Volvo V70 Complaints

934 consumer complaints on file.

#10107576January 19, 2005
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
VOLVO V70--- WE REMOVED THE HANDHOLDS FROM ABOVE THE DRIVER AND FRONT SEAT PASSENGER. MY WIFE, ELLEN, SUFFERED A CONCUSSION WHEN HER HEAD STRUCK THE HANDHOLD ABOVE HER AS SHE WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR WAS HIT IN THE FRONT. NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. I FOUND MYSELF BUMPING MY HEAD AGAINST THESE HANDHOLDS EVEN WHILE DRIVING. THESE HANDHOLDS OBVIOUSLY INTRUDE INTO THE HEADSPACE OF THE AUTOMOBILE. I AM SURPRISED THAT VOLVO WOULD USE SUCH IRON-HARD HANDHOLDS WITHOUT PADDING OR WITHOUT A COLLAPSING OR FOLDING MECHANISM. *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10106367January 15, 2005
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE VERY POOR QUALITY OF ILLUMINATION PROVIDED BY THE HEADLIGHTS, PARTICULARLY THE LOW BEAM, OF MY 2004 VOLVO V70R. IF I DRIVE ON A HIGHWAY WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC SUCH THAT I CAN NOT USE MY HIGH BEAMS I WILL BE OVERDRIVING MY LOW BEAMS AT ANY SPEED OVER 30 MPH. I HAVE ALREADY BEEN BACK TO THE DEALER IN BELLINGHAM, WA TO HAVE ADJUSTMENT, BUT TO NO HELP. WORST HEADLIGHTS I HAVE EVER HAD ON A CAR. AND THESE ARE HID SPECIAL LIGHTS!!! *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105643January 3, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THE ABS SYSTEM FAILED DURING A PANIC STOP, CAUSING THE BRAKES TO LOCK UP AND THE CAR TO SKID UNCONTROLLABLY INTO THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. FORTUNATELY IT DID NOT RESULT IN ANY SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. *AK THERE HAD BEEN NO INDICATION OF A PROBLEM PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT AND THE ABS LIGHT WAS ON AFTER THE INCIDENT AND HAD NOT BEEN ON PREVIOUSLY. THE PROBLEM WAS REPAIRED BY REPLACING THE ABS CONTROL MODULE. UPON DISCUSSIONS WITH THE TECHNICIAN, IT WAS CLEAR THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON FAILURE WITH THESE MODELS AND IT LEAVES THE THE ABS SYSTEM COMPLETELY DISABLED WHEN IT OCCURS. AS MY INCIDENT SHOWS, THIS FAILURE CAN OCCUR WITHOUT WARNING AND CAUSE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHERE THE DRIVER IS RELYING ON THE ABS SYSTEM AND INSTEAD HAS THE BRAKES LOCK UP CAUSING AN UNCONTROLLABLE SKID. IN ADDITION TO THIS INCIDENT, THE TECHNICIAN ALSO TOLD ME THAT THE MODULE HAD ALREADY FAILED AND BEEN REPLACED PREVIOUSLY AT 31K MILES. THIS APPEARS TO BE A DEFECT THAT IS VERY COMMON AND WILL CAUSE UNSUSPECTING DRIVERS TO SUDDENLY LOSE CONTROL OF THEIR VEHICLES IN A PANIC STOP SITUATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104299December 22, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
AT ONLY 70,000 MILES MY ABS UNIT FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM THAT THE DEALER AGREED TO PAY HALF. VOLVO SHOULD REPLACE THIS CRITICAL SAFETY COMPONET ON EVERY VEHICLE AT THEIR EXPENSE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10102258December 6, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ETS AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED AND CAR REFUSES TO ACCELERATE AND IDLES ROUGH. THIS CAN OCCUR AT START UP AND THEN WHILE DRIVING THE CAR. IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A BAD THROTTLE BODY AND/OR ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE. THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE IN THIS GENERATION OF VOLVO.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10099725November 9, 2004
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
WHILE APPLYING THE REMOTE TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE DOOR LATCHES FAILED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10094258October 29, 2004
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED STEERING WAS VERY LOOSE AT TIMES. DEALER STATED FRONT RIGHT TIE ROD WORE OUT COMPLETELY. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096162October 21, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO SLIP, ENGINE REVS INCREASE AND VEHICLE LOOSES MOMENTUM. DEALER HAS WORKED ON THE CAR THREE TIMES. THE LAST REPAIR LASTED SEVERAL MONTHS BUT PROBLEM HAS RESURFACED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091908October 15, 2004
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR BROKE. MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO REPLACE IT. *AK *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10097328October 12, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
