Volvo V70 - 97-99

Discussion in 'Volvo V70' started by han_chung, Jun 24, 2005.

  1. han_chung

    han_chung Guest

    Hi,

    How reliable are the V70's from 97-99? I would be interested in any
    comments from V70 owners of cars from this era. Any transmission
    issues or other expensive problems to fix?

    Cheers,

    Han.
     
    han_chung, Jun 24, 2005
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  2. In the USA, the '98 model year was the first for the V70.

    They were still called 850s in '97. The '95-'97 850s were the best of
    the 850s.

    When it was redesigned (cost reduced) in '98 they had problems with some
    of the changes. They had this sorted out by the '99 model year and the
    '99 and '00 were among the most reliable Volvos ever made. Avoid the'98.
     
    Stephen Henning, Jun 24, 2005
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  3. han_chung

    Andy Coles Guest

    In the UK the V70 was available from early 1997.

    I have a 1989 740 GL Estate and a Feb 97 V70 2.5 (non turbo). A few years
    ago I went through the service records to see how much I had spent on NON
    service repairs to each of the two cars. At that time the 740 had 115k
    miles on the clock and the V70 60k. I was amazed to find that I had spent
    roughly twice the sum on the V70 as I had on the 740 and in half the time
    period.

    Andy
     
    Andy Coles, Aug 12, 2005
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  4. han_chung

    John Horner Guest


    I'm not surprised. Our '96 850 has been much less robust than was the
    '92 240 we also owned. In fact, I sold the '92 to a friend and he has
    it up to almost 300,000 miles now with the only big repair being a
    recent new automatic transmission.

    The repair on the 850 which really frosted me was being charged almost
    $600 to repair a degraded rubber hose at the top of the fuel tank. It
    seems that Volvo used a cheap grade of rubber for many of the fuel and
    vac. hoses. I've also had to replace all of the little rubber elbows
    under the hood used on various vac. lines as they just self-destructed.
    This is a non-turbo manual transmission vehicle, so the under hood
    temperatures should be much lower than on the turbo-charged automatic
    transmission cars.

    Volvo seems to have been doing lots of cost-cutting over recent years.

    John
     
    John Horner, Aug 16, 2005
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  5. han_chung

    Jordan B. Guest

    I don't think it should really be a surprise that newer cars cost more in
    maintenance than older cars. Think about what the average newer car has in
    it:

    Computers to control almost all major functions
    Power everything
    Sensitive emissions controls
    More environmentally friendly liquids
    Much lower tolerances for almost all systems

    I expect way more out of my 1999 S70 than I did out of my 1992 VW. With more
    features and higher expectations come higher repair costs.

    My $.02

    Jordan.
     
    Jordan B., Aug 20, 2005
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