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Poor Reliabilit
Joannea, 06/23/2002
1998 Volvo V70 GLT Turbo 4dr Wagon
1 of 2 people found this review helpful
This Volvo is very poor in reliability.I can't begin to tell what's gone wrong with it. It just a piece of junk. One time, it was in the shop for six weeks,however, they did give me a loaner. I missed the California lemon law because I kept thinking this was the last problem I'd have with it. I wrote Volvo and I got a reply stating what a wonderful car they built. My advice, do a lot of checking amd research before spending money on a Volvo; there are too many fine, reliable vehicles out there. My Volvo dealer has been outstanding and bent over backwards to help me and tocorrect the car's problems.
Don't buy used
$$$outthewindow, 08/01/2003
1998 Volvo V70 XC 4dr Wagon AWD
1 of 2 people found this review helpful
This car has been great up untill the 70K mile mark. Now it's falling apart. I've spent $3,200. in the first half of this year. on repairs & maintenance. Check Eng. Light is a constent. problem. I have never heard of putting a new gas tank & gasket in a car before, but the service dept. said this was the reason for the check Eng. Light. Just $ 1,400. and I was on my way. They could give me no good reason why it needed to be fixed. The C.E.L. came back on 4 weeks down trhe road. This time hoses.
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Lots of Troubles
drc, 07/01/2002
1998 Volvo V70 XC 4dr Wagon AWD
1 of 2 people found this review helpful
In the first 30 months we owned this car it was in the shop 26 times. Nothing major (except a fuel leak)but lots of minors issues like burned out headlights, rear window that won't roll up and lots of times the "check engine" light came on. Now the leather is separating from the door panel on the drivers door. The troubles just will not stop with this car.
Never buying another Volvo
dotk, 06/03/2005
1998 Volvo V70 4dr Wagon
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
I bought this car new thinking I would have it for 200,000 miles. Now that I've reached 100,000, I'm ready to give it up. I've had the usual complaints that other people mentioned (lights, constantly needing new brakes, Check Engine Light that never goes off). I also spent over $1500 replacing the steering rack at a little over 60,000 miles. I can't tell you how many times the dealer has lied to us about repairs needed (they wanted to replace the A/C coil when it was only a leak). While safe, I'm happy to be getting whatever little I will get as a trade-in and move on.
Why so inconsistant??????
golfnuttb, 02/10/2004
1998 Volvo V70 GLT Turbo 4dr Wagon
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
I'm just about to sell my V70 GLT. I have loved this car. But as the car approaches 100K I look else where. I use a car hard. I put on about 35- 40K/year and I'm leary of driving it past 100K because of the inconsistancy in the reviews that I read. I would love to think I could drive it to 200K.