2000 VOLVO V70 Complaints

CONSISTENT GRINDING SOUND WHEN DRIVING. IT WAS DRIVESHAFT FAILURE. 2000 VOLVO XC HAD ONLY 56,021 MILES ON IT AND WAS DRIVEN 4 1/2 YEARS WHEN THIS BEGAN HAPPENING. PARTS/LABOR REPLACED. *AK

TL*- WHILE PARKING HER VEHICLE THE CONTACT HEARD A CRACKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE 2000 VOLVO V70 XC. THE CRACKING NOISE WAS DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION ANGLE GEAR CRACKING. FIRST TIME THE CONTACT HAD TO REPLACE THE ANGLE GEAR WAS ON 04/17/03 AT 64,745 MILES, PART NUMBER WAS 8601587-2. THE CONTACT COULD PROVIDE INVOICE IF NEEDED. THE CURREN MILEAGE WAS 148,000.*AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH AND ABOVE, THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY LOST POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHO REPLACED BATTERY CABLES AND THE CONTROL MODULE. THE CONSUMER STATED SOMETIMES IT WOULD TAKE ANYWHERE FRO 30 SECONDS TO 2 MINUTES BEFORE THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION AFTER STALLING. UPDATED 12/01/06. *JB

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE THE FUEL LINE FAILED IN REGION BETWEEN FIRE WALL AND ENGINE APPROXIMATELY IN LAST FOOT OF PRESSURIZED FUEL DELIVERY LINE. ANOTHER DRIVER DETECTED FLOW OF LIQUID ONTO GROUND BELOW VEHICLE AND ALERTED ME. I PULLED VEHICLE INTO PARKING LOT AND EVALUATED SOURCE OF LEAK. I THOUGHT IT WAS POSSIBLE TRANSMISSION FLUID BECAUSE I RECENTLY HAD A TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND HAD VOLVO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. FUEL HAD SPRAYED ON SHIELD OVER EXHAUST AND ONTO FRAME MEMBER THEN ONTO GROUND. HAD THE OTHER VEHICLE DRIVER FAILED TO ALERT ME I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IF THE LARGE FUEL PUDDLE IGNITED UNDER THE VEHICLE. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A VOLVO DEALER AFTER THE FUEL PUDDLES EVAPORATED. THE DEALER PLACED A SPLICE IN THE FUEL LINE AFTER REMOVING PART OF ITS COVERING. THE REPAIR STAFF BELIEVED THE CAUSE WAS A WEAKENING OF THE LINE DUE TO A POSSIBLE RODENT BITE ON THE LINE. *NM

VEHICLE WENT INTO 'LIMP HOME MODE' ON HIGHWAY. SPEED WENT FROM 65 MPH IN PASSING LANE TO 15 MPH. I HAD TO CROSS 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GET TO THE BREAK DOWN LANE. AUTO IS 2000 VOLVO V70 CROSS COUNTRY WAGON. ETS SYSTEM WAS REPLACED AT 66,800 MILES WHEN THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED BEFORE. THE CAR NOW EXHIBITS THE SAME BEHAVIOR AT 122,000 MILES. *JB

2000 VOLVO V70XC REAR LATCH FAILURE. MY XC WAGON HAS EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT REAR LATCH FAILURES SINCE 2002. THE PROBLEM ONLY USED TO OCCUR DURING THE WINTERS, WHICH ACCOUNT FOR 3 MONTHS A YEAR IN MA. I BROUGHT IT IT TO MY VOLVO DEALER, BARRY'S VOLVO OF DARTMOUTH, MA ON 2/17/2004. SINCE THEY WERE TESTING IT IN THEIR HEATED GARAGE, OF COURSE, THE PROBLEM WAS NOT REPRODUCED. THEY LUBED THE LATCH AND SENT THE CAR HOME. WE DEALT WITH IT FOR A YEAR AND THEN I FOUND THE TSBS ON THE INTERNET, THANKS TO BRICKYARD.COM AND THE NHTSA. I HAVE SINCE TRIED TWO MORE TIMES TO GET MY DEALER TO REPAIR THE LATCH AS NOW THE LATCH FAILS JUST ABOUT EVERY TIME I CLOSE THE REAR TRUNK. I FEAR FOR MY CHILDREN'S SAFETY AS WELL AS MY PET, WHO RIDES IN THE REAR, AND ANY BELONGINGS WE PLACE BACK THERE. I HAVE CALLED VOLVO NA AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD MAKE SURE MY DEALER WOULD REMEDY THE PROBLEM. I CALLED THE DEALER AGAIN AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO SAFETY ISSUE, RECALL OR WHATEVER FOR MY CAR AND THEY WOULD GLADLY FIX IT AT MY EXPENSE. I'VE FINNALY HAD ENOUGH AND DECIDED TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE NHTSA SINCE THERE IS A DOCUMENTED PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR, NHTSA00V239000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT EXCEED 10 MPH. ON OTHER OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE WOULD SURGE FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE.

