1.9

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
83,056 miles

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problem #4

Mar 012019

XC70

  • 115,000 miles
Mileage on this vehicle was 115K when this happened: My wife started to back the car straight out of our driveway (from a stopped position, in reverse gear) when she heard a loud bang which came from the drivers side front of the vehicle. She stopped the vehicle and placed it in park. After removing the left front wheel, I discovered that the suspension coil (or spring) as part of the macpherson strut assembly, had snapped in two at the lower end. The broken off part of the spring was sitting on the lower control arm, while the other part was still surrounding the strut. That part of the spring was responsible for slashing the tire when it failed. We were thankful that this happened on our driveway and not going down the highway at a high rate of speed. But we were also astounded that such a catastrophic failure of a suspension part like this would occur in the first place. There were no recalls that we were aware of and nothing in the service schedule about replacing these springs at the given mileage.

- Augusta, KY, USA

problem #3

May 192014

XC70 4WD 5-cyl

  • 107,000 miles
Coil spring broke backing out of driveway plunging into drivers side tire, my friend has a 2007 XC70 and the same thing happened to them. Very concerning at highway speeds would have been deadly. Please investigate.

- Rochester, IL, USA

problem #2

Jun 112013

XC70 4-cyl

  • 110,225 miles
Loud rattle noise front driver's side. I was on my way for service for the 110,000 checkup. My mechanic said it was the front coil spring that let go. He said he has had 9 other cars in the shop in the past 2 weeks with the identical problem. It is a safety issue because had I been on the highway and the coil spring let go, it could have blown the tire or loss of steering control.

- Little Compton, RI, USA

problem #1

Mar 152006

XC70

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
The car pulls to the right. Alignment was checked and was slightly off. It was corrected but the car still pulls to the right. I drove one other XC70 that was a loaner car from the dealer and it drove the same.

- Vallejo, CA, USA