2004 Volvo C70 Electrical system Problems

“I was driving down the highway and the battery light came on and the car got a little sluggish and then all of a sudden it went black I was driving at night so I noticed immediately because the headlights went out everything on the dash that was illuminated lost light and the car stalled and then sputter and stall it just was no longer running pulled over to the side of the road put it in park turn the key off waited about 2 minutes turn the key back on to see if I had lights because I thought it was the battery and I had lights and then I tried again the ignition and it started super random…”

“My wife and I leased this car in april 2004 . Since that time we have had it to dealer for service eight times for starting problems. The car can be hot or cold. It will not stall while running this is just when you go to start it. So far, they have replaceed an immobilizer two times,an engine speed sensor three times, replaced an engine immobilzer antenna ring two times, a main relay once,totally reloaded the computer system once,and replaced an RPM sensor once. This is by far the worse car I've ever had. I still have one year to go on the lease and we don't even feel like driving it. …”

“Vehicle start then die or just crank and no start. At the time problem thought to be fuel pump relay. Immobilizer was checked but nothing done. Immobilizer continued to be a problem (after warranty expired); keys have been replaced/recoded, immobilizer control module found faulty and replaced, antenna ring found faulty and replaced. …”

“The 2004 C70 has major electrical problems. We purchased our vehicle new. Since ownership this car has been well maintained. Over the past 14 months our car has stalled six times as of 3-8-06. Each occasion has happened if the vehicle hasn't been driven within four to five days. Each situation has been discovered after its sat over-night. The first several times the dealer blamed it on a faulty sun-visor wire. As of this date, both sun-visor wires have been replaced, they've replaced our battery three times... And the problem still exist. …”