Other Engine Info: w/o EGR, w/o air pump, w/OBDII, w/variable valve timing, Bosch ME 7.0, w/RuLo, w/ORVR
Other Restraint System Info: Dual Airbags (SRS)
Plant City: Ghent
Plant Country: Belgium
Pretensioner: Yes
Transmission Style: Automatic
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1999
CHILD SEAT:LATCH CONNECTOR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 VOLVO V70. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE CONTACT MADE A SUDDEN STOP. AS A RESULT, THE INTEGRATED CHILD SEAT UNLATCHED AND SLAMMED HER CHILD INTO THE FRONT SEAT. THE CHILD'S CHEST WAS INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THEY WILL REPLACE THE SEAT. THE PURCHASE DATE, ENGINE SIZE, AND A VALID VIN WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 61,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000.
2000
SEATS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 VOLVO V70. THE CONTACT WAS STOPPED IN TRAFFIC WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH. UPON IMPACT, THE DRIVER'S SEAT SPLIT IN HALF AND THE CONTACT WAS THROWN TO THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT. HE HAD TO BE CUT OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.