2004 Volvo V70 problems
Owners have filed 120 complaints with NHTSA about the 2004 Volvo V70. Engine is the most reported problem area, at 24% of complaints. After that come fuel system (20%) and electrical system (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 120 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 24% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 6
- Injuries and deaths
- 7 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 85,000 miles 89 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 | 9 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 7 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 5 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 17 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 24 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 9 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 7 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 4 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 4 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Among the 89 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 85,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 84,000 miles (25 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 4 complaints mention a crash; 6 complaints mention a fire; 7 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2004 ranks 5th most-complained-about out of 7 model years of the Volvo V70 with enough data (47 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 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.
Volvo v70--- we removed the handholds from above the driver and front seat passenger. My wife, ellen, suffered a concussion when her head struck the handhold above her as she was driving and the car was hit in the front. No airbags deployed. I found myself bumping my head against these handholds even while driving. These handholds obviously intrude into the headspace of the automobile. I am surprised that volvo would use such iron-hard handholds without padding or without a collapsing or folding mechanism.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 volvo v70 cross country. He could not release his six year old child from the passenger rear seat belt. The seat belt wrapped around the childs' abdomen so tightly that it bruised his abdomen. He had to cut the seat belt off of the child. The police and fire department were present, but no report was filed. He contacted the dealer, and a technician concluded that the seat belt could be replaced at an expense of $590.00. The failure and current mileages were 50,000.
On sunday, 24 january 2009, the heating element in the driver's seat in our 2004 volvo v70 somehow shorted and/or otherwise overheated, causing the seat to begin to smolder and smoke and burned small holes in the side of the leather seat cover. After the heating element was turned off, the materials in the seat appear to have been sufficiently fire retardant to keep the seat from a full-scale conflagration.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 volvo v70. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the check engine lamp illuminated and the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was taken to a local repair shop, who diagnosed that the fuel sensor was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure, but offered no assistance because the vehicle was not included in the recall under NHTSA campaign id number 07v226000 (engine and engine cooling). The vehicle was not repaired.
Vehicle warning light for airbag is alarming since my airbag didn't deploy in my 2017 car accident when my car was hit from rear, front and driver side. Car was total. Seat beat and airbag failure in vehicle during accident while moving. This vehicle had a small tap accident but airbag warning light continues to appear but airbag didn't deploy..