Consumer Safety Complaints
Search 2,215,138 safety complaints filed by vehicle owners with NHTSA — including 138,663 crashes, 56,255 fires, and 8,561 deaths.
What is a NHTSA consumer complaint?
A consumer complaint is a free-form report filed by a vehicle owner directly to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) describing a safety concern about their vehicle. NHTSA collects these reports through its Vehicle Owner Defect Report (VOQ) system and publishes them publicly. Each complaint includes the affected component, the date and circumstances of the incident, whether the failure caused a crash or fire, and any reported injuries or deaths. The owner's full narrative description is included verbatim — NHTSA does not edit or moderate the descriptions.
The database below contains over 2,215,138 individual complaints. NHTSA's investigators monitor it for clusters of similar reports — when enough owners describe the same failure mode on the same vehicle, NHTSA may open a Preliminary Evaluation that can lead to a recall. Many of the largest recalls in U.S. history, including the Takata airbag recall and the Hyundai/Kia engine fire recalls, started as patterns visible in this complaint database years before they became formal recalls.
How to interpret what you read
A few principles for reading consumer complaints usefully:
- One complaint is anecdote; a hundred similar complaints is data. NHTSA does not investigate the truthfulness of any individual report — that's the job of the Office of Defects Investigation, which looks at the full pattern. When evaluating a vehicle, look for whether multiple owners describe the same chain of events.
- Crash, fire, injury, and death flags are owner-set. They are not verified by NHTSA. They are still useful as a filter, because owners who tick those boxes are typically reporting more serious incidents than those who don't.
- Component categories are NHTSA-assigned, not owner-assigned. NHTSA standardizes the component field so that complaints can be aggregated. The owner narrative often goes into more detail than the component category captures.
- Complaint volume scales with sales volume. A best-selling model will accumulate more raw complaints than a niche model even at the same defect rate. To compare across vehicles, look at complaints per 100,000 units sold, not raw counts.
If you've experienced a defect
File a complaint. NHTSA's investigators rely on this database to detect emerging defects, and useful complaints — specific, concrete, with dates and mileage and clear descriptions of what happened — feed directly into the agency's pattern detection. The form takes about 10 minutes and is at nhtsa.gov/recalls under "Report a Safety Problem." Your complaint becomes part of the same public record that this page is built from. Owners filing detailed VOQs are how recalls get triggered.
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Showing 15,069 complaints for VOLVO
Incident date: May 30, 2006
PURCHASED A 1999 VOLVO S80 IN JUNE 2000. SINCE THAT TIME ON DOZENS OF OCCASIONS WARNING MESSAGES HAVE CONSTANTLY APPEARED ON THE DASH DISPLAY, I.E. FUEL FILLER CAP LOOSE, EMISSION SYSTEM SERVICE REQUIRED, AND ENGINE SYSTEM SERVICE URGENT. WE HAD THE VEHICLE CHECKED BY VOLVO OF ANNAPOLIS FOR THIS PROBLEM AND WERE INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. SINCE THEN WE HAVE HAD THE S80 CHECKED BY A REP... Read more
