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1998 Volvo C70 Convertible Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Aug 2, 2005
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Aug 2, 2005

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1998 Volvo C70 Convertible. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

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Filed Aug 2, 2005
Crash reported1 injury reported

I BOUGHT MY 1998 VOLVO C70 CONVERTIBLE IN JAN 1999. ON MAY 20, 1999 AT APPROX 11:45 PM, I WAS DRIVING IN THE LEFT-HAND LANE ON RT.175-W IN COLUMBIA, MD, APPROX. 1 MILE FROM MY HOME. STOPPED AT RED TRAFFIC LIGHT AT DOBBIN RD/RT.175 INTERSECTION. NO OTHER CARS. LIGHT TURNED GREEN. PROCEEDED FORWARD. I WAS ACCELERATING FORWARD THEN RPMS DROPPED. I PRESSED ON THE PEDAL AND HAD NO RESPONSE. THE HEADLIGHTS FADED OUT AND THE RPMS DROPPED TO 5 MPH. NO CARS AROUND ME, I STOPPED THE CAR, PUT INTO PARK AND TRIED TO RESTART IT TWICE. NOTHING HAPPENED ?? NO SOUNDS FROM THE ENGINE. I IMMEDIATELY PUT MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON. THEN A CAR PASSED ME ON THE RIGHT. I SAW HEADLIGHTS OF A CAR APPROX. 200 FEET BEHIND ME IN THE SAME LANE. I SAID OUT LOUD, "PLEASE DON'T HIT ME. GET IN THE OTHER LANE. PLEASE DON'T HIT ME." THAT IS THE LAST THING I REMEMBER UNTIL WAKING UP IN SHOCK TRAUMA EMERGENCY ROOM AT U OF MD MEDICAL CENTER IN BALTIMORE, MD LYING ON A GURNEY - 2 POLICEMEN AT MY FEET AND MY PARENTS ON MY LEFT. SOMEWHAT AWARE THAT I HAD A NECK BRACE ON, BUT MORE CONCERNED AT THE TIME THAT MY HEAD WAS KILLING ME. I HAD A LARGE GASH IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD THAT REQUIRED 8 STAPLES. I FRACTURED 2 VERTEBRAE IN MY NECK, (C4, C5). THE DOCTORS DECIDED ON NATURAL HEALING INSTEAD OF SURGERY. I WAS REQUIRED TO WEAR A SUMI NECK BRACE FOR 12 WEEKS. I WAS ADMITTED TO THE ORTHOPEDIC CRITICAL CARE FLOOR FOR 6 DAYS. I RECEIVED MORPHINE AND PERCOCET. AFTER 6 DAYS, I WAS RELEASED TO MY PARENTS CARE TO CONT. ROUND THE CLOCK CARE GIVING. I WAS UNABLE TO TAKE CARE OF MYSELF - REQUIRED ASSISTANCE TO TAKE A BATH AND SUPERVISED WHEN USING THE TOILET, EATING, AND SLEEPING. MY MOTHER DROVE ME TO MY DOCTOR DURING THE 12 WK. PERIOD. THE SUMI NECK BRACE WAS REMOVED ON AUGUST 12, 1999. AFTER WHICH I WORE THE CUSHION WHIPLASH BRACE FOR ANOTHER 4-WEEK PERIOD. DID NOT RETURN TO WORK UNTIL MID-SEPT 1999. *NM

NHTSA ID
10131042
Incident
May 20, 1999

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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