2002 VOLVO V70 Complaints

PULLING INTO RESTAURANT PARKING SPACE. PUSHED ON BRAKE AND VEHICLE SHOT FORWARD. ENDED UP IN RESTAURANT. NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED, BUT NEVER ACCIDENTALLY HIT THROTTLE BEFORE. CONCERNED, INSURANCE CHECKED RECALLS AND FOUND A PROBLEM. *TR

MY VOLVO XC70 2002 HAS CHRONIC TRANSMISSION ISSUES WHICH STARTED AT 70K MILES. THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT COMES ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR LOSES POWER, OR SOMETIMES DOES THIS AT A STOP LIGHT AND LOSES THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP. IT HESITATES AND JERKS. I AM READING THAT THIS IS VERY COMMON IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF CARS. *TR

IMPROPER SHIFT OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE AND IN CERTAIN SLOWING DOWN CONDITION WHICH CAUSE CAR TO LURCH (SLOW DOWN AS IN MAKING A RIGHT/LEFT TURN). DEALER FIRST STATED THAT PROBLEM WAS WITH ONBOARD SOFTWARE, NOW SAYING THE CAR NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION. INTERNET SEARCH CONCLUDES THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED CONDITION. *TR

TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING AROUND 90,000 MILES. CHANGING FROM 2ND TO 3RD WAS A PRESSURIZED BUILD UP RESULTING IN A LUNGE FORWARD OR BUCKING OF VEHICLE. SEVERAL TIMES TRYING TO GET ACROSS TRAFFIC LANES ALMOST RESULTED IN NEAR CRASH DUE TO TRANSMISSION NOT CHANGING GEAR. PUTTING CAR IN GEAR RESULTED IN A BUCKING FORWARD OR LUNGE. VOLVO ADVISED A NEW TRANSMISSION BUT ADVISED US OF A COMPUTER DOWNLOAD THAT MIGHT FIX THE PROBLEM. AFTER THE DOWNLOAD THE CAR DROVE GREAT FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS. THEN IT BEGAN AGAIN. WHEN ON A TRIP THE JERKING IN CHANGING WAS SO VIOLENT THE GAS LINE WAS FORCED LOOSE FROM THE FUEL FILTER CAUSING A STALL IN TRAFFIC. FORTUNATELY WE WERE ABLE TO PUSH THE CAR OUT OF TRAFFIC AND WAITED FOR A MECHANIC TO ARRIVE TO RE-INSTALL THE LINE TO THE FILTER. VOLVO DEALER WAS ABOUT THREE MILES DOWN THE ROAD BUT REFUSED TO COME OUT STATING TOO MUCH GOING ON AND THAT THEY COULD HELP BUT WOULD WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT DAY SINCE SO CLOSE TO 5 PM. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC CAME TO HELP. A NEW TRANS WAS INSTALLED BUT WITH LESS THAN 5000 MILES THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE COMING BACK. ALSO THE BRAKE BOOSTER WENT OUT. A FAILED RECALLED PART LEFT US STRANDED WHEN WE FIRST BOUGHT THE CAR AND WE PAID THE TOWING FEES TO VOLVO. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 VOLVO V70. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE VEHICLE DOWN SHIFTED AND LOST POWER. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SO THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD INCREASE IN SPEED. AFTER A FEW A MINUTES, THE TRANSMISSION WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THERE WAS A LOSS ACCELERATION. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING TO HER DESTINATION . THE DEALER WAS NOT INFORMED ABOUT THE FAILURE AND STATED THE THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE THE FAILURE . THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 84100.

2002 VOLVO V70 XC TRANSMISSION. THIS PART IS DEFECTIVE AFTER ONLY 105,000 MILES MANY OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. VOLVO DEALER SHIP SAID THAT IT WAS A COMPUTER UPGRADE, BUT IT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. FLUSHED THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT DID NOT SOLVE PROBLEM OF ERRATIC SHIFTING AND JUMPING SHIFTING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 VOLVO V70. WHILE TRAVELING 20 MPH THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 20 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 115000.

OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS OR SO, I HAVE HAD FOUR OR FIVE INCIDENCES INVOLVING SUDDEN ACCELERATION OF MY 2002 VOLVO STATION WAGON V-70. ALL HAVE OCCURRED IN CITY DRIVING NOT ON THE OPEN HIGHWAY. ONCE WHEN PARKING, I ALMOST RAMMED ANOTHER PARKED VEHICLE BECAUSE, AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKE, MY VOLVO SUDDENLY LURCHED AHEAD. I SWERVED, PRESSED HARDER ON THE BRAKE AND PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL. I THEN STOPPED. ON OTHER OCCASIONS, MOSTLY WHEN COMING TO A STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE CAR SLOWS DOWN AND THEN SURGES AHEAD, AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKE. ONCE AGAIN, TO STOP THE CAR I HAD TO SLAM DOWN HARD ON THE BRAKE AND PUT THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL. ON OTHER OCCASIONS, AFTER STOPPING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR STOP SIGN, THE ENGINE REVS UP TO THE POINT THAT I HAVE TO PUT IT INTO NEUTRAL TO STOP THE REVVING. I HAVE BROUGHT THE CAR INTO THE MARTENS VOLVO DEALER AND EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM EACH TIME I BROUGHT IT IN FOR SERVICING. THEY HAVE ADJUSTED THE "THROTTLE MECHANISM" EACH TIME BUT THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. *TR

STRONG SMELL OF FUEL/GASOLINE, CHECKED FOR FUEL LEAK. FACTORY VOLVO FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY HOUSING CRACKED AND LEAKING. REPLACED FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 VOLVO V70. HE STATED THAT TWO OF THE THREE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED. WHEN THE THREE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY, ALL OF THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO INDICATE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DECELERATING, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED IN REFERENCE TO RECALL # 04V051000, EXTERIOR LIGHTING BRAKE LIGHTS; HOWEVER, HE WAS ADVISED THAT HIS VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM AND THAT HE WAS INELIGIBLE FOR A FREE REMEDY. HE PURCHASED THE PARTS AND REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 104,000.