Vehicle report
1998 VOLVO S70
This model year
What the record shows
The 1998 Volvo S70 is a midsize car, and the 7th model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 1992 to 2002.
The EPA rated five configurations: engines from 2.3-litre five-cylinder to 2.4-litre five-cylinder, front-wheel drive only, two transmissions and running on premium gasoline.
Combined fuel economy ranges from 19 to 21 mpg depending on which one you have.
The federal record holds 215 owner complaints and 169 service bulletins for it.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.