Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLVO / S70 / 1998

Recalls
0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004003930 Incident Date: Dec, 29 2004
Consumer's City: Consumer's State: GA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volvo Car USA, LLC
Model Name: S70 Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: YV1LS557XW1 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 26 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 09 2001
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 5 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: While driving down i-85 s. on 12/30/04 in my 1998 volvo s-70 the tensioner wheel exploded causing the timing belt to disengage from the engine thus loosing all engine power at 70 mph without warning and doing over 2000.oo dollars worth of engine damage. from examination of the defective part, the goove guides just shattered leaving no grooves for belt guidance.*ak