Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEATS | |||||
| 850036 | 12/01/2004 | 10011529 | Front seat, mechanical, adjusting. play/clearance/clicking at the lower mountings for the front height adjuster. *tt | 01/26/2005 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEATS | |||
| 03/13/2011 | 98351 | ||
| Front driver's seat was burned through by the seat heater | |||
| 02/15/2011 | 105000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2004 volvo v70. the contact started to smell a faint burning smell coming from the vehicle. the contact got out to check the smell and found that the driver was smoking. the contact had to turn the heater for the seat off and put out the fire. the contact took the vehicle to the dealer and was told the seat warmer was not burnt and that they must have had something under the seat causing the fire. the failure mileage and current mileages were 105,000.rl | |||
| 01/30/2010 | 96400 | 1 | |
| 2004 volvo v70 wagon - the driver seat caught fire using the seat warmers (the temperature was in the single digits). *tr | |||
| 01/24/2010 | 74225 | 1 | |
| On sunday, 24 january 2009, the heating element in the driver's seat in our 2004 volvo v70 somehow shorted and/or otherwise overheated, causing the seat to begin to smolder and smoke and burned small holes in the side of the leather seat cover. after the heating element was turned off, the materials in the seat appear to have been sufficiently fire retardant to keep the seat from a full-scale conflagration. we had been smelling an unexplained odor for a couple of days prior, which we now believe to have been when the overheating started. to the best of my knowledge there has never been anything done to the seat, and it is essentially if not precisely in the same state as it came from the factory in 2004. the local volvo dealer (don beyer volvo, falls church, va) on monday, 25 january 2009, found that the heating element was the problem, they disconnected the heating element to preclude a fire, said that this was the first they had heard of a problem of this type, and said that the repair (parts and labor) would be covered under our warranty (less deductible). we later on 25 january were told that the repair parts are on back-order and are expected within 7-10 days. *tr | |||
| SEATS - FRONT ASSEMBLY - SEAT HEATER/COOLER | |||
| 02/17/2007 | 89000 | 1 | 11/01/2003 |
| Heated seats malfunctioned and caught seat on fire. *nm | |||