Safety Score
85
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1999 Volvo V70xc.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-13 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY VOLVO V70 WAS ON A TEST DRIVE BY THE MECHANIC BEFORE RETURNING THE VEHICLE TO ME AFTER ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. THE CAR … |
| 2017-09-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | KEY IGNITION IS FAILING WILL OFTEN NOT START THEN AFTER MOVING KEY AROUND IN IGNITION TO FIND THE PERFECT POSITION THE … |
| 2011-06-26 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 VOLVO V70XC. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS FUEL LEAKING FROM THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK CAUSIN… |
| 2011-04-10 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THE CAR WENT INTO A "LIMP HOME MODE" AS I WAS PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, CAUSING SEVERAL CARS TO HAVE TO SWERVE TO KEEP FROM… |
| 2011-04-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY 1999 V70R WITH 122,000 MILES HAS HAD THE MOST PROBLEMS OF ANY VOLVO I HAVE OWNED IN 44 YEARS; HEATER CORE, ELECTRONI… |
| 2009-12-02 | FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER | No | 0 | I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 1999 VOLVO V70XC, SHORTLY AFTER, THE CAR WENT INTO WHAT'S CALLED LIMP HOME MODE. I LOOKED ONLINE… |
| 2009-07-28 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | 1. PREMATURE WEAR OF THE ETM. 2. CAR HAS ROUGH IDLE, STALLS, SURGES IN TRAFFIC. 3. REPLACING THE ETM. FOR THE THIRD… |
| 2008-12-23 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | REAR BRAKE ROTORS WEAR DOWN QUICKLY. WE HAD THEM REPLACED IN THE SUMMER OF 2007 AND THEY ARE WORN DOWN NOW, DEC 2008. *… |
| 2008-01-25 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | DRIVING ON FREEWAY 65 MILES PER HOUR, VEHICLE LOSES COMPLETE POWER, ETS AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS COMES ON. I WAS ABLE T… |
| 2007-08-20 | SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC | No | 0 | ABS CONTROL MODULE REPLACED AT 115K MILES IN AUGUST 2007 FOR A COST OF $1,000 DUE TO MALFUNCTION INDICATION AND RECOMM… |
| 2007-06-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | I BOUGHT THIS VOLVO USED W/ 120K MILES. I SAW RECORDS OF MAJOR WORK DONE AT THE DEALER JUST PREVIOUS TO 100,000 AND FI… |
| 2007-03-09 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | No | 0 | TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE 1999 VOLVO V70XC WITH 114000 FAILURE MILEAGE AT 65 MPH THE ETS LIGHT TUR… |
| 2006-10-16 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THE ABS/TRAC AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS ARE COMING ON SIMULTANEOUSLY AND THEN GO OFF AFTER A FEW MINUTES. ON OTHER OCCASI… |
| 2006-08-06 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 20MPH THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING WHICH CAUSED THE CONTACT TO LOSE C… |
| 2006-06-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE CAR OUT OF NOWHERE JUST STOPPED MOVING. THE CAR DID NOT DIE JUST NO POWER. AFTER HAVING SOMEONE LOOK AT IT AND THE… |
| 2006-03-27 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | CAR WAS GETTING POOR GAS MILEAGE. FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION MARCH 27, 2006. THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF GEAR AT… |
| 2006-03-05 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | ETS WARNING. PRIOR TO THIS LACK OF PERFORMANCE AND POWER. SOON AFTER PURCHASE IT HAD OCCURRED AND DEALER RESET COMPUTER… |
| 2005-12-17 | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING, DRIVERS WINDOW WAS LOWERED AND THEN WOULD NOT COME BACK UP. VEHICLE HAD TO BE DRIVEN FOR 20 MILES WITH W… |
| 2005-11-13 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH | No | 0 | DT: CONTACT STATES THE HEADLIGHTS ON HIS VEHICLE WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING HIS VEHICLE AT NIGHT. THERE IS A RECALL FOR T… |
| 2005-11-07 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | SURGING, FOULING SPARK PLUGS, HESITATING, STALLING, CUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING AND LOCKS UP. *NM |
| 2005-10-27 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY | No | 0 | I OWN A 1999 VOLVO V70 XC. ON OCTOBER 27, 2005, WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING BEGAN … |
| 2005-10-15 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | 1) ETS LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE WITHIN A FEW MINUTES OF STARTING CAR. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD OCC… |
| 2005-10-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES | No | 0 | CHARRED BATTERY CABLE - COULD CAUSE FIRE. *NM |
| 2005-10-15 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | TURBO RETURN LINES ARE LEAKING - RUBBER HOSES ARE STIFFENING FROM HEAT - SHOULDN'T THESE HAVE BEEN METAL LINES TO BEGIN… |
