NHTSA Complaint #10659009 — 2002 VOLVO V70

I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 6:30AM, IT WAS STILL DARK, AND MY DASHBOARD WOULD NOT DISPLAY. I WAS GOING ABOUT 35 MILES PER HOUR. I PANICKED BECAUSE IT TELLS ME ALL THE CRITICAL THINGS ABOUT THE MOVING VEHICLE. THEN ABOUT 2 MINUTES LATER IT CAME ON. THIS NON-DISPLAY OF THE DASHBOARD WOULD INTERMITTENTLY HAPPEN WHEN I DROVE THE VEHICLE OVER THE NEXT MONTH. I COULD NOT DETECT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. I WENT ONLINE AND OTHER VOLVO V70 OWNER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. IT STATED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE DIM (DRIVE INFORMATION MODULE). THE PROBLEM EXISTS FOR YEARS 2000 TO 2009. SO I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY VOLVO MECHANIC. HE SAID IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. THE DIM WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. I HAD THE MECHANIC REPLACE THE DIM BECAUSE I HAD NO CHOICE. I COULD NOT DRIVE WITHOUT A DASHBOARD. I CALLED VOLVO AND ASKED WHAT THEY WERE DOING ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THEY SAID NOTHING. BUT THEY WOULD REPORT IT TO NHTSA WITH THEIR NEXT REPORT. I PERSONALLY THINK THIS PART SHOULD BE RECALLED. I WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND FOR SO MANY YEARS. IT COULD CAUSE MAJOR ACCIDENTS BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR SPEED, IF THE VEHICLE HAS GAS OR ANY OTHER WARNINGS DISPLAYED IF THE VEHICLE HAS A PROBLEM. *TR