Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLVO / V70 / 1999

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 999065515 Incident Date: Dec, 20 1999
Consumer's City: BLOOMINGTON Consumer's State: IL
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Volvo Car USA, LLC
Model Name: V70 Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:exhaust system:emission control:catalytic convertor
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: YV1LZ56D6X2 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 15 2001 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 31 1999
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: This car has had a sulfur smell in the emissions since the day of purchase. when it didn't go away at 200 miles, complained to the dealer. they said it would take 2000 miles. didn't go away by them. they have replaced the o2 sensor, downloaded and upgraded computer, replaced the mass air flow sensor and we are on our third cat converter but the car still smells of sulfur. especially noxious at low speeds, stop and go traffic and idleing! in june of 2000 they said they weren't authorizing any more repairs on the car. but the car still smells. concerned about the smell being an irritant to my son who has history of asthma.*ak