This car has only 54k miles! And is driven by a senior citizen lady, bought new, no crashes etc. 1. Abs and dtsc warning appears on dash. Car traveling about 25 MPH and stops in middle of intersection, engine still running, will not move despite flooring accelerator. It's as thought the ABS has applied the brakes and wont let the car move. Tap brakes, move shift to manual mode after not moving for about 30 seconds car frees up and drives normally but ABS/dtsc lights still on. Went straight to dealer, which was nearby. Dealer says rear ABS sensor is bad will order part. 2. Also informs me that the front coil spring has broken???. What? It's 54k miles!... It hasn't hit anything and she has never driven faster than 65 MPH.
Volvo XC70 coil spring problems
31 of the 418 owner complaints about the Volvo XC70 describe broken coil spring, most of them for the 2004 model year.
- owner complaints
- 31
- worst model year
- 2004
- typical mileage
- 90,000
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
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Tl* the contact owns a 2007 volvo xc70. While sitting in the idle vehicle, the contact stated that the vehicle felt low. Upon driving a half mile down the road, the body of the vehicle collapsed on top of the wheels. The failure occurred without warning. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the rear coil spring failed and all the coil springs needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was notified and did not assist. The failure mileage was approximately 118,945.
Both front coil springs broke while going straight at low speed. Vehicle is not used off road. Repair required strut replacement. Dealer said this is a very common problem for volvo. This is a major safety hazard. Why is there no recall?
Coil spring broke backing out of driveway plunging into drivers side tire , my friend has a 2007 xc70 and the same thing happened to them. Very concerning at highway speeds would have been deadly. Please investigate.
While my car was parked inside my garage there was a sudden "bang". The following morning I discovered while backing out of garage that the driver side coil spring had broken. Had I been driving while this happened it would have resulted in the shredding of the front driver side tire possibly resulting in a severe accident. The reason I own volvo is principally dye to it's reputation for safety. In fact, volvo uses the term safety in all it's advertising. This is a grave flaw and I ask the federal safety agency to investigate weather this is a common flaw in the 2004 volvo xc70 and other volvo's with this coil spring.
Submission from re right front coil spring broken *tgw the consumer stated while driving he heard a banging and rattle noise coming from the right side of the vehicle.
Loud rattle noise front driver's side. I was on my way for service for the 110,000 checkup. My mechanic said it was the front coil spring that let go. He said he has had 9 other cars in the shop in the past 2 weeks with the identical problem. It is a safety issue because had I been on the highway and the coil spring let go, it could have blown the tire or loss of steering control.
While driving on smooth surface- heard a sudden loud sound as if something large dropped on the road. Car continued to drive normally except with a loud clunky sounds heard over bumps. Less than 5-miles later, when I pulled over to the garage- I recovered a piece of the spring coil which dropped: the driver side coil spring had broken/failed instantaneously. This uncommon problem appears to be common with xc70 owners- and could result in potentially serious accidents.
My wife was driving alone in her 07 volvo stationwagon on a routine errand down the I-83 interstate at 65 MPH on a straight section when she heard a loud bang; like someone had shot at the car on the right side. Having been unnerved by the loud noise and not knowing what it was, she took the exit ramp slowly, and the car slid out a bit to the right like it was on ice, but there was no ice present. Upon inspection later, the right rear coil spring had snapped in two. We took it to the dealership, and after some haggling and a call to volvo factory, they replaced the spring (no charge for the part, but we had to pay the labor). Additionally, they agreed to a loaner for the couple of days it was at the dealership. Volvo factory agreed to open a "good will review" file and alerted the dealership. I was 936 miles out of warrantee. They said there was no recall, but agreed to paying for the part. No one could answer whether the other coils might snap spontaneously. They looked "ok".
My wife drove our car a 2002 volvo xc70 station wagon from our second home approximately ten miles to san luis obispo calif. For shopping. She parked the car in the parking lot and went into a store. She came back out, started the car and backed out of the parking space. When she put the transmission lever in drive the engine went to full RPM and lurched forward, she applied the brakes which could not hold the high engine speed pulling the car forward. She quickly shut the engine off with the key avoiding a potential accident. The cruise control was not on and there were no objects I.e., floor mats or other items, near the accelerator pedal. Thank god my wife or no one else was injured or killed. I am a retired fire captain and private fire investigator with 30+ experience. This scared the hell out of us and we do not trust the car. I previously took the car to the dealership and reported the transmission 'clunking' they recommended that I drive it till it failed because of the high costs involved. Now, I am reading reports of coil spring failures and bearing problems. I bought this car specifically for the safety features; now I am very disappointed and extremely concerned.
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The model years with the most reports are 2004 (13 complaints), 2001 (5 complaints) and 2002 (3 complaints).
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