1999 Volvo V70 problems
Owners have filed 220 complaints with NHTSA about the 1999 Volvo V70. Cruise control is the most reported problem area, at 24% of complaints. After that come electrical system (20%) and engine (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 220 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Cruise control 24% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 5 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 80,000 miles 143 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 3 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 8 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 18 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 39 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 28 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 19 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 6 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 8 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 6 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 6 |
What the data shows
Among the 143 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 80,000 miles. For cruise control specifically, the median reported mileage is about 78,000 miles (41 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 5 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 3 injuries reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 88% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1999 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 7 model years of the Volvo V70 with enough data (90 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
My husband and I were burned by scolding hot steam and water that exploded out of our A/C heating vents on our dashboard. We were waiting in a drive thru with the car on, but the A/C heating unit was off. The make , model and year of our car is a 1999 volvo v70. It was towed to our mechanic who said the heater core went bad and the hoses ruptured. He bypassed the heater unit to save money on repairs. When my husband was driving the vehicle home it ran hot, he promptly took it back to the repair shop.
Due to design (absence of a shield over fuel line), damage to the fuel line from rock in the road surface occurred, which sprayed small amounts of gasoline into the engine compartment and resulted in fire. Mjs
Tl*the contact owns a 1999 volvo v70. The contact has experienced failures with the vehicle's tailgate that have become progressively worse. The tailgate door will not open at all. The vehicle is currently at the dealer and has been for seven days. The dealer stated that they are having a hard time replacing the entire locking mechanism. NHTSA safety recall # 00v239000 (latches/locks/linkages:tailgate:latch) is for the same failure. The current mileage is 109,605 and failure mileage was 102,849.
I have a 99 volvo v70 t5, on july 3rd of 2006 we had the vehicle in as the etm light was on, the dealer upgraded the software of the etm at no cost, now a year later the vehicle is undrivable. It surges at low idle causing the vehicle to jump forward, it consistently stalls out and now is beginning to surge while driving down the road at any RPM. I feel that this is a extreme hazard and I am no longer able to drive the vehicle.