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NHTSA Safety Recalls

Volvo V70xc Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 4 recall campaigns for the Volvo V70xc, across 3 model years from 2000 to 2002. The 2000 has the most (2); the fewest among years with a recall is 2002 (1).

Model years
3

2000–2002, with a recall

Recall campaigns
4
Most recalls
2000

2 recalls

Owner complaints
301

all model years, NHTSA

Owners have filed 301 complaints with NHTSA about the Volvo V70xc across 8 model years; the most, 144, concern the 2001.

Owners marked a crash on 9 of the Volvo V70xc complaints (3%) and a fire on 3.

Across all Volvo V70xc model years, owners name the vehicle speed control most often (at least 87 complaints), then the power train (57).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Volvo V70xc in 2005: 131, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Volvo V70xc is engine and engine cooling: cooling system: fan, in 1 model-year listing.

The newest Volvo V70xc recall, 06V441000, was reported on November 15, 2006 and concerns the vehicle speed control.

Volvo V70xc years to avoid

Too few Volvo V70xc model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 1 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Volvo V70xc, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
2007040not ranked
2006030not ranked
2005030not ranked
2004050not ranked
20030121not ranked
20021272not ranked
2001114412not ranked
200021036not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Volvo V70xc years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Volvo V70xc

  • ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN1
  • EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS1
  • EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH1
  • VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL1

Volvo V70xc model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Volvo V70xc recall campaign (4)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Volvo V70xc, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
06V441000November 15, 2006vehicle speed control2000—170,099
04V504000October 21, 2004exterior lighting: headlights: switch2000crash97,000
04V451000September 13, 2004engine and engine cooling: cooling system: fan2001fire149,799
04V051000February 2, 2004exterior lighting: brake lights2002crash3,242

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Volvo V70xc. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

Newest record on this page: March 22, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted