I've been driving Volvos for more than 15 years now, currently we've a
1990s v70 crosscountry and a xc70 ('02 vintage).Bought the XC70 with 75000-80000km on the clock (that's under 50000 miles). I've put another 50k km on the odometer, it just went past 130k.
So far:
1 new swingarm assembly 1 major reconditioning job on the transmission before 100k km on the clock. Steering rack blew all the hydraulic seals The aircon fails intermittently during warm humid weather. The radio occasionally starts switching madly between stations, cd player and changer. There was one more major repair, I forget what it was, but they had to rip the dash out to do it, and it's never gone back in properly, the steering wheel now squeeks during 3 point turns and parking.Today I'm told that it needs new coils, and that some oil rings are on the way out -- estimated price on the job is 7000 to 8000 dollars for an engine rebuild.
I am *seriously* pissed off. Ok, I will be the first to say that this is a lovely car to drive, I really really enjoy it -- but all this crap by
130,000 km on the odometer. You have to be joking. Seriously. Pissed.Off.We've also had a transmission rebuild on the v70 but that can be excused, it's quite a bit older and has over 200,000 km on the clock.
Finally: I am not at all impressed with the quality of the manufacturing that's gone into the xc70. Especially considering that I'm paying the extra for a renowned Euro marque in order NOT to have reliability problems living as remotely as I do.
I feel that I can no longer recommend the marque. Just wondering what to do next. I'll probably trade it in before the year is out, I'm not having the engine rebuilt.