| 2005-10-12 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE FAILURE LEFT MY FAMILY STRANDED. REPAIR COST $1000. I'VE READ THAT THIS ISSUE IS VERY COMM… |
| 2005-10-10 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST | No | 0 | ELECTRIC FRONT SEATS WORK SPORADICALLY. SAFETY HAZARD WHEN ANOTHER DRIVER DRIVES THE CAR. SOMETIMES CANNOT ADJUST SEATS… |
| 2005-10-04 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | I HAVE HAD INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH DRIVABILITY WITH MY 1999 VOLVO V70. WARNING LIGHTS WOULD COME ON AND OFF AND ERRA… |
| 2005-10-03 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE | No | 0 | I JUST RECEIVED WORD FROM A DEALER THAT THE ABS CONTROL UNIT HAS FAILED. I WAS QUOTED APPROX 900 FOR THIS REPAIR. THIS … |
| 2005-10-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | MY 1999 VOLVO V70XC HAD BEEN PERFORMING SLUGGISHLY, WITH INCONSISTENT POWER AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN UNDER MANUAL CONTROL… |
| 2005-09-10 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE 1999 VOLVO V70 HAD TO HAVE THE THROTTLE MODULE REPLACED. THE CAR HAD ALL THE LIGHTS CO… |
| 2005-09-10 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | INITIALLY, I NOTICED THE CAR WOULD SURGE UPON ACCELERATION IN 1ST GEAR. SOMETIMES, MAYBE 40% OF THE TIME, I WOULD ST… |
| 2005-09-08 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | DT: THE CONSUMER STOPPED A TRAFFIC LIGHT, AND AFTER THE LIGHT CHANGED, THE CONSUMER STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR AND THE… |
| 2005-09-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 1 | ETM FAILURE ON MY VOLVO. THIS HAS BEEN A VERY BIG ISSUE WITH 99-00 70 SERIES MODELS. MINE FAILED AS WELL AS MANY OTHE… |
| 2005-09-08 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | I OWN A 1999 VOLVO V70XC. WHILE DRIVING TO WORK ON 9/8/05, SUDDENLY THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SYSTEM (ETS) LIGHT LIT UP … |
| 2005-09-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | DT: THE CONSUMER WANTED THE ETM REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT COMPLY WITH THE CONSUMERS REQUEST, BECAUSE THE P… |
| 2005-08-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. THERE WAS INTERMITTENT LOSS OF POWER. THE DEALER IDENTIFIED THE… |
| 2005-08-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CAR WAS PROCEEDING ON NY STATE THRUWAY WHEN SUDDENLY THE SPEEDOMETER WENT TO ZERO AND THE CAR ENGINE CUT OUT. WHEN I P… |
| 2005-08-17 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE FAILED AND REPLACED 3 TIMES; 11/03, 12/04, 8/05 ON A 1999 VOLVO V70XC. *NM |
| 2005-08-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | SPEED CONTROL SENSOR FAILED INTERMITENTLY ONE DAY, CAUSING THE AUTO BECOME SLUGGISH AND THE SPEEDOMETER AND ODOMOTER T… |
| 2005-08-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY 1999 VOLVO V70 XC SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND THROTTLE CONTROL WHILE TRYING TO PASS ANOTHER CAR. LUCKILY NO ACCIDENT OCC… |
| 2005-07-19 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | 1999 VOLVO V70 XC DEVELOPED PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SYSTEM. *MR RECALL CAMPAIGN#10131400. WHILE IN MOT… |
| 2005-07-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ELECTRONIC THROTTLE (ETM) HAS FAILED AFTER A RECENT INSPECTION BY DEALER. NOW $1200 ESTIMATE TO FIX PROBLEM. WARRANTY… |
| 2005-07-15 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | MY CAR STARTED RIDING ROUGH IN ABOUT 2003. RPM'S JUMP, CAR THRUSTS LIKE A GAS SURGE. THIS CAN OCCUR WHILE ON HIGHWAY … |
| 2005-07-03 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH | No | 0 | HEADLIGHT SWITCH HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE, RECENTLY REPLACED AS A RECALL, WITHIN ONE WEEK OF BEING REPLACED UNDER RECALL… |
| 2005-06-15 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER WERE DRIVING IN OUR VOLVO V70XC (1999) ON A BUSY HIGHWAY WHEN IT STALLED SUDDENLY. SHE COASTED TO … |
| 2005-06-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE | No | 0 | JUST DRIVING ALONG AND THE ETS LIGHT WENT ON. BROUGHT TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE ETM MODULE, FOR $1500. THE … |
| 2005-06-06 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | I AM WRITING AFTER SEEING A NEWS ARTICLE ON COMPLAINTS AGAINST VOLVO. I OWNED A 1999 XC V70 (WHICH I JUST TRADED) [XXX]… |
| 2005-05-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MILEAGE APPROX 115,000 WHEN PURCHASED NOW 120,000 WITHIN 8 MONTHS. HARDLY HARD USE. FAILURE OF ECM AND O2 SENSORS, ON … |
| 2005-05-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE | No | 0 | ABS CONTROL UNIT SPORADICALLY FAILS, ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS GO ON NOTIFYING DRIVER THAT THESE SYSTEMS ARE NOT … |
| 2005-05-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | DT: THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 VOLVO V70 XC. SHE EXPERIENCED THREE MONTH OF IMPEDED PERFORMANCE. THE PROBLEM WITH THE… |