2002 V70 MALFUNCTIONED IN REAR SEAT BELTS IN MY CAR. *TS TWO OF THE THREE SEAT BELTS IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE LOCKED AND COULD NOT BE RELEASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER DISASSEMBLED THE REAR SEATS AND MANUALLY EASED THE LOCKED SEAT BELTS. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE AND BELIEVED THAT IT WOULD REC. AS THE TECHNICIAN EASED THE LOCKED SEAT BELT AND ALARM CHIMED ON THE DASH WHICH SAID SRS AIR BAG SERVICE URGENT. *NM

UPON EXITING THE HIGHWAY, AFTER TRAVELING AT SPEED FOR 30 MINUTES, A KNOCKING SOUND CAME FROM THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE STALLED AT THE END OF THE EXIT RAMP AND STEAM WAS EVOLVING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS AT MAXIMUM. STEAM WAS EVOLVING NEAR THE TURBO AT THE FIREWALL. THE ENGINE COOLING FAN WAS NOT RUNNING, BUT MAKING A BUZZING SOUND. THE ENGINE OIL WAS HOT, STEAM OR SMOKE EVOLVED FROM THE DIP-STICK TUBE, BUT THE LEVEL WAS GOOD. THE COOLANT BOTTLE WAS EMPTY. I TRIED TO START THE ENGINE, THE ENGINE CRANKED RAPIDLY, AS IF THERE WAS NO COMPRESSION, AND MORE STEAM WAS PRODUCED AT THE EXHAUST SIDE OF THE HEAD. I PUSHED THE VEHICLE TO A NEARBY SERVICE STATION. THE SERVICE STATION TOPPED OFF THE COOLANT BOTTLE, PLACED THE VEHICLE ON A LIFT AND CRANKED THE ENGINE. FROM BELOW, COOLANT COULD BE SEEN EXITING THE EXHAUST SIDE OF THE ENGINE. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A NEARBY FOREIGN VEHICLE SERVICE STATION FOR FURTHER EVALUATION. THIS STATION DETERMINED THERE IS NO COMPRESSION IN CYLINDERS #2 THROUGH #5, AND ONLY 40 PSIG IN CYLINDER #1. THE TIMING BELT IS IN PLACE. THE STATION BELIEVES THE ENGINE HEAD IS CRACKED OR WARPED AND SUGGESTS THERE MAY BE CONSIDERABLE BOTTOM END DAMAGE AS WELL SUCH AS PISTONS, RINGS, AND CYLINDER SLEEVES DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT. I CONTACTED VOLVO CARS AND EXPLAINED THAT THIS INCIDENT SEEMS VERY SIMILAR TO THE CURRENT NHTSA CAMPAIGN # 04V451000 REGARDING ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM FAN FAILURE ON 2000-2001 V70'S AND 2001 V70XC'S (AND OTHER MODELS). VOLVO CONTENDS MY VEHICLE (A 2000 V70XC) IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL. VOLVO CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM THE COOLING FAN ON MY VEHICLE IS DIFFERENT THAN THE DEFECTIVE FAN COVERED BY THE RECALL. *JB

FAILURE OF THE ETM ON MY 2000 VOLVO XC 70. THE CAR ABRUPTLY LOST DRIVING POWER IN THE MIDST OF 65 MPH TRAFFIC ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. *JB