Volvo V70 Engine Problems
178 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 10 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2001. Best year: 2010.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
The contact owns a 2001 Volvo V70. The contact stated that while the vehicle was idling, the engine caught fire. The air bag warning light was illuminated. There was damage to the garage. There were no reported injuries. The fire departm...
WHEN WE FIRST PURCHASED THE CAR WE DROVE IT FOR ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE IT STARTED SURGING FORWARD AND STALLING A LOT. MY FIANC AND I WOULD HAVE TO PULL OVER, PARK THE CAR, HAVE TO TURN THE KEY THREE TIMES BEFORE STARTING. WOULD HAVE TO REPE...
FIRST TIME, WAS IN A DRIVE THROUGH & JUST TOOK OFF, HOPPED THE CURB, AND HIT TALK BOX. NEXT 2 TIMES WERE STOPPED QUICKLY BY ME PUTTING IN NEUTRAL. LAST TIME WAS JUST LEAVING PARKING SPACE, AND CAR JUMPED CURB AND I STOPPED 4 FT. FROM ...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 VOLVO V70. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STALLED AND SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS MOVED TO THE SHOULDER WHERE IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. ...
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 VOLVO V70. WHILE APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AT 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN SMOKING UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE RIGHT BEFORE IT BURST INTO FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AT THE SCENE AND A ...
WHILE DRIVING, COMPLAINANT HEARD A CLUNK-TYPE NOISE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT THEN SAW SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. COMPLAINANT IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND NOTIFIED POLICE. WITHIN MINUTES THE ENTIR...
MY NEW VOLVO V70 WITH ONLY 7000 MILES ALMOST TOOK MY LIFE AS WELL AS MY 18 MONTH OLD SON'S LIFE! I WAS DRIVING DOWN A FOUR LANE ROAD WHEN ANOTHER DRIVER MOTIONED ME TO PULL ASIDE. I THOUGHT I HAD A FLAT TIRE SO I PULLED OVER. THE CAR WA...
WHILE PULLING INSIDE OF THE DRIVEWAY, VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING. VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK TO DATE, THE CAUSE OF FIRE IS STILL UNDETERMINED. IT APPEARS THE COOLANT OVER FLOW BOTTLE EXPLODED AND SOME HOW S...
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 VOLVO V70. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, RADIATOR FLUID SATURATED THE DRIVER SIDE FLOORBOARD UNDERNEATH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SEALS OR HEATER CORE COULD HAVE CAUSED THE FAILURE. AS OF APR...
IN EARLY MAY, 2006, MY CAR ENGINE SHUT DOWN BY ITSELF. THIS OCCURRED THREE TIMES. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY KEPT IT FOR TWO DAYS. THE DAY AFTER I PICKED IT UP(MAY 11TH, THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN WHILE I WAS D...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 VOLVO V70. THE CONTACT NOTICED A FUEL ODOR AROUND AND INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED FUEL LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP ...
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 VOLVO XC70. -THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE RESTARTED SEVERAL TIMES, THEN IT RUNS. -UNKNOWN CAUSE -THE CONTACT STATED THAT IN ONE OF THE VISITS TO T...