Volvo XC70 Complaints (2003)

24 consumer complaints on file.

• #10289746October 25, 2009
  FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  OVERWHELMING SMELL OF GASOLINE, POOR STARTING, BROUGHT AUTOMOBILE TO VOLVO MECHANIC (SINCE 1976) DETERMINED FACTORY VOLVO FUEL PUMP WAS LEAKING THROUGH THE HOUSING, GASOLINE ALL OVER BACK SEATS, TOP OF GAS TANK, ENGINE.. SAME OCCURRED JULY, 2009 ON A 2002 XC70, BELONGING TO MY MOTHER, MINE IS A 2003. MECHANIC AND SELF CONTACTED VOLVO FOR DEFECT WARRANTY OR RECALLS AS SO DANGEROUS. NO COOPERATION FROM VOLVO. I KEPT THE DEFECTIVE PART AFTER REPLACING. *TR

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• #10250583December 3, 2008
  AIR BAGS

  SERVICE LIGHT ILLUMINATED INDICATING FAILURE IN THE SRS AIRBAG SYSTEM ON MY 2003 VOLVO CROSS COUNTRY WAGON. DEALER INVESTIGATED AND STATED THE CENTRAL COMPUTER ON THE AUTO HAD FAILED RESULTING IN A $980 REPAIR. DEALER INDICATED THAT IF COMPUTER WAS NOT REPAIRED, AIRBAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT AND PRESENTS SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. DEALER INDICATED AUTOMOBILE WOULD NOT BE SAFE TO DRIVE WITHOUT COMPUTER REPLACEMENT. SINCE WHEN DO CENTRAL SRS COMPUTERS JUST STOP WORKING? I BELIEVE THIS REPAIR SHOULD BE COVERED BY VOLVO AND NOT THE CONSUMER AS IT POSES SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES TO THE CONSUMER AND IS A COMPONENT OF THE AUTOMOBILE THAT SHOULD NOT REQUIRE ANY SERVICE, SUCH AS TIRE OR BRAKE REPLACEMENT. COMPUTERS DO NOT INCUR WEAR AND TEAR. *TR

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• #10128803July 14, 2005
  FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS

  1) WHILE MY 2003 VOLVO XC70 WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY NOTICED THAT THERE WERE TWO PIPES THAT WERE HANGING LOW ON THE CAR WHICH WAS NEW. CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE FUEL LINES AND THEY HAD COME LOOSE. THE CAR IS USED ONLY FOR LOCAL AND HIGHWAY DRIVING, SO IT IS UNCLEAR WHY THE FUEL LINE WAS LOOSE. 2) IF THE FUEL LINE HAD CAUGHT ON SOMETHING THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A FIRE AN/OR EXPLOSION. BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION OF THE FUEL LINES UNDER THE CAR IT IS HARD TO NOTICE IN EVERYDAY USE IF IT IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE. 3)THE DEALER REATTACHED THE FUEL LINE AT OUT COST EVEN THOUGH CAR IS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD

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• #10028409July 16, 2003
  STRUCTURE

  FRONT UNDER CARRIAGE AIR DAM/SPLASH PANEL ABRUPTLY PULLED AWAY FROM CHASSIS WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEED (PASSING). THIS RESULTED IN PIECES OF HEAVY DUTY PLASTIC BREAKING OFF AND BOUNCING UNDER THE CAR, CATCHING ON THE PAVEMENT. DISCONCERTING--I THOUGHT AT FIRST I BLEW A TIRE (LOUND NOISE AND THEN SUSTAINED WIND NOISE). IT APPEARED THE PLASTIC BECAME FATIGUED AND PULLED AWAY FROM THE ANCHORING BOLTS. DEALER PARTS MANAGER REPORTS THAT HE HAS REPLACED SEVERAL OF THESE...*AK

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