Incident date: Jun 3, 2006
VOLVO 2002 V70 WAGON STALLED WHILE IN DRIVE ON I-5. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER DESPITE LOSING STEERING. SIMILAR INCIDENT OCCURRED IN 2004 AND THE DEALER CLEANED THE THROTTLE. OBVIOUSLY THIS CORRECTION WAS NOT PERMANENT. *JB
Incident date: Jun 3, 2006
VOLVO 2002 V70 WAGON STALLED WHILE IN DRIVE ON I-5. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER DESPITE LOSING STEERING. SIMILAR INCIDENT OCCURRED IN 2004 AND THE DEALER CLEANED THE THROTTLE. OBVIOUSLY THIS CORRECTION WAS NOT PERMANENT. *JB
Incident date: Feb 5, 2006
FUEL RAIL LEAKING GASOLINE ON ENGINE. SMELL INSIDE CABIN MAKING ME SICK. GARAGE SMELLED AS WELL. AFTER DRIVING, THE SMELL WOULD GO AWAY. *JB
Incident date: Feb 5, 2006
FUEL RAIL LEAKING GASOLINE ON ENGINE. SMELL INSIDE CABIN MAKING ME SICK. GARAGE SMELLED AS WELL. AFTER DRIVING, THE SMELL WOULD GO AWAY. *JB
Incident date: May 30, 2006
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 DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. I NARROWLY MISSED HITTING SEVERAL CARS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHEN THE CAR COOLED DOWN, I WAS ABLE TO START I... Read more
1 injured
Incident date: May 29, 2006
THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING ON OUR 2001 VOLVO XC70 SNAPPED EITHER WHILE THE CAR WAS DRIVEN INTO THE DRIVEWAY OR WHILE SITTING OVERNIGHT. BACKING THE CAR OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY INTO A DIP PRODUCED A NOISE THAT INDICATED A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT SUSPENSION. UPON EXAMINING THE FRONT SUSPENSION I DISCOVERED THE BROKEN COIL SPRING. THE LOWER PORTION OF THE SPRINGS POWDER COAT HAD PEELED AND ... Read more
Incident date: May 31, 2006
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ACCELERATOR AND BRAKE PEDAL ARE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY THE DEALERSHIP.
Incident date: May 31, 2006
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ACCELERATOR AND BRAKE PEDAL ARE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY THE DEALERSHIP.
Incident date: May 30, 2006
I WAS DRIVING A CAR AND IT JUST LOST ALL POWER AND TOLD ME THAT THE ENGINE IS UNDERPERFORMING. THE THROTTLE JUST DROPPED AND EVEN THOUGH THE CAR WAS RUNNING , IT WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. I THANK GOD THIS HAPPENED AT NIGHT ON A HIGHWAY WHERE THERE WAS ROOM TO PULL OVER SAFELY. I DO NOT EVEN WANT TO THINK WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO MYSELF OR OTHERS IF THIS HAPPENED DURING THE DAY IN BUSY HIGHWAY T... Read more
Incident date: May 22, 2006
I RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM VOLVO THAT THE ETM WARRANTY WOULD BE EXTENDED. THOUGHT LITTLE OF IT BECAUSE THE CAR WAS RUNNING FINE. A WEEK LATER, THE DASH INDICATOR LIGHT WENT ON , INDICATING THAT THE ETM NEEDED SERVICE. THE CAR WENT INTO "LIMP HOME " MODE AND WOULD SHAKE VIOLENTLY DURING IDLE AND AT OTHER TIMES. THE DEALER CLEANED THE MODULE (DID NOT REPLACE) AND THEN TOLD ME THAT THE CAR WAS NOT ... Read more
Incident date: May 26, 2006
FAILURE OF THE ETM ON MY 2000 VOLVO XC 70. THE CAR ABRUPTLY LOST DRIVING POWER IN THE MIDST OF 65 MPH TRAFFIC ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. *JB
Incident date: Dec 1, 2004
