NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Volvo V70 Recalls
The 2002 Volvo V70 has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 14, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Volvo V70. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 76
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
On a 2002 Volvo V70, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2002 Volvo V70
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 21V800000
- Reported
- October 14, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 194,546
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2001, 2003–2007 V70, 1 other model
Equipment: electrical: navigational system(global positioning system)
- Campaign
- 10V566000
- Reported
- November 8, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 416
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001, 2003–2010 V70, 8 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 09V483000
- Reported
- December 18, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 158,733
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001, 2003–2004 V70, 4 other models
Vehicle speed control
- Campaign
- 06V441000
- Reported
- November 15, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 170,099
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001 V70, 7 other models
Exterior lighting: brake lights
- Campaign
- 04V051000
- Reported
- February 2, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,242
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 03V284000
- Reported
- August 1, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 220,407
- Same campaign
- also 2001, 2003 V70, 5 other models
2002 Volvo V70 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 76 owner complaints about the 2002 Volvo V70, the newest on May 26, 2023. Of these, 5 describe a crash (7%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2002 Volvo V70, the component group named most often is the power train (22%), followed by the vehicle speed control (16%) and the air bags (9%).
1 of the 2002 Volvo V70's 6 recalls also concerns the vehicle speed control.
Where 2002 Volvo V70 owners gave the mileage (57 complaints), the median was 100,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train17
- Vehicle Speed Control12
- Air Bags7
- Exterior Lighting7
- Fuel/Propulsion System7
- Electrical System6
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 8 | |
| 2004 | 8 | |
| 2005 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 8 | |
| 2012 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Volvo V70 peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 8. 29% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Volvo V70 drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Volvo V70 year in the same window: 4th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2002 one of the three best-measured Volvo V70 years.
The 76 complaints about the 2002 Volvo V70 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volvo V70 by model year
Other 2002 Volvo models
Newest record on this page: May 26, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted