NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Volvo V70 Recalls
The 2003 Volvo V70 has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 14, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Volvo V70. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 32
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2003 Volvo V70, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2003 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 2001–2002, 2004–2007 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 2001–2002, 2004–2010 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 2001–2002, 2004 V70, 4 other models
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 07V226000
- Reported
- June 5, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 32,189
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004 V70, 1 other model
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 03V284000
- Reported
- August 1, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 220,407
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 V70, 5 other models
2003 Volvo V70 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 32 owner complaints about the 2003 Volvo V70, the newest on May 24, 2023. Of these, 1 describe a crash (3%); owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2003 Volvo V70, the component group named most often is the fuel system, gasoline (19%), followed by the electrical system (16%) and the power train (16%).
1 of the 2003 Volvo V70's 5 recalls also concerns the fuel system, gasoline.
Where 2003 Volvo V70 owners gave the mileage (24 complaints), the median was 62,775 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Fuel System, Gasoline6
- Electrical System5
- Power Train5
- Air Bags3
- Engine And Engine Cooling3
- Exterior Lighting3
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5 | |
| 2005 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Volvo V70 peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 5. 41% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Volvo V70 drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Volvo V70 year in the same window: 6th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2003 one of the three best-measured Volvo V70 years.
The 32 complaints about the 2003 Volvo V70 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volvo V70 by model year
Other 2003 Volvo models
Newest record on this page: May 24, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted