13.8% of complaints about the 1998 Volvo S70 came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 1998 vehicle — around the middle of the 180 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 4.1 yr in service. The most-reported system is service brakes, hydraulic (52 complaints), typically at 5.2 yr or about 75,000 miles.
ON CERTAIN PASSENGER AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH MAY CEASE TO FUNCTION.
THE HEAD LIGHTS MAY NOT OPERATE PROPERLY WHICH COULD RESULT IN INTERMITTENT OR NO HEADLIGHT FUNCTION. THIS COULD IMPAIR A DRIVER'S VISIBILITY, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. THERE COULD BE INADEQUATE CONTACT BETWEEN THE BULB AND SOCKET WHICH COULD CAUSE THE FRONT TURN SIGNAL NOT TO FUNCTION AS DESIGNED.
THIS WOULD FAIL TO WARN AN APPROACHING DRIVER THAT THE VEHICLE IS TURNING AND COULD LEAD TO A CRASH.
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. THE FRONTAL PASSENGER AIR BAG MAY BE OVERLY SENSITIVE TO CERTAIN ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE.
THIS COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE AN INADVERTENT DEPLOYMENT.
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. OPERATION OF THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH, OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, CAN RESULT IN INCONSISTENT OPERATION OF THE SWITCH.
DRIVER'S COULD EXPERIENCE A LOSS OF VISIBILITY, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
TURN SIGNNAL BULB SIGNAL SOCKET WAS SCORCHED BLACK ON INSIDE, MELTING THE PLASTIC.
WHEN DRIVER TURNED ON THE DIRECTIONAL SIGNAL LIGHT SWITCH TO MAKE A TURN EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT, THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH WON'T RETURN TO PLACE UNLESS THE CONSUMER DID IT MANUALLY OR MADE A WIDER TURN. ALSO, WHEN THE LIGHT IS BEING USED TO TURN TO LEFT, CONSUMER HAS TO TURN TO RIGHT SO THE BLINKING LIGHT CAN STOP. *AK *ML
LEFT FRONT TURN SIGNAL SOCKET BEGAN TO SMOULDER AND CHAR POSSIBLE FIRE COULD HAVE RESULTED. OTHER INSTANCES REPORTED ON WWW.DEJANEWS.COM
WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES THERE WAS VERY LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKES, AND EVERYTIME THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES THE NOISE WAS STILL COMING FROM THE BRAKES. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER,AND THE DEALER ROTATED THE TIRES AND CHECKED THE BRAKES, AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. *AK