Bad Door 1998 V70

The door on my 98 V70 makes a horrible noise. The hinges are fine. The
middle part of the door that provides the detents and stopping(name?)
has come apart inside the frame of the car. I had it fixed by a good
body shop, but it lasted only 2 days and broke again. The rubber
boot/cover mives and that piece isn't secure.
Is this a defect that has been reported before? Recall?

 

This is a common problem, but no recall or anything. I'd say if your
body shop's repair only lasted 2 days, they aren't as good as you
think. Any independent Volvo specialist should be able to do a
permanent fix for this, or look at:
http://au.geocities.com/ozbrick850/door-stay_fix.html

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Mike F.
Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont.

NOTE: new address!!
Replace tt with t (twice!) and remove parentheses to email me directly.
(But I check the newsgroup more often than this email address.)

 

A fairly good body shop can weld this for you or you could return to your
Volvo dealer & they can repair for you this is a common problem with the 850
& X70
Glenn

 

Yup. Having my V70 drives door done tomorrow with same fault.

Broke the orignal weld on my 94 850 a number of times during its life.