AFTER CHARGING THE BATTERY, THE CAR WOULD NOT START. *BF THE INCIDENT HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 3 TIMES AND THE DEALER STATED THERE WAS NO FIX TO THE PROBLEM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093824October 8, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
PURCHASED A CERTIFIED PREOWNED V70 16000 MILES. SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE I'VE EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT ,SEVERAL SECOND HIGH ENGINE REV WHEN AUTOMATIC SHIFTS FROM 1ST GEAR TO 2ND GEAR. DEALER CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10095258October 6, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH
CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN RECALL 99V235000. TOOK VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS,. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093072September 23, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING, COMPLAINANT HEARD A CLUNK-TYPE NOISE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT THEN SAW SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. COMPLAINANT IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND NOTIFIED POLICE. WITHIN MINUTES THE ENTIRE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WERE ENGULFED IN FLAMES. VEHICLE COMPLETELY BURNED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10083243September 14, 2004
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH
THE TAILGATE LOCKING MECHANISM WAS DEFECTIVE, IT WILL NOT LOCK PROPERLY. ALSO, THE INSIDE PANEL WAS FALLING OFF. CURRENTLY, MANUFACTURER ISSUED A RECALL. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK RECALL#00V239000 *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10083251September 14, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED ON, THE AIR BAG LIGHT IMMEDIATELY CAME ON. THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ON UNTIL THE DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE AIR BAG MODULE WHICH FAIL TWO MONTHS LATER. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091898September 8, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS TESTED AND FOUND TO HAVE HIGH LEVELS OF CARBON MONOXIDE. *NM BLACK SMOKE WAS BELCHING OUT OF THE EXHAUST PIPE. *SC THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088826August 30, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY
REGULAR MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE (1999 VOLVO V70). ATY 67000 MILES, THE ETS LIGHT CAME ON, AND TWO DAYS LATER THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE FAILED, RESULTING IN ALMOST NO ACCELERATION, AND AN INABILITY TO MAINTAIN A SAFE SPEED. RESEARCH INDICATES THAT THIS IS WELL DOCUMENTED AS A VEHICLE DESIGN FLAW, AND A COMMON OCCURANCE AT 70K MILES. THIS SEEMS TO BE A HIGHLY HAZARDOUS FLAW, AND SHOULD BE ACKNOWLEDGED AND REPAIRED AS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. INSTEAD, IT IS A DEALER ONLY REPAIR, AND IS COSTING CONSUMERS $700-1500 FOR THE REPAIR. I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. VOLVO SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE TO REPAIR A NOTED DESIGN FLAW AT THEIR EXPENSE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090043August 30, 2004
TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE
WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS A LOUD POPPING NOISE THEN SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE TRUCK. THIS OCCURRED AFTER THE FACTORY SPARE TIRE WAS INSTALLED BY A VOLVO ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE REPAIR SERVICE. CONSUMER WASN'T' ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE, IT FELT LIKE THE TRUCK WAS BEING DRIVEN ON AN UNEVEN PAVEMENT, AND THE SPARE TIRE WASN'T GRIPPING. WHEN THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE WAS CALLED HE INDICATED THAT THIS SIZE TIRE SHOULDN'T BE USED ON THIS TRUCK. THE TRUCK HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE CAUSE OF THE SMOKE HAD YET TO BE DETERMINED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089533August 24, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
DURING ACCELERATION WHEN CRUISE CONTROL IS ENGAGED BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER. AS A RESULT, CONSUMER HAS TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089726August 20, 2004
SUSPENSION, STEERING
PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE PULLING TO THE RIGHT WHILE DRIVING. *MR THE PROBLEM WAS SO-CALLED CORRECTED, BUT THE FRONT END ALIGNMENT PROBLEM RETURNED. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER 4-5 TIMES TO CORRECT THE STEERING SAFETY ISSUE. ON THE LAST VISIT, THE LEFT FRONT MCPHERSON STRUT SPRING WAS CHANGED. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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