THE TRANSMISSION OF MY S60 INADVERTENTLY MIS-SHIFTS AT A VARIETY OF SPEEDS. THE PROBLEM HAPPENS AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN BACKING OFF BETWEEN GEARS AND FEELS LIKE IT UP SHIFTS AT AN INAPPROPRIATE TIME AND SPEEDS UP. OTHER TIMES THE TRANSMISSION WILL MIS-SHIFT UPON ACCELERATION CAUSING HIGH REVS, WITH NO POWER. TALKED WITH VOLVO SEVERAL TIMES AND FIRST SERVICE VISIT PAID $100 FOR A SOFTWARE UPGRADE THAT D... Read more
Incident date: May 10, 2006
DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BADLY FRAYED AT SHOULDER LEVEL. CAUSED BY SHARP GROOVE WORN IN PLASTIC TRIM WHERE BELT PULLS OUT FROM B POST. PASSENGER SIDE NOT AS BADLY WORN BECAUSE IT IS NOT USED AS MUCH. WEAR DEVELOPED AFTER WARRANTY PERIOD. FRAYING IS NOW APPROXIMATELY 1/4 THE WIDTH OF THE BELT. *JB
Incident date: May 20, 2006
I WAS DRIVING MY CAR ON SATURDAY MORNING WHEN SUDDENLY WITH NO WARNING THE ENGINE WENT INTO "LIMP HOME" MODE. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO A VOLVO DEALER, WHO TOOK THE CAR IN, DOWN LOADED A SOFTWARE PATCH FOR THE THROTTLE COMPUTER AND RETURNED THE CAR TO ME. *JB
Incident date: May 21, 2006
SURGING, MISSING, SKIPPING WHILE IDLING IN GEAR. IT MAY SURGE, MISS, SKIP WHILE OUT OF GEAR, BUT IT IS HARD TO DETECT. I HAVE HAD THE ETM SOFTWARE UPDATE AND THEN THEY CLEANED IT. THE DEALER DOES NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT NOW AND IT IS STILL HAPPENING. THEY HAVE NOT YET DONE THE VOLVO CAMPAIGN TO REPLACE FAULTY ETM'S BECAUSE THE GUIDELINES ARE STRICT. (SOMEONE HAS TO DIE FIRST, THEN THEY WI... Read more
Incident date: May 20, 2006
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED ONCE THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR AND BOTH REAR DOORS ARE LOCKED, THEY CAN NOT BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE. IN ORDER FOR OCCUPANTS TO EXIT THE VEHICLE, WHILE THE DOORS ARE LOCKED, THE DOOR MUST BE OPENED BY SOMEONE FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE DEALER RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE AUTO WINDOW CONTROL AND LOCKS ON ALL THREE DOORS. THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR LOCK FAILED PREVIOUSLY. THE VEHICLE W... Read more
Incident date: Jan 10, 2006
TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS CAUSING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN GOING BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD. ALSO HAD ISSUES WITH THE ENGINE GOING TO 700 RPMS WHEN GOING 65 MPH. THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY PROBLEMS. THE SOLENOID WENT OUT IN THE TRANSMISSION ABOUT 13000 MILES AGO. CURRENTLY I HAVE THREE DIFFERENT ERROR CODES "TRANSMISSION SERVICE URGENT", LOW OIL PRESSURE STOP ENGINE ASAP", ... Read more
Incident date: Jan 10, 2006
TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS CAUSING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN GOING BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD. ALSO HAD ISSUES WITH THE ENGINE GOING TO 700 RPMS WHEN GOING 65 MPH. THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY PROBLEMS. THE SOLENOID WENT OUT IN THE TRANSMISSION ABOUT 13000 MILES AGO. CURRENTLY I HAVE THREE DIFFERENT ERROR CODES "TRANSMISSION SERVICE URGENT", LOW OIL PRESSURE STOP ENGINE ASAP", ... Read more
Incident date: Jan 10, 2006
TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS CAUSING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN GOING BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD. ALSO HAD ISSUES WITH THE ENGINE GOING TO 700 RPMS WHEN GOING 65 MPH. THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY PROBLEMS. THE SOLENOID WENT OUT IN THE TRANSMISSION ABOUT 13000 MILES AGO. CURRENTLY I HAVE THREE DIFFERENT ERROR CODES "TRANSMISSION SERVICE URGENT", LOW OIL PRESSURE STOP ENGINE ASAP", ... Read more
