Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | |||||
| 0007 | 11/01/2003 | 10005319 | Brake vibrations, analysis and corrective action. *tt | 02/20/2004 | |
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - SWITCHES - BRAKE LIGHT | |||||
| 0024 | 02/01/2004 | 10006306 | Recall campaign no.131 brake light relay. *mr | 04/28/2004 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | |||
| 10/03/2005 | 57400 | 1 | 09/28/2005 |
| I am a car dealer and i just purchased a 2001 volvo v70 cross country with 57,400 miles at auction for my car lot. the car had a bad brake booster and this was confirmed by midas. the brake booster should not have failed already. i called volvo and the warranty ended at 50,000 miles and there is no recall campaign. i am filing this complaint in the hope that you will get enough complaints to force a recall. i have never seen a brake booster fail on a car with so few miles and i buy and sell a lot of cars here at my dealership. *nm | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - ANTILOCK | |||
| 03/13/2002 | 08/01/2001 | ||
| Traveling under 60mph in center lane on dry pavement . went to merge into left lane. saw car approaching . while getting back into center lane immediately lost control of vehicle- unable to steer as wheel pulled and locked to the right and car simultaneously started to hop across 3 lanes of traffic spinning out of control. brakes ineffectual. crashed into guard rail turning 180 degrees. no airbag deployed inspite heavy impact with front side, driver side and rear of car.concern regarding unexplained loss of control .would like to prevent future injury/ fatality.*ak | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - FOUNDATION COMPONENTS - DISC - ROTOR | |||
| 02/22/2002 | 1 | 01/01/2001 | |
| The four bolts holding the left front hub/bearing assy to the suspension loosened and backed out. the initial symptom was similar to a warped brake rotor - pulsing during light braking. however, as the bolts continued to back out, one bolt fell out entirely, two became loose, and the last bolt jammed into the rotating front axle. the direction of rotation of the front axle was such that it caused the bolt to back out further and jam against the axle causing binding and grinding a significant portion of the bolt head off. if this had happened at speed - say 55-60 on the dc beltway during rush hour traffic, results could have been disastrous. further, it appears that failure of these bolts can caust the entire front wheel and hub assembly including the brake rotor and caliper to separate from the vehicle. volvo replaced all four bolts on both the left and right front hub assys under warrantee, howevger, there is not recall or tech bulletin on this problem - even though volvo is on the third generation of bolt design for this problem!! i should note that these same bolts and the same design are used on all p26 platform cars (s80, s60, and the 2001 and newer v70 models). failure of the bolts on the left side can cause severe steereing pull to the left when the bolt jams against the drive axle. the problem on the right side is similar except that the bolts will not jam the axle due to the direction of rotation. contact steve seekins at 703-418-8651, sseekins@anteon.com (husband) for further info. can provide vin later. | |||