Safety Score
66
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-02-25 | 99V035000 |
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | 3,632 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-12 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A 45MPH COLLISION ON 9/12/2017. FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WAS IMPACTED. THE COLLISION WAS SEVERE ENOU… |
| 2017-03-06 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING SPEED NEEDLE GOES BACK TO ZERO AS IF YOU ARE NOT MOVIN, SHOW NO MILEAGE NUMBERS N MILES YOU HAVE GONE OR … |
| 2016-08-29 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 VOLVO S70. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. IN ADDI… |
| 2015-10-02 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | CAR STATIONARY. I HAVE TO TURN KEY TO '1' POSITION, PUSH IN' SHIFTLOCK'OVERRIDE' BUTTON BEFORE I CAN PUT CAR INTO GEAR. |
| 2014-12-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 VOLVO S70. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY WAS INSERTED INTO THE IGNITION AND WAS ABLE TO T… |
| 2014-04-21 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 VOLVO S70. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT I… |
| 2013-12-17 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPEN I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVE WAY. I CAME TO A STOP RIGHT OUTSIDE MY DRIVEWAY WAITING FOR IT T… |
| 2013-12-12 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | I HAVE A VOVLO 1999 S70 TURBO I HAVEN'T HAD NO MAJOR PROBLEMS OUT OF IT..JUST NORMAL MAINTENANCE UNTIL LATE DEC I GOT I… |
| 2012-05-21 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 VOLVO S70. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING 65 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE CRASHED… |
| 2012-03-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TWICE, WITHIN 50 METRES OF THE SAME SPOT EACH TIME, MY CAR HAS SUFFERED EXTREME ACCELERATION WHILST I WAS BRAKING AS H… |
| 2012-02-27 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 VOLVO S70. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 55 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF… |
| 2012-02-17 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 VOLVO S70. WHILE TRAVELING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE ETS WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUM… |
| 2011-12-19 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 VOLVO S70. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING COMING FROM THE ENGINE UPON STA… |
| 2011-11-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I HAD NOT DRIVEN THIS CAR FOR ABOUT A YEAR BECAUSE I BOUGHT A 2008 C70 THAT I WAS DRIVING. I DECIDED TO START DRIVING T… |
| 2011-10-10 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 VOLVO S70. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 20 MPH. THE DEAL… |
| 2011-09-17 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 VOLVO S-70. WHILE REFUELING THE VEHICLE THE CONTACT NOTICED A STRONG, OVERPOWERING GASOLINE… |
| 2011-07-11 | ENGINE | No | 0 | BOUGHT THE CAR ABOUT ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THE FIRST STALLING EPISODE AND ETS LIGHT ON. CALLED VOLVO DUE TO A REPLACEMENT/E… |
| 2011-06-14 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE EMT LIGHT CAME ON AND THERE WAS NO POWER TO THE ACCELERATOR. THIS WAS QUITE FRIGHTENING AND THEN THE POWER RETURNE… |
| 2011-05-19 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | THIS COMPLAINT IS AGAINST VOLVO AMERICA, I OWN A 1999 VOLVO S70 WITH 214,000 MILES. VOLVO CLAIMS THAT IT HAD A SOFTWARE… |
| 2011-03-14 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE SURGES AFTER I HAD THE SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD RECALL. THEY KEEP TELLING ME IT IS A DIRTY THROTTLE BODY, BUT IT HAS B… |
| 2011-01-07 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 VOLVO S70. FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS THE CONTACT COMPLAINED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP ABOU… |
| 2010-11-17 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 VOLVO S70. THE CONTACT HAD A REPAIR PERFORMED FOR RECALL 06V441000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). … |
| 2010-10-03 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 1999 VOLVO S 70 AWD AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, BEGAN BY JERKING WHEN 1ST ACCELERATING, THEN TOTALLY STARTED SLIPPI… |
| 2010-08-27 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 VOLVO S70. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED AND LO… |
| 2010-03-10 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | 1999 VOLVO S70 ETS LIGHT CAME ON AND CAR STALLS . CAR IS BUCKING AND SPEEDING UP CAR SHUTS DOWN ALL OVER THE ROAD AN… |