Incident date: Jan 10, 2006
TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS CAUSING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN GOING BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD. ALSO HAD ISSUES WITH THE ENGINE GOING TO 700 RPMS WHEN GOING 65 MPH. THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY PROBLEMS. THE SOLENOID WENT OUT IN THE TRANSMISSION ABOUT 13000 MILES AGO. CURRENTLY I HAVE THREE DIFFERENT ERROR CODES "TRANSMISSION SERVICE URGENT", LOW OIL PRESSURE STOP ENGINE ASAP", ... Read more
Incident date: Jan 10, 2006
TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS CAUSING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN GOING BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD. ALSO HAD ISSUES WITH THE ENGINE GOING TO 700 RPMS WHEN GOING 65 MPH. THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY PROBLEMS. THE SOLENOID WENT OUT IN THE TRANSMISSION ABOUT 13000 MILES AGO. CURRENTLY I HAVE THREE DIFFERENT ERROR CODES "TRANSMISSION SERVICE URGENT", LOW OIL PRESSURE STOP ENGINE ASAP", ... Read more
Incident date: Apr 18, 2006
WE HAVE A 2005 VOLVO S60R. AFTER HITTING A POTHOLE AND DESTROYING THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE AND RIM WE REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES AND WHEELS WITH O.E.M. 17" WHEELS AND PIRELLI P6 TIRES. LESS THAN 1000 MILES LATER TWO OF THE TIRES DEVELOPED BULGES IN THE SIDEWALL AT THE EXACT SAME LOCATION ON EACH TIRE. KLINE VOLVO WOULD DO NOTHING ABOUT IT SAYING IT WAS ROAD HAZARD DAMAGE, BUT THESE TIRES DIDN'T HIT AN... Read more
Incident date: May 16, 2006
I PURCHASED A 2000 VOLVO S80 FROM CARMAX IN FEB. 2006. THE CAR ONLY HAD 26000 MILES ON IT SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT DEAL. I CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER TO SEE IF ANY AND ALL RECALLS HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THEY SAID THE ONLY THING NEEDED TO BE DONE WAS TO HAVE THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE SYSTEM TO BE UPGRADED IN THE CARS COMPUTER. ON 5-11-06 THE VOLVO DEALER PERFORMED THE UPGRADE. ... Read more
Incident date: May 5, 2006
MY 03 VOLVO STALLS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS RESULTING IN A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THIS HAPPENS SEVERAL TIMES PER TRIP, POSING A VERY VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE VEHICLE STALLS WHEN LETTING OFF THE GAS PEDAL AND OCCASIONALLY WHEN COMING TO A STOP. *NM
Incident date: May 17, 2006
2000 VOLVO S-80 T6 , ETM PART REPLACED IN DEC 2004, IN CONJUNCTION WITH COMPLAINT NUMBER 10145678; RETURNED CAR TO DEALERSHIP ON SATURDAY 5/13/06 TO HAVE SOFTWARE RECALL UPGRADE PERFORMED DUE TO SAME CONDITIONS AS PRESENT IN 2004 INCIDENT - VEHICLE STOPPING UNEXPECTEDLY IN TRAFFIC. CAR SINCE SATURDAY HAS CONTINUED TO STOP IN TRAFFIC 5 TIMES, CAR WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE, NOW THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ... Read more
Incident date: May 15, 2006
