1998 VOLVO S70 Complaints

PLASTIC HINGE ON THE BASE OF THE REAR SEAT BROKE OFF CAUSING THE BASE OF THE REAR SEAT TO BE UNSTABLE, VOLVO DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE UNDER WARRANTY STATING THE PROBLEM IS DUE TO EXCESS FORCE NOT A DEFECT IN THE SEAT. (FATHER OF OWNER) *SLC

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATION 101A HE STATES WORK WAS COMPLETED, BUT STILL HAVING INTERMITTENT TURN SIGNAL PROBLEMS. *JB

ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SINCE SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE OF VEHICLE, TO DEALER 25 TIMES. DASHBOARD LIGHT WOULD COME ON, INDICATING THAT HEADLIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING WHEN IN FACT THEY WERE. *AK DEALER STATED VEHICLE HAD A BULB AND SOCKET PROBLEM, TAILLIGHT BULB FAILED, SIGNAL LIGHTS FLASH VERY FAST, SIDE SIGNALS SOCKETS AND BULBS SHORTED, 4 RUNNING LIGHT CONTACTS MELTED, FRONT HEADLIGHT SHORTED, LEFT FRONT HEADLIGHT INOPERABLE, AND BULB INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. DOOR LOCKS INOPERABLE, WINDOWS WOULD NOT GO UP, MASTER WINDOW CONTROL SWITCH FAULTY, AND SPEAKERS DISTORTED. SEAT BELT PLASTIC PART CRACKED. TRANSMISSION STICKS ON LOWE GEAR, HAPPENED TWICE. GAS LIGHT COMES ON EVEN WHEN TANK IS FULL. WASHER FLUID INIDCATOR ILLUMINATED, WASHER JETS INOPERABLE, WIPER BLADS REPLACED, RIGHT SIDE MIRROR DID NOT ADJUST ALL THE WAY OUT. FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS WORN, ROTORS REPLACED, BRAKES CAUSE SCREECHING NOISES. ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, CABLE UNDER ENGINE LOOSE. HUMMING NOISE WHILE DRIVING, DEALER REPLACED RIGHT FRONT HUB, LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT STABILIZER LINKS. MUDFLAPS LOOSE. EVAP VALVE REPLACED. *SLC

EVERY 18 MONTHS VEHICLE GOES DEAD SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING. ALSO, BATTERY HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES. *AK

RADIATOR SITS A MERE 5 INCHES ABOVE GROUND AND 1 1/2 INCHES BELOW FRONT BUMPER, ON 11/12/00 WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE, FRONT BUMPER ECLISPED CURB BY 10 TO 12 INCHES, AT WHICH POINT CURBING CONTACTED BOTTOM OF RADIATOR, RADIATOR LOST ALL FLUID, UNDER CARRIAGE OF NEWER MODEL VOLVOS HAS A SHIELD WHICH PROTECTS RADIATOR. CJ

FRONT TURN SIGNALS SOCKET HOUSING IS BURNING, CAUSING MALFUNCTION IN HEAD LIGHT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

AT ABOUT 10,000 MILES THE BRAKES WOULD SLIP AND RUMBLE WHEN BRAKING DOWN A HILL. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO COMPLAIN AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. I STARTED AVOIDING HILLS. EVERY TIME I BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE I COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND WAS ASSURED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG. NOW I AM AT 28300 AND I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR MY 30,000 MAINTENCE, NOT AT THE DEALER BUT ANOTHER CERTIFIED VOLVO SHOP. I TELL THEM ABOUT THE PROBLEM. I AM TOLD THAT THE ROTOR IS BAD. WELL I HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM AT UNDER 10,000. MILES.*AK

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE HEADLIGHTS, SIGNALS, SPEAKERS, AND TAIL LIGHTS GOING OUT SEVERAL TIMES, POSSIBLY DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, THE BATTERY FAILED. *SLC

POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE, SEVERAL TIMES THE FOLLOWING FAIL: ALL HEADLIGHTS, BRAKE LIGHTS, AND THE GEAR SHIFT SELECTOR BULB. *SLC

ERRATIC TRANSIENT CHEMICAL FUMES IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, SMELLS LIKE HOT PLASTIC, DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO REPLICATE, HOWEVER RADIO REPLACED TWICE, ANTENNA MOTOR REPLACED TWICE, SIXTEEN BULBS (SOME WITH SOCKETS) REPLACED SINCE 6/98, ALL POSSIBLY RELATED TO OVERALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEM PROBLEMS. *CJ