Volvo V70 fire or smoke problems

Filed Feb 14, 2022 · Engine · 178,000 miles · CA · fire

The contact owns a 2001 Volvo V70. The contact stated that while the vehicle was idling, the engine caught fire. The air bag warning light was illuminated. There was damage to the garage. There were no reported injuries. The fire department extinguished the fire and confirmed the origin of the fire was the engine. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 178,000.

Filed May 31, 2019 · Electrical, Seats · 105,000 miles · VA · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 volvo v70. The contact stated that while driving 60 MPH, the front driver and passenger seats were melting and black smoke was emerging from the seats. Additionally, there was an abnormal burning smell emerging from the vehicle. The contact stated that the battery was replaced in the vehicle prior to the failure. The contact disconnected the circuits to the seats. There were no warning lights illuminated. There were no injuries sustained. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who was unable to determine the failure. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 105,000. The VIN was invalid.

Filed Feb 6, 2017 · Electrical · 150,000 miles · VA · fire

My driver side seat heater caught on fire today and smoldered a hole through the seat. I was driving in a residential neighborhood in the morning around 9:15am.

Filed Apr 24, 2014 · Engine · 70,000 miles · MI · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 volvo v70. The contact stated that while driving approximately 50 MPH, the engine suddenly stalled and smoke emitted from the engine compartment. The vehicle was moved to the shoulder where it caught on fire. The vehicle was destroyed. The vehicle was not diagnosed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000.

Filed Feb 1, 2010 · Seats · 96,400 miles · RI · fire

2004 volvo v70 wagon - the driver seat caught fire using the seat warmers (the temperature was in the single digits).

Filed Sep 27, 2007 · Fuel system · 9,000 miles · CA · fire

Tl*the contact owns a 2005 volvo v70. While approaching a stop sign at 55 MPH, the vehicle began smoking under the hood. The contact exited the vehicle right before it burst into flames. The fire department arrived at the scene and a report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed and towed to a repair shop. The fire inspectors stated that the fire was caused by a leak in the fuel injection pipe. The current and failure mileages were 9,000. Updated 10/23/07

Filed Feb 17, 2007 · Seats · 89,000 miles · NC · fire

Heated seats malfunctioned and caught seat on fire.

Filed Feb 7, 2007 · Electrical · 14,000 miles · CT · fire

I wanted to bring to your attention an incident regarding a car fire, and resulting total loss of my leased 2006 volvo v70. I leased the car on january 20, 2006. On saturday afternoon, january 13, 2007, I was driving with my two young grandsons. We were just starting to head south on the charter oak bridge when I lost power. I was able to coast the car to a stop on the east hartford, ct side of the bridge. One of my grandsons shouted "I see smoke" and sure enough smoke was billowing out from the front end of the car. I told the boys, who were both in the back seat, that we had to get out now. I noticed that the car was rolling backwards and I pulled the emergency brake and the car stopped. We all got out and started walking away from the car, which now had heavy black smoke coming out of it and flames shooting up from the front end. A man stopped and told us to get further away from the car, which we did. 911 was called and in a very short time the connecticut state police and east hartford fire department were on the scene. The car was leased new and it had under 14,000 miles on it. I had no prior problems with it. The only service on the vehicle was the regular scheduled maintenance at 7,500 miles performed at the dealership. The next scheduled maintenance would have been at 15,000 miles. My insurance company advised it was a total loss, and also advised that their "cause and origin specialist" advised them that the fire was caused by a short-out in the power modulator. I wouldn't want this to happen to anyone else, and I just wanted you to be aware of this. We were lucky enough to be able to walk away from that fire but others might not.

Filed Sep 14, 2006 · Electrical · 72,592 miles · NC · fire

Dt*: the contact stated while parked in the driveway for one day, smoke was noticed coming from under the hood. The fire department was contacted and extinguished the fire. The vehicle was towed to an independent repair shop who determined the wiring harness caused the fire. The wiring harness was replaced. The dealer was not notified. Updated 10/18/2006 - the vehicle was last driven about 14 hours prior to the vehicle catching on fire. The service dealer replaced the harness to the ABS control unit.

Filed Jan 6, 2006 · Seats · 75,300 miles · MA · fire

My car is a 1998 volvo v70 t5 with 75,000 miles on the odometer. At about 7pm on december 28th, 2005, I moved the car from my driveway out onto the street in front of my house, in order to allow a second tandem-parked car out. The volvo remained parked on the street, doors locked and windows up, until about 10pm. At 10pm I went to move it back into the driveway, only to discover that the interior had caught fire - the fire was no longer burning. The passenger seat was burnt down to the frame, and some of the surrounding trim on the door, dash and center console was burned and melted. The rest of the interior was not burned but was covered with soot. My insurance company - commerce insurance of massachusetts - appraised the car and declared it to be a total loss. I can't say conclusively, but, it appears to me that the passenger side seat heater was the cause of the fire. I note that for model years 1996 and 1997 there was a recall against volvo 850 seat heaters related to a fire hazard, but this recall does not apply to 1998 models. Perhaps the recall should be extended to later models.