Recall Register

Volvo V70: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 22 recall campaigns for the Volvo V70, model years 1996 to 2016. NHTSA has 900 complaints on file for this model line. 13 of the 21 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.

  1. 19960
  2. 19970
  3. 19985
  4. 19994
  5. 20005
  6. 20018
  7. 20026
  8. 20035
  9. 20045
  10. 20053
  11. 20063
  12. 20072
  13. 20084
  14. 20093
  15. 20103
  16. 20111
  17. 20121
  18. 20131
  19. 20141
  20. 20151
  21. 20161
Volvo V70: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2016 Volvo V70 NHTSA page100%308,260
2015 Volvo V70 NHTSA page100%308,260
2014 Volvo V70 NHTSA page100%308,260
2013 Volvo V70 NHTSA page100%308,260
2012 Volvo V70 NHTSA page100%308,260
2011 Volvo V70 NHTSA page100%308,260
2010 Volvo V70349%318,422
2009 Volvo V70349%326,290
2008 Volvo V704716%328,190
2007 Volvo V702512%194,962
2006 Volvo V7031740%214,662
2005 Volvo V7032047%214,662
2004 Volvo V70580187%415,870
2003 Volvo V7052968%606,291
2002 Volvo V70669161%747,443
2001 Volvo V708213497%913,361
2000 Volvo V70593217%667,749
1999 Volvo V704168392%563,828
1998 Volvo V705187436%657,698
1997 Volvo V70 NHTSA page037%
1996 Volvo V70 NHTSA page012%

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

1,137 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.

Volvo V70: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Vehicle Speed Control139.8159
Electrical System120.5137
Engine and Engine Cooling99.4113
Power Train95108
Fuel System, Gasoline77.488
Service Brakes, Hydraulic7383
Exterior Lighting62.471
Air Bags32.537
Seat Belts30.835
Tires30.835

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Volvo V70, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2004, with 4 campaigns.
Complaints about the Volvo V70, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2005, with 202 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Volvo: all 86 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Volvo V70: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/volvo/v70/. 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
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
15 May 2019
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 V70 model years have the most recall campaigns?
2001 with 8, 2002 with 6, 2004 with 5. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Volvo V70 model year has the most complaints?
The 2001 model year, with 213 of the 900 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Volvo V70 name?
Vehicle Speed Control: 139.8 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 120.5 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 99.4 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Volvo V70?
8 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.