1.2

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
140,418 miles

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problem #1

Jun 042007

V70 5-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 140,418 miles
Customer's seat belt on a 2001 Volvo V70 would not pull out. The plastic trim piece in the "B" pillar where the seat belt slides through had broken, causing the belt to double up on retraction and seize up. This is a brittle piece of plastic and breaks fairly often with minor impacts. This would seem to be a critical fault in a major safety device.

- San Rafael, CA, USA

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