NHTSA Complaint #10210094 — 2000 VOLVO S70

ELECTRICAL FAILURES CAUSING DASH TO GO BLANK, WHICH IS NOT SAFE. ALSO, CAUTION LIGHTS AND OTHER ENGINE REPAIR LIGHTS COME ON RANDOMLY. IF YOU GO TO THE INTERNET YOU WILL FIND A PERSISTENT PROBLEM WITH THE VOLVO. I HAVE A FRIEND THAT WAS AN EX ENGINEER FOR GM AND HAS SEVERAL FORD ENGINEER FRIENDS IN DETROIT. HE STATED THEY WERE VERY AWARE OF THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE VOLVO, MOST OF WHICH BEGAN WITH FORDS PURCHASE OF THE COMPANY. SINCE THEN THE OCCURRENCE OF PROBLEMS HAS STEADILY ROSE THE COST OF REPLACING THE DASH ELECTRONICS AND WIRE HARNESSES ARE COST PROHIBITIVE AND MAY NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. HERE IS JUST ONE OF MANY SOURCES OF COMMENTS FROM OWNERS OF JUST ONE MODEL OF VOLVO. THERE ARE PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT THE LINE AND THE COMPANY IS NOT IN THE FINANCIAL CONDITION TO MAKE A RECALL. SEE THIS LINK: HTTP://TOWNHALL-TALK.EDMUNDS.COM/DIRECT/VIEW/.F0FCAF2/5 I TRIED TO CALL VOLVO OVER A MINOR COST ITEM WHICH IS A POORLY ENGINEERED CUP HOLDER. THEIR RESPONSE WAS THAT SWEDISH PEOPLE DO NOT BRING DRINKS INTO THEIR CARS AND THE CUP HOLDER IS AN AMERICAN ADD-ON. IF THEY TRY THIS COP OUT FOR A $50 CUP HOLDER WHAT WOULD THEY SAY ABOUT A $1000 PLUS ELECTRICAL REPAIR? *TR