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1999 Volvo V70 engine and engine cooling problems

20 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 1999 Volvo V7012% of all complaints for this model year.

20
Engine and Engine Cooling complaints
12%
share of all complaints
90,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • My husband and I were burned by scolding hot steam and water that exploded out of our a/c heating vents on our dashboard. We were waiting in a drive thru with the car on, but the a/c heating unit was off. The make , model and year of our car is a 1999 volvo v70. It was towed to our mechanic who…

    filed Feb 25, 2010

  • Back in june of 2008 - on start up my 99 volvo v70 - would rough idle, rev to 4000 and would not exceed 20 mph. The idle sounded like sneakers in a dryer. I took the car to my garage and was quoted $2000.00 to replace the etm - I was told by my garage that the etm may still be under warranty. After…

    filed Jul 21, 2008

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Engine and Engine Cooling problems in other V70 years

YearReportsShare
2006 V70210%
2005 V70210%
2004 V702227%
2003 V7039%
2002 V7034%
2001 V702210%
2000 V701112%
1998 V702413%
V70 engine and engine cooling problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.