1997 Volvo V70

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the unknown or other. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Unknown or Other1
000
Suspension1
000
Electrical System › Wiring1
010

What owners reported

Newest filings
Suspension
Filed Sep 11, 2000CA

WHEN DRIVING IN THE CITY OR ON THE FREEWAY VEHICLE WOULD BOTTOM OUT IF THE PAVEMENT HAS CRACKS/BUMPS OR HOLES IN IT. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC INDICATED PROBLEM DUE TO POOR DESIGN. ALSO, DUE TO BEING IN AN ACCIDENT. OWNER NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT TO CAUSE THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM.*AK THE OWNER SAYS VEHICLE WOULD NOT BOTTOM OUT BECAUSE IT WAS BUILT TOO LOW. *YH

Electrical System › WiringFire
Filed Oct 28, 1998MA

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING SAW WHITE SMOKE. LATER, THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 20 MPH WHEN SHE SMELLED SMOKE, AND SAW FLAMES COMING FROM THE VEHICLE, AND NEXT THE DRIVER'S SEAT WAS ON FIRE. *AK

Unknown or Other
Filed Aug 11, 1998UN

REQUEST FOR NEW CAR ASSESSMENT PROGRAM RATINGS INFORMATION.

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2001
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20160100Routine
20150100Routine
20140100Routine
20130100Routine
20120100Routine
20110100Routine
20104300Routine
20094300Routine
200811410Routine
20077210Routine
200621410Routine
200521410Routine
200483660Routine
200332500Routine
200276630Routine
2001221920Above average
200093620Routine
1999169410Routine
1998187571Fatalities reported
1997 — this page3010Routine
19961000Routine

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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.