VOLVO V70 2004 WAGON - DRIVING ON CITY STREETS. CAR STALLED 3X AND LOST STEERING CONTROL 2 X. HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER (POWER VOLVO, TORRANCE CA) BUT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEMS (ALL 3 INCIDENTS HAPPENED WITHIN 10 MINS OF EACH OTHER WHEN I WAS DRIVING). TOLD ME THE NEXT DAY THE THROTTLE WAS "STICKING" AND THEY WOULD "CLEAN" IT. THIS MAKES ME NERVOUS DUE TO THE PAST THROTTLE PROBLEMS WITH VOLVO... Read more
Incident date: May 14, 2006
MY 2000 VOLVO S80 T6 STALLS (TYPICALLY IN JUNCTIONS) AFTER 120K MAINTENANCE SERVICE / RECALL 155 ETM SOFTWARE UPGRADE. THE SERVICE WAS PERFORMED ON 5/12/06 AT AUTHORIZED VOLVO DEALER (128VOLVO.COM). SINCE THE SERVICE, THE CAR STALLED 5 TIMES, AND HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP THREE MORE TIMES, WITHOUT A FIXING THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER REJECTS MY COMPLAINS AND WANTS THIS ISSUE TO "HAPPEN MORE FREQUENTL... Read more
Incident date: May 14, 2006
MY 2000 VOLVO S80 T6 STALLS (TYPICALLY IN JUNCTIONS) AFTER 120K MAINTENANCE SERVICE / RECALL 155 ETM SOFTWARE UPGRADE. THE SERVICE WAS PERFORMED ON 5/12/06 AT AUTHORIZED VOLVO DEALER (128VOLVO.COM). SINCE THE SERVICE, THE CAR STALLED 5 TIMES, AND HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP THREE MORE TIMES, WITHOUT A FIXING THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER REJECTS MY COMPLAINS AND WANTS THIS ISSUE TO "HAPPEN MORE FREQUENTL... Read more
Incident date: Mar 15, 2006
IN OCT 04, WE PURCHASED A VOLVO 2000 S80, [XXX]. WE WERE SATISFIED WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CAR FOR THE MOST PART. SHORTLY AFTER WE PURCHASED THE VOLVO, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND AFTER HAVING THE CODES CHECK, THE OXYGEN SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. SINCE THE CAR WAS RUNNING SMOOTH AND W/AGREEMENT OF MY MECHANIC, I DID NOT HAVE THE OS REPLACED. IN MARCH 2006, ANOTHER MSG CAME ON T... Read more
Incident date: Mar 15, 2006
IN OCT 04, WE PURCHASED A VOLVO 2000 S80, [XXX]. WE WERE SATISFIED WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CAR FOR THE MOST PART. SHORTLY AFTER WE PURCHASED THE VOLVO, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND AFTER HAVING THE CODES CHECK, THE OXYGEN SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. SINCE THE CAR WAS RUNNING SMOOTH AND W/AGREEMENT OF MY MECHANIC, I DID NOT HAVE THE OS REPLACED. IN MARCH 2006, ANOTHER MSG CAME ON T... Read more
Incident date: May 9, 2006
2001 VOLVO XC70 TRANSMISSION FAIL AT 97K MILES. TRANSMISSION HAS NEVER BEHAVED APPROPRIATELY, UP/DOWN SHIFT ERRATIC, ETC. VEHICLE HAS BEEN THE RECIPIENT OF NUMEROUS SOFTWARE UPGRADES, TRANSMISSION FLUSH/FILTER, AND A NEW VALVE BODY. TRANSMISSION STILL FAILED AND VOLVO SAYS I'M OUT OF LUCK. BOUGHT NEW IN 2001 FOR $42,000. VEHICLE ALSO FAILED TO OPERATE MARCH OF 2006 WHERE A "PERFORMANCE REDUCE... Read more
Incident date: May 9, 2006
2001 VOLVO XC70 TRANSMISSION FAIL AT 97K MILES. TRANSMISSION HAS NEVER BEHAVED APPROPRIATELY, UP/DOWN SHIFT ERRATIC, ETC. VEHICLE HAS BEEN THE RECIPIENT OF NUMEROUS SOFTWARE UPGRADES, TRANSMISSION FLUSH/FILTER, AND A NEW VALVE BODY. TRANSMISSION STILL FAILED AND VOLVO SAYS I'M OUT OF LUCK. BOUGHT NEW IN 2001 FOR $42,000. VEHICLE ALSO FAILED TO OPERATE MARCH OF 2006 WHERE A "PERFORMANCE REDUCE... Read more
Incident date: Mar 25, 2006
