2002 Volvo S70

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the seat belts › front › buckle assembly. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly	1		0	0	0
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch	1		0	0	0
Exterior Lighting	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch

Filed Apr 21, 2015CA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 VOLVO S70. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE REPAIRS PERFORMED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V483000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE); HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN REFUSED TO PERFORMED THE RECALL REPAIRS DUE TO THE LATCH ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BEING FRACTURED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LATCH FRACTURED WITH NO WARNING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Exterior Lighting

Filed Oct 18, 2010120,000 milesOR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 VOLVO S70. WHILE EXAMINING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD REMAIN ON EVEN WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD BE TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 120,000. UPDATED 01/06/11. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED HE REPAIRED THE VEHICLE BY REPLACING THE RELAYS WITH TWO SMALLER RELAYS. UPDATED 03/02/11

Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly

Filed Jun 3, 2002TX

SEATBELT LATCHES ARE NOT IN THE PROPER PLACES. CONSUMER IS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH CHILD SAFETY SEATS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Assessment
2002 — this page	3	0	0	Routine
2000	164	4	1	Routine
1999	205	4	1	Above average
1998	215	4	3	Above average
1997	4	0	0	Routine
1995	2	0	0	Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.