WE JUST BOUGHT A USED 2001 VOLVO V70XC WITH 70,000 MILES AND A 90 DAY WARRANTY. THE DAY I REMOVED THE 30 DAY TEMP TAG THE TROUBLE. ON THE INTERSTATE GOING 70 MPH AT 1:00AM ABOUT 6 HOURS FROM HOME THE CAR LOST POWER AND DIED. IT RESTARTED AFTER A FEW MINUTES. WE THOUGHT IT WAS BAD FUEL. LATER THAT WEEKEND, OCT 15, 2005, WE LOST POWER GOING THROUGH A TUNNEL. I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO DIE. LUCKILY WE MADE IT OUT. FOUND OUT IT WAS THE ETM. NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY AND NOT REPAIRABLE BY ANYONE BUT VOLVO WHO ACCORDING TO THEM-NEVER HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THIS PART. PLEASE ADVISE. I AM SCARED TO DEATH AND I DO NOT HAVE $1200.00 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *NM
2012
TIRES
THIS IS SECOND OCCURRENCE WITH CONTINENTAL TIRES ON MY 2012 VOLVO XC 70. SIDE WALL SHREDDED WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING 35 MPH CAUSING BLOWOUT AT 14,000 MILES FIRST BLOWOUT OCCURRED WHEN VEHICLE WAS ONLY A FEW MONTHS OLD. VOLVO REPLACED TIRE AND CHARGED ME $270 SAYING DEFECTIVE TIRES WERE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THESE ARE THE CONTINENTAL 4X4 CONTACT TIRES AND I AM NOW REPLACING ALL 4 TIRES WITH ONLY 14,000 MILES WITH ANOTHER BRAND. *TR