH MINE IN A PRIMARILY FRONTAL IMPACT. A VOLVO REP INVESTIGATED AND FOUND NO FAULT WITH EQUIPMENT. THE CAR WAS TOTALLED AND UNFORTUNATELY I AM STILL IN PHYSICAL THERAPY.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10108623January 21, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 40 MILES PER HOUR WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SYSTEM BROKE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN AND STOP ON ITS OWN. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BY OWNER. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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