I BOUGHT A 2006 VOLVO XC90 OCEAN RACE (LIMITED EDITION) SUV ON 3/21/06. THE MORNING OF 3/25/06, MY CAR WOULD NOT START. VOLVO ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE JUMP STARTED THE VEHICLE, WHICH I THEN DROVE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE BATTERY TESTED FINE, AND THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO ME. ON 4/27/06, AGAIN THE CAR WOULD NOT START. VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO ME ON 4/29, NO-CHARGE INVOICE SAYS "REPLACE ENGINE MA... Read more
Incident date: Jan 1, 1901
CONSUMER VOLVO V 70 STALLS WHILE IN TRAFFIC. *TS ***NAR*** THE VEHICLE ALSO SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND DECELERATED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. *NM [LETTER IN REPOSITORY THIS VOQ, X REF VOQ 10156335, SMCH]
Incident date: May 9, 2006
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 10-40 MPH ON SEVEN OCCASIONS. THERE WAS NO WARNING PRIOR TO THE STALLING AND THE VEHICLE RESTARTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER EACH INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN INSPECTED BY A SERVICE DEALER TWICE. THE FIRST TIME THE DEALERSHIP FLUSHED OUT THE AIR CONDITIONER IN AN ATTEMPT TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM, BUT THE REMEDY OFFERED WAS INEFFECTIVE. THE DEALE... Read more
Incident date: May 9, 2006
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 10-40 MPH ON SEVEN OCCASIONS. THERE WAS NO WARNING PRIOR TO THE STALLING AND THE VEHICLE RESTARTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER EACH INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN INSPECTED BY A SERVICE DEALER TWICE. THE FIRST TIME THE DEALERSHIP FLUSHED OUT THE AIR CONDITIONER IN AN ATTEMPT TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM, BUT THE REMEDY OFFERED WAS INEFFECTIVE. THE DEALE... Read more
Incident date: Apr 22, 2006
2001 VOLVO XC 93K MILES [XXX] ETM ISSUES. VEHICLE HAS PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE. AFTER ABOUT 5 MILES DRIVING THE VEHICLE DOES NOT IDLE AND STALLS AT INTERSECTIONS OR ON HIGHWAY WHEN FOOT IS TAKEN OFF THE THROTTLE. ALSO GOES INTO LIMP MODE SOMETIMES WITH REDUCED PERFORMANCE. ONLY SETS TEMPORARY CODE NOT PERMANENT. SAFETY HAZARD. *JB UPDATED 07/16/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTE... Read more
Incident date: May 5, 2006
BRAKE PROBLEM AT 13000 MILES AND AGAIN AT 25000, COSTLY REPAIR, THE TRUCK WEIGHS 6000 LBS AND BRAKE SYSTEM IS NOT ADEQUATE FOR VEHICLE. CALIPER HAD TO BE REPLACED ON NEW VEHICLE! PLEASE INVESTIGATE, I KNOW THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN, BRAKES HAVE EXCESSIVE DUST, WEAR FAST. *NM
Incident date: May 4, 2006
ON THE WAY TO AN APPOINTMENT MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR VOLVO V70 T5 ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY WHEN SUDDENLY THE CAR LOST POWER AND A MESSAGE STATING "PERFORMANCE REDUCTION" WAS VISIBLE ON THE CONSOLE. THE CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS ABOUT TO STALL AT ANY MINUTE AND WAS ONLY ABLE TO BE DRIVEN AT 20 MPH. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL THE CAR OVER TO THE HARD SHOULDER BUT AS SHE WAS ABOUT TO ENTER A SECTION WHERE ROAD WORKS ... Read more
Incident date: May 7, 2006
I HAVE SOLD THIS CAR TO A NEIGHBOR, BUT HE IS AWAY FOR 8 MONTHS SO I HAVE BEEN DRIVING IT ONCE A WEEK ABOUT 30 MILES. IT HAS A LITTLE OVER 60,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. TODAY I FILLED THE TANK AND SHORTLY AFTERWARDS THE THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR IMMEDIATELY BEGAN SURGING BETWEEN 1 AND 2,000 RPM AND WHEN I TRIED TO STOP THE CAR AT A STOP SIGN IT CONTINUED TO SURGE AND WITH GREAT DIFFI... Read more
