2004 VOLVO XC70 Complaints

VOLVO XC-70 (2004) TRANSMISSION PROBLEM - JERKY GEAR TRANSMISSION AT SLOWER SPEEDS. *TR

THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE OF MY VEHICLE (WHICH HAS OCCURRED 4 TIMES IN THE LAST 9 MONTHS) ARE DESCRIBED IN THIS VOLVO RECALL. HOWEVER, MY XC70 IS A 2004 BUT IS HAVING THIS IDENTICAL ISSUE. (A SOFTWARE GLITCH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 11,993 VOLVO MODELS BEING RECALLED BY THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (NHTSA). THE CAMPAIGN INCLUDES MODEL YEAR 2008-2010 S80 MODELS, 2010 S60 MODELS, 2009-2010 XC70 MODELS, AND THE 2010 XC60, ALL RUNNING FAULTY SOFTWARE IN THEIR CENTRAL ELECTRONIC MODULES (CEM). ACCORDING TO NHTSA, THE SIGNAL FROM THE CEM MAY FAIL TO REACH THE FUEL PUMP ELECTRONIC MODULE (PEM), INHIBITING THE FUEL FROM REACHING THE ENGINE EVEN AS THE VEHICLE'S THROTTLE IS DEPRESSED. NORMALLY, THIS WOULD JUST RESULT IN AN ENGINE THAT FAILS TO START. HOWEVER, RESIDUAL PRESSURE IN THE SYSTEM MAY ALLOW THE VEHICLES IN QUESTION TO DRIVE A SHORT DISTANCE BEFORE THE ENGINE QUITS... AND IF THE VEHICLE STALLS IN CERTAIN CONDITIONS, A CRASH COULD OCCUR.) I TOOK MY CAR TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD TO REPLACE THE CEM AT A COST OF $1200.00 AND THAT THEY WANTED ME TO KNOW THAT THEY WERE NOT EVEN SURE THIS WOULD FIX MY PROBLEM. *TR

ANGLE GEAR FAILED WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH ON SIDE STREET. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED AND ANGLE GEAR IN TRANSMISSION REPLACED. CAR HAD PERFECT DEALER MAINTENANCE RECORD AND TRANSMISSION HAD JUST BEEN SERVICED 4000 MILES PRIOR TO FAILURE - EXACTLY AS MANUFACTURER SCHEDULE RECOMMENDED. *TR

2004 VOLVO XC 70 ENGINE WITH 68,000 MILES, RUNNING POORLY, INOPERABLE; TOWED TO DEALER WHERE WIRING TERMINAL ENDS AT BOTH THROTTLE VALVE AND ENGINE CONTROL MODULE REPLACED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 VOLVO XC70. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V483000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: DELIVERY: FUEL PUMP). THE CONTACT SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL. THE CONTACT TRAVELED 55 MILES EACH WAY AND UPON ARRIVAL AT THE DEALER, SHE WAS ADVISED THAT THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM ON A SEPARATE OCCASION WITH THE SAME DEALER. THE THIRD ATTEMPT FOR THE RECALL REPAIR; THE CONTACT HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A DIFFERENT DEALER WHERE THE RECALL REMEDY WAS PERFORMED; HOWEVER, AFTER THE REPAIR FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE ONTO THE GROUND. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY INFORMED THAT THE DEALER WOULD CORRECT THE RECALL REMEDY REPAIR. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

SHAKING OF VEHICLE, CLUNKING AND SLIPPING OF TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION FAILED. TRANSMISSION REPLACED WITH FACTORY REMANUFACTURED UNIT.. *TR

2004 VOLVO XC70 WAGON, 89,000 MILES. FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE CAR PARKED IN DRIVEWAY (FINE PREVIOUS EVENING, OBVIOUS CLUNKING SOUND WHEN TURNING OUT OF DRIVEWAY IN MORNING). LOUD NOISE WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL, CAR NOT DRIVABLE. MECHANIC FOUND SPRING BADLY CORRODED, FRACTURED NEAR BOTTOM OF COILS. VOLVO DEALERSHIP'S PARTS DEPARTMENT INFORMED MECHANIC THEY WERE "STOCKING PLENTY OF SPRINGS." THIS VEHICLE HAD A SIMILAR BREAK IN THE LEFT REAR SPRING 8 WEEKS PREVIOUSLY. CAR IS USED AS COMMUTER VEHICLE AND HAS NEVER BEEN OFF-ROAD (4 WHL DRIVE SOLD AS "CROSS COUNTRY") OR USED IN COMMERCIAL SERVICE OR FOR CARRYING HEAVY LOADS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 VOLVO XC70. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HAVING ROUTINE WHEEL MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL HOUSING WAS CRACKED. HE WAS ADVISED BY THE MECHANIC THAT THE FAILURE WAS A POTENTIAL SAFETY RISK AND TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE AND WOULD NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT DID NOT BELIEVE THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE AND WOULD NO LONGER DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 89,150.

I HAD A COIL SPRING BREAK ON THE FRONT OF MY 2004 VOLVO XC70. I HAD IT REPLACED 3 WEEKS AGO. TONIGHT, ANOTHER COIL SPRING IN THE REAR PASSENGER SNAPPED (REALLY LOUD!!! I CAN'T IMAGINE FLYING METAL IS SAFE). I'M JUST GLAD NEITHER INCIDENT HAPPENED WHILE WE WERE DRIVING. THAT MAKES 2 COIL SPRINGS IN LESS THAN A MONTH. *TR

DRIVING ~30MPH STRAIGHT ON SNOW COVERED ROAD. FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING FAILED. *TR