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2000 Volvo C70 Engine problems

Owners have filed 4 complaints about the 2000 Volvo C70's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 15% of all its complaints, most recently on October 14, 2008. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

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Engine complaints

Engine & cooling

I was driving my 2000 volvo c70 up a hill 80 miles into a road trip and the car lost power and could not accelerate. The check engine light did not come on and I thought gas was not getting to the engine, I pulled off got gas, then proceeded back on the highway, then the same thing happened. I pulled off the road and there was smoke coming out the tail pipe and under the hood, also there was oil all over the place. There was still no warning light indicator and the car was now idling rough and skipping so I...

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drove 1 mile to a service station. I had the car towed 80 miles back to my home. The mechanic informed met that I will have to replace the engine which only has 100,700 miles. It will cost $4500 to replace the engine with a used engine, $6000-$7000 if rebuilt. I take very good care of the car and do not understand how something like this could happen with no warning. It could have been very dangerous if I was in a high traffic area. *Tr

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Engine & cooling

2000 Volvo c70 while driving at 40-45 mph, the ets light illuminated on the dash and the vehicle lost power. The engine continued running, but was significantly missing and provided no power. Had to engage emergency flashers and coast out of traffic. After turning car off and restarting, the problem went away. The car was fine for the remainder of the day, driving ~100 miles. *Jb

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 10143323
Engine & cooling

My 2000 volvo c70 had a throttle issue. Many times before the engine would turn off immediately when first started. Recently, I would give the engine gas and the engine would rattle and falter. The engine would rattle worse when the ac was turned on. *Nm

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Engine & coolingVisibility & wipers

When dealership examined vehicle they discovered that motor mount bushing had cracked, and the motor mounts broke. *Ak consumer states on the first occasion the engine came loose and banged around in the engine bay, volvo replaced the engine motor mount bushings and modified cv axles caused by engine moving around, the second time the engine came loose, volve replaced broken motor mounts and replaced radiator hose cut by fan belts. Wiper blades for the headlamps are not working and ar not aligned properly. *Slc

Filed Incident Engine and engine cooling · VisibilityNHTSA 894181

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