| 2009-12-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | IN MID-DECEMBER THE CAR STARTED BUT RAN ROUGH AND LACKED POWER. PREVIOUS TO THAT IT RAN FINE; SINCE THEN IT HAS HAD VAR… |
| 2009-09-08 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | MY 1999 S70 WITH APPROXIMATELY 92,000 HAS THE FOLLOWING ISSUES: - SOMETIMES THE ENGINES START SHAKING? - HARD TO BRAK… |
| 2009-08-10 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY 1999 VOLVO S-70 RECEIVED SOFTWARE UPGRADE CODE #155 IN 2006 SUBJECT TO RECALL AND IN AUGUST 2009 STARTED TO EXPERIEN… |
| 2009-07-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I OWN A 1999 VOLVO S70 T5. IT STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY AND AT TIMES WONT EVEN START. THIS IS VERY INCONVENIENT, ESPECIALLY… |
| 2009-07-20 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | FAILURE OF WELD OF LEFT FRONT (DRIVER) DOOR CHECK - SEPARATED FROM FRAME OF CAR. SECOND OCCURRENCE IN 9 YEARS *TR |
| 2009-07-07 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 VOLVO S70. THE CONTACT STATED THAT INTERMITTENTLY THE ENGINE AND THE CSR WARNING LIGHT ILLUM… |
| 2009-06-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I PURCHASED A 1999 S70 VOLVO IN MARCH OF 1999 I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD GET THE SAME WARRANTY AS A NEW CAR. THE DEALER H… |
| 2009-05-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | DRIVER'S DOOR HAD BAD POPPING SOUND. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VOLVO S70 DOOR NOISE WAS TYPICAL, AND ALWAYS DUE TO FA… |
| 2009-04-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WE OWN A 1999 VOLVO S70. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR IT STARTED TO SURGE WHILE AT A STOP WITHOUT AND FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL AT… |
| 2009-04-20 | FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER | No | 0 | ETM ISSUE CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING ENDED UP HAVING TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. ETM MAY ACT NORMAL OR GO INTO LIMP HOME MODE … |
| 2009-04-13 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THE SOFTWARE IN MY 1999 VOLVO S70 HAS FAILED, WHICH HAS RESULTED IN AN UNSAFE CONDITION. THE CAR SURGES, BRAKING IS IM… |
| 2009-03-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE VOLVO S70 ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL IS ACTING UP. THE CAR WHEN STARTED IDLES ERRATICALLY. *TR |
| 2008-12-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE TAIL-LIGHTS AND INTERIOR PANEL. *TR |
| 2008-10-18 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES | No | 0 | POWER DOOR LOCKS, WHEN YOU LOCK THE DOOR, YOU CAN STILL OPEN IT FROM THE OUTSIDE. SOMEBODY CAN COME RIGHT UP TO YOUR DO… |
| 2008-08-26 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | ONGOING PROBLEMS SINCE AUGUST 2008: ENGINE STALLS, DECELERATES, WON'T START, SOMETIMES ENGINE SURGES BADLY, ENGINE LIG… |
| 2008-07-26 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING NORMALLY ON A PARKWAY IN WASH DC. SUDDENLY THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT GO MORE THAN 10 MPH. I "LI… |
| 2008-06-16 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES | No | 0 | YESTERDAY I PARKED MY 1999 VOLVO IN A STORE PARKING LOT, AND WHEN I PULLED THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HANDLE TO OPEN THE DO… |
| 2008-06-09 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | AT APPROXIMATELY 206,000 MILES MY CAR WOULDN'T DRIVE OVER 40 MPH, THE ENGINE WOULD REV UP ON ITS OWN AND SPUTTERED THRO… |
| 2008-04-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 VOLVO S70. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT HAS A METAL PIECE INSIDE THE BUCKLE THAT FAILED.… |
| 2008-03-21 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | I WAS IN A COLLISION THAT CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO MY CAR. THE AIR BAG(S) DID NOT DEPLOY. I WONDER IF THE AIR BAG… |
| 2007-09-09 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 1 | ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2007 THE DRIVER WAS DRIVING HER 1999 VOLVO S70 SOUTH ON ROUTE 15 IN PENNSYLVANIA. I WAS IN THE FRONT P… |
| 2007-09-07 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | IN A HIGH SPEED HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH A TREE (TREES), WITH ONLY A DRIVER OCCUPANT IN THE CAR, THE PASSENGER AIRBAG DEP… |
| 2007-07-18 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 VOLVO S70. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND STALLED, BUT NEVER COMPLETELY S… |
| 2007-01-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HESITATED WHEN ACCELERATING. THE VEHICLE WAS A 1999 VOLVO S70, THE CONTACT … |
| 2006-12-27 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | PURCHASED USED CAR 1 WEEK AGO. 87,000 MI. NO PROBLEMS, ETS LIGHT CAME ON. YELLOW LIGHT, NOT RED = NOT AN EMERGENCY. G… |