2000 VOLVO C70 CONVERTIBLE Complaints

1. DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 16 - UPHILL SLOPE, HEAVY TRAFFIC. 2. SPEED DROPPED FROM 60 TO 30 MPH - NO WARNING. CAR REMAINED VERY SLUGGISH. WARNING FOR ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL CAME ON. PUT FLASHERS ON, MOVED TO RIGHT LANE AT 30 MPH. CLOSE CALL TO AN ACCIIDENT. 3. HAD CAR TOWED TO VOLVO DEALER. ELECTRONIC MODULE REPLACED.

1. ETS LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON DASHBOARD OF MY 2000 VOLVO C70 LT CONVERTIBLE. ETS LIGHT SUBSEQUENTLY EXTINGUISHED (ON ITS OWN). 2. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. WAS INFORMED THE ETC MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE, WITH A REPLACEMENT COST OF OVER $1000. I COULD NOT AFFORD THE REPAIR, SO I INFORMED THE DEALER TO NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE. I WAS NOT INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT THIS FAILURE WOULD CAUSE ANY SAFETY ISSUES IN DRIVING THE CAR. 3. ON OCTOBER 14, 2004, WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, I EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHILE STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT. I WAS ABLE TO APPLY THE BRAKES IN TIME TO AVOID A COLLISION. SINCE THAT TIME, I HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS ACCELERATION SURGE AGAIN. 4. AS STATED ABOVE, I CANNOT AFFORD THE REPAIR. I HAVE INVESTIGATED THIS SITUATION ON THE INTERNET, AND FOUND SIMILAR EXPERIENCES FROM OTHER OWNERS. I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY-RELATED DEFECT IN THE VOLVO, AND THAT OTHER OWNERS SHOULD BE NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT AND POSSIBLE SAFETY SITUATION INVOLVED.*AK

IN HOT TEMPERATURES C70 CONVERTIBLE REAR WINDOW SEAL DEFECTIVE LOOSENS REAR WINDOW WHICH DISLODGES AND OBSCURES REAR VIEW. *AK

I HAVE A 2000 VOLVO C70 CONVERTIBLE AND HAVE JUST HAD A VISOR BREAK FOR THE FOURTH TIME. THESE VISORS ARE ATTACHED AT BOTH ENDS AND DON'T "SWING" OUT, THEY SIMPLY FOLD DOWN. BUT FOUR TIMES NOW - TWO ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND TWO ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE - THE MEDIAL (TOWARD THE REAR-VIEW MIRROR) PIN HAS SHEARED. THIS CAN CAUSE THE VISOR TO HANG DOWN AND OBSTRUCT THE DRIVER'S VIEW AND POTENTIALLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. ONE TIME I HAD TO RUBBERBAND THE VISOR TO KEEP IT FROM OBSTRUCTING MY VIEW! *JB

CONSUMER STATED THE JACK WAS TOO SMALL FOR THE VEHICLE, WHEN THE JACK WAS USED, IT COLLASPED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO DROP TO THE GROUND.MR *JB

ALL 4 TIRES DEVELOPED SERIOUS SIDEWALL CRACKS SOMETIME BEFORE BEING REPLACED AT 17000 MILES. CAR DEALER TOOK THEM TO PIRELI TIRE DEALER WHO WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING SINCE TREAD WAS WARN TO 4/32. THIS WAS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. TRIES WORE OUT THEN FAILED MUCH TOO SOON ALTHOUGH I HAD ALL RECOMMENDED DEALER SERVICE. I HAVE DIGITAL PICTURES AND SAVED ONE TIRE. NLM