Incident date: May 4, 2006
TWO TOYO PROXES TPT 205/55R-16 (94V ALL SEASONS BLACKWALL) TIRES HAVE FAILED WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF PURCHASE AND 10,000 MILES. THE SIDEWALLS HAVE DEVELOPED THIN SPOTS THAT ARE BULGING OUTWARDS, ON THE VERGE OF A BLOWOUT. THESE TIRES WERE REPLACEMENTS FOR TOYO PROXES FZ4 BLACKWALLS P205/55VR WHEN ONE OF THEM BLEW OUT THROUGH THE SIDEWALL AFTER 2.5 YEARS OF MODERATELY LIGHT USAGE. BECAUSE TWO TIRES (B... Read more
Incident date: Mar 27, 2006
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH THE BRAKES FAILED RESULTING IN A CRASH. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AT THE SCENE AND THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED ON CERTAIN VEHICLES WATER CAN ENTER THE ELECTRICAL BRAKE VACUUM PUMP, CAUSING THE PUMP TO FAIL. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 03V474000, REGARDING THE SERVICE BRAKES HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST VAC... Read more
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Apr 14, 2006
A FEW WEEKS AGO, I HAVE NOTICED A STRONG GAS FUEL SMELL FROM MY 98 VOLVO V70 CROSS COUNTRY AWD FROM THE GAS TANK AREA. THE SMELL COMES FROM THE AREA IN FRONT OF THE RR WHEEL, ON TOP OF THE PLASTIC PANEL WHICH COVERS THE FUEL TANK. THE LEAK IS NOTICEABLE WHEN THE TANK IS FULL. THE ONLY WAY FOR ME TO KEEP THE SMELL FROM POPPING OUT IS TO NOT FILL UP THE TANK MORE THAN 8 OR 10 GALLONS. THE CAR IS... Read more
Incident date: Nov 16, 2005
NOVEMBER 15, 2005 MY VOLVO S40'S PARKING BRAKE FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY. AFTER PARKING MY CAR AND LEAVING THE GARAGE THE BRAKE "SLIPPED" AND ROLLED OUT OF THE SPOT HITTING ANOTHER CAR. MY CAR HAD 2,899 MILES ON IT. WHEN RETURNING TO MY CAR THAT NIGHT I FOUND THAT MY PARKING BRAKE HAD "SLIPPED" AND MY VOLVO HAD DRIFTED DOWN THE RAMP OF MY PARKING GARAGE AND STRUCK ANOTHER CAR. THE MORNING OF TH... Read more
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VOLVO
V70
(2000) — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
May 2, 2006
Incident date: Apr 25, 2006
ABS CONTROL MODULE FAILURE. I WAS INFORMED BY TWO DEALERSHIPS, NORTH POINTE VOLVO AND DYER AND DYER VOLVO, AS WELL AS VOLVO PROFESSIONAL REPAIR (ALL LOCATED IN THE ATLANTA GA AREA) THAT THIS WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE. WELL I EXPERIENCED THIS YESTERDAY. THE AUTOMOBILES' ABS NO LONGER IS EFFECTIVE WHEN THIS UNIT GOES BAD, LEADING TO DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. IT ALSO LEADS TO STALLING, AND SHIFTING PRO... Read more
Incident date: May 1, 2006
DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR MAKES LOUD POPPING NOISES WHEN OPENED, CLOSED. MIDDLE DOOR HINGE (LARGER ONES ABOVE AND BELOW; LOCATED JUST BELOW WIRING HARNESS) HAS BROKEN AWAY FROM FRAME OF CAR BODY BECAUSE OF FAULTY WELDING. ORIGINALLY, I THOUGHT NOISE WAS "SQUEAKY" DOOR HINGE AND LUBRICATED THE HINGE WITH SILICONE SPRAY. BUT WHEN THE NOISE GOT WORSE INSTEAD OF BETTER I TOOK A CLOSER LOOK AND FOUND THAT TH... Read more
Incident date: Apr 19, 2006
CAR STOPS WHILE DRIVING. GAUGES ON DASHBOARD DON'T WORK. *JB
Incident date: Mar 28, 2006
FRONT SIGNAL HOUSING /LENS COVER KEEPS FALLING OFF. REPAIRED BUT PLASTIC BREAKS. *JB
Incident date: Mar 28, 2006
FRONT SIGNAL HOUSING /LENS COVER KEEPS FALLING OFF. REPAIRED BUT PLASTIC BREAKS. *JB