Volvo S70: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 6 recall campaigns for the Volvo S70, model years 1995 to 2002. NHTSA has 593 complaints on file for this model line. 3 of the 6 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 Volvo S70 NHTSA page | 0 | 3 | 3% | |
| 2000 Volvo S70 | 3 | 164 | 166% | 512,993 |
| 1999 Volvo S70 | 4 | 205 | 207% | 516,625 |
| 1998 Volvo S70 | 4 | 215 | 218% | 606,863 |
| 1997 Volvo S70 NHTSA page | 0 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1995 Volvo S70 NHTSA page | 0 | 2 | 2% |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
781 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Vehicle Speed Control | 188.2 | 147 |
| Electrical System | 156.2 | 122 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 111.4 | 87 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 98.6 | 77 |
| Exterior Lighting | 88.3 | 69 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 44.8 | 35 |
| Structure | 39.7 | 31 |
| Air Bags | 38.4 | 30 |
| Power Train | 30.7 | 24 |
| Latches/Locks/Linkages | 25.6 | 20 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- XC9035 campaigns
- S6040 campaigns
- S8027 campaigns
- V7022 campaigns
- XC6036 campaigns
- 8505 campaigns
- S4012 campaigns
- XC7019 campaigns
- V70XC4 campaigns
- XC4013 campaigns
- C7010 campaigns
- 9601 campaign
- 7406 campaigns
- VNL87 campaigns
- VNL64T0 campaigns
- 9403 campaigns
- 7700 campaigns
- VN6100 campaigns
- VN7700 campaigns
- Volvo2 campaigns
- EX903 campaigns
- V405 campaigns
- S9013 campaigns
- Volvo Truck12 campaigns
- V6016 campaigns
- VN47 campaigns
- 7608 campaigns
- C304 campaigns
- V508 campaigns
- C40BEV6 campaigns
- WIA12 campaigns
- V60CC13 campaigns
- 7802 campaigns
- 8544 campaigns
- V90CC9 campaigns
- 8554 campaigns
- V908 campaigns
- WXR6 campaigns
- VHD61 campaigns
- XC60MHEV2 campaigns
- VNM45 campaigns
- 24512 campaigns
- EX303 campaigns
- WG23 campaigns
- VNL (4)19 campaigns
- 24412 campaigns
- 7453 campaigns
- 7442 campaigns
- 9644 campaigns
- XC90PHEV2 campaigns
- 9654 campaigns
- ACL19 campaigns
- VT16 campaigns
- WXLL11 campaigns
- S60CC3 campaigns
- EX403 campaigns
- VNR17 campaigns
- WAH11 campaigns
- VAH20 campaigns
- WX24 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Volvo S70: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/volvo/s70/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- VOLVO CARS OF N.A. LLC.
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Volvo S70 model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 1999 with 4, 1998 with 4, 2000 with 3. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Volvo S70 model year has the most complaints?
- The 1998 model year, with 215 of the 593 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Volvo S70 name?
- Vehicle Speed Control: 188.2 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 156.2 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 111.4 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Volvo S70?
- 6 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.