1999 VOLVO S70 Complaints

WHEN THE ENGINE IS COLD. I START THE CAR AND IT STRUGGLES TO TURN ON AFTER A COUPLE OF SECOND IT IDLES NORMALLY. I THINK IT'S A FEUL DILIVERY PROBLEM BUT I'M NOT A MECHANIC. I'VE TAKEN THE CAR TO SERVICE AND THE PROBLEM PERSIST.*AK

I OWN A VOLVO S70, SEDAN YEAR 1999 4 DOOR. I PURCHASED VEHICLE IN MARCH OF 1999. AT 12K MILES THE HEADLIGHTS STARTED MALFUNCITIONING WITHOUT WARNING. MOST RECENTLY THE ENTIRE LIGHTING SYSTEMS HAS STARTED TO HEAT UP AND ALL LIGHTS WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING IN THE MIIDLE OF THE NIGHT. FOR A COMPANY WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE THE "SAFETEST VEHICLE ON THE ROAD. I DO NOT CONSIDER THE VEHICLE WHICH LIGHTS AND ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILS WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHTSAFE? . I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT VOLVO MULTIPLE TIMES. ONCE THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON A PART, OF WHICH I NEVER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION. THEY CLAIM THAT SINCE I TAKE MY VEHICLE FOR REGULAR SERVICE I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY, BUT THEY WOULD NEVER ADMIT OR HAVE RECORDS OF WHETHER THE RECALL SERVICE WAS PERFORMED. THESE ARE NOT SAFE VEHICLE PLEASE CHECK INTO RECALLING THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM BEFORE SOME GETS FURTHERED INJURED.

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING ABS FAILED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HINGE MADE A TERRIBLE NOISE WHEN OPENING AND CLOSING THE DOOR. *NLM PH *JB

THE HINGE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR MAKES A HORRIBLE POPPING NOISE WHEN I OPEN OR CLOSE THE DOOR AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT THE MECHANIC HAS SEEN ON THIS MODEL VOLVO BEFORE. *JB

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE WILL SURGE FORWARD CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

TIRES ON THIS VEHICLE ARE RATED LESS THEN THE PROPER REQUIREMENT. DEALER NOTIFIED . FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THE WELD ON THE UPPER HINGE IS BROKEN FROM THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR. NLM *MJ

AFTER TAKING MY CAR IN FOR A SCHEDULED 45000 MILE SERVICE IN SEPTEMBER 2001, I NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER DOOR WAS MAKING A POPPING NOISE. I THOUGHT THAT THE DOOR HAD SIMPLY NOT BEEN LUBED. WHEN I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR THE NEXT SERVICE IN JANUARY 2002, I SPECIFIED THAT THE DOOR WAS POPPING AND TO MAKE SURE IT WAS LUBED. I WAS ASSURED THAT IT WOULD BE LUBED. WHEN I PICKED UP MY VEHICLE IT WAS STILL MAKING THE POPPING NOISE. WITHIN A WEEK IT WAS MAKING A HORRIBLE NOISE. I CALLED AND WAS TOLD THAT THE DOOR HINGE HAD MOST LIKELY BROKEN AWAY FROM THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE AND WOULD HAVE TO BE RE-WELDED. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THEY HAD SEEN PREVIOUSLY ON THIS MODEL AND OTHERS, AND THAT IT WAS NOT DUE TO WEAR OR TEAR ON THE CAR. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A DEFECT IN THE ASSEMBLY OF THE CAR. I DO NOT KNOW IF A SAFETY ISSUE EXISTS WITH REGARD TO EXITING THE CAR FOLLOWING A COLLISION, OR WITH THE DOOR'S STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY DURING A COLLISION.*AK

VEHICLE STALLS AT ANY SPEED, HAS STALLED 3 TIMES. DEALER HAS REPLACED ETS SYSTEM, THIS HAS NOT REMEDIED THE PROBLEM.*AK