Other Engine Info: w/o EGR, w/o air pump, OBDII, variable valve timing-exhaust, underfloor catalyst, Bosch Motronic ME 7.0 - EMS, RuLo, ORVR
Other Restraint System Info: Dual Airbags (SRS)
Plant City: Uddevalla
Plant Country: Sweden
Pretensioner: Yes
Transmission Style: Automatic
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2001
WHEELS:RIM
CONSUMER FEELS THAT THERE IS A COMPATIBILITY DEFECT WITH THE 17 INCH RIMS AND THE 17 INCH TIRES, TWO TIRES AND ONE RIM HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER HITTING A VERY SMALL POT HOLE, A FEW THOUSAND MILES LATER, 3 MORE RIMS WERE FOUND TO BE BENT INCLUDING THE ONE THAT HAD BEEN REPLACED ONLY EIGHT WEEKS PRIOR, CONSUMER STATES NO DIPS, POTHOLES, OR BUMPS WERE HIT FOR THE RIMS TO BEND AND NEED REPLACEMENT AGAIN. *SLC
2002
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 VOLVO C70. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. SPORADICALLY, IT WOULD SEEM TO SHIFT INTO PARK WHILE ACCELERATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT EVENTUALLY, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PERSONAL MECHANIC WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 78,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.