Overview & Reviews

User Reviews:

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  A Luxurious piece of Garbage - 1999 Volvo S70
  By obsessedwithcarz - January 5 - 2:00 am

  Basic Sedan with climate control leather alloys and automatic. Stay away from Volvos. If you care about safety get a loaded used Ford Taurus one years old with low mileage for 12 grand. if you keep cars for years get an extended warranty! I am in debt from buying a volvo and had to dump it before it killed me. Everything broke between 40 and 50K miles. get a factory extended warranty or something similar my warranty only paid for after market parts which screwed me big time. not to mention some things werent covered. horrible resale value! im getting a focus and buying pillows at Walmart for side airbags.

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  Great car S70 - 2000 Volvo S70
  By Sean - December 12 - 11:23 pm

  I bought this car with just over 100K on it. Being my first Volvo I was unsure how it would hold up. I am pleasantly surprised, what a great car! Ive put over 10K miles on it and it just purrs. Went to synthetic oil and min. 91 octane gas my mpg is 25.2 / 34. The 5 speed shfits smooth and likes to shift around 4K on the tac., a very solid car. Im 62" tall and fit easily, but I dont think Id like to long in the back seat, a bit tight back there.

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  If you take care of it, it will take care of you - 1999 Volvo S70
  By fastredponycar - December 8 - 8:46 pm

  first of all, for everyone whining about the thing breaking, its a 15 year old car at this point. You HAVE to stay on top of the maintenance AND preventative maintenance. Failure to do so will mean small things can add up to big problems. That said, if you take care of the car, you will enjoy it. I had a 98 T5 and still have my 99 T5 and both have been trouble free and dirt cheap to own. At this point in their age, a check engine light is not a big deal. Everything that CAN go wrong with the car is documented on google so the mechanically inclined owner can fix most stuff at home and save a lot of money.

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  safe, reliable, high performance - 1999 Volvo S70
  By Doug M. - November 13 - 10:00 am

  This is a great car for long trips. Comfortable seats (wife loves seat heaters). Everyone praises rear seat room. AWD is great in snow, and has good gas mileage unlike SUV (approx 18/25 city/hwy). Car is fast, handles great, stops great. 60,000 mi service is $1000, other service is every 7,500 mi and cost $100-200. We have done maintenance only. Our car is well used and has a hard life, it is completely reliable and feels more solid than new cars of other makes.

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  GREAT USED LUXURY CAR FOR LOW LOW PRICE - 1998 Volvo S70
  By d.slvstri - October 2 - 8:20 am

  My 98 GLT turbo has been very good to me so far, i purchased it two weeks ago and drove it day 1 from VA to NY and day 5 from NY back to VA with no problems at all, the driver seat wasnt so comfy towards my center back on the long drive but overall ok, it has the typical warning lights on dash (ABS/TRAC) but i learned to live with them and got used to not having the luxury of working ABS/TRAC features since my previous Ford Focus didnt even have those options. Very good acceleration once turbo kicks in, i dont know what the top speed is on this car despite the 140 speedo but i had no problem getting to 127 mph fairly quickly. Gorgeous blk ext with blk leather int. only paid $1400 usd

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  took me a few cars to get it right - 1999 Volvo S70
  By obsessedwithcarz - September 17 - 10:00 am

  I have turned in three cars this year and finally found the right one. I made the mistake of turning in my 93 Volvo 850 and not buying another used Volvo. but I finally have the 99 S70 and found one almost wholesale at a Mitsu dealer. Reliability is spotty, so I went out and bought a warranty from online after researching for one and now i not only have the car I want at a great price, I now have a bumper to bumper warranty with road hazard for the next five years. Talk about the biggest bang for your buck. Cant wait for my first car trip!

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  1998 S70 was a huge dissapointment - 1998 Volvo S70
  By hakeroonie - August 19 - 10:00 am

  A huge diasappointment. Many electrical problems. Light bulbs constantly needing replacement, outsde temperature very inaccurate, power windows that work when they feel like it, a check enghine light that continues to come on after three attempts by the dealer to repair it. Build quality is lacking too, like cheesey cupholders, cerqking front end though Ive replaced two tie rods and bearings.

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  OK car - 1999 Volvo S70
  By bw626 - August 13 - 3:20 pm

  I bought this used with 120,000 as a gas mileage car. To tell you the truth, it only gets one more MPG than my Chevy Tahoe. The interior is kind of cheap and until it died in the middle of the road, it was decent mechanically. Now, with 130,000 miles on it, it doesnt run and know one can figure out why. The engine dies when you accelerate it. Overall: This is the first import Ive owned since a 1981 BMW 8 series, and I think I will stick to American cars. My Chevys and Pontiacs have never given me problems. I dont think I will go back to Volvos, because I am very disappointed in the reliability.

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  great ride, expensive maintenace - 1999 Volvo S70
  By Robbie - August 8 - 9:30 am

  Bought this car used with 79,000 miles on it. My wife and I love this car at first. The ride was far above other sedans we had driven. Even the standard 5 cyl. has good pickup and can really go at high speeds. We love the look and design as well. The maintenance has been a different story. When I bought the car it only had one owner before me and the service manual was beautiful all stamped by cert. volvo. I felt good when I left the lot. Not 1 week went by and window switch went out ($200). Next it was a vacuum thing ($200). We kept up with the maintenance as well which is average $400 a pop. 2 oxy sensors ($500) and a/c evap. ($1000). Sold vehicle in 2006. great drive not reliable

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  Quality Car w/Qwerky Electronics - 1999 Volvo S70
  By VOVO - August 6 - 10:00 am

  Im very happy with how the car has performed except for a few very minor electrical problems. The engine coolant level sensor failed. A false warning light is illuminated on the dash. A fragile gear in power mirror broke. I was disappointed to find out the gear can only be ordered with the mirror motor for several hundred dollars. I put the battery on a charger, which caused the climate control system to generate a fault. Everything reset itself after I restarted the car. No one makes repair manuals for this year Volvo. This is not the car for the DIYer. Electronic manuals are sold by Volvo on an annual subscription basis at an exorbitant cost.