1999 Volvo V70XC Exterior lighting Problems

“Dt: contact states the headlights on his vehicle went out while driving his vehicle at night. There is a recall for the exterior lighting, headlight: switch, campaign id number 04v504000. The dealer refused to perform the recall work on the vehicle because they said the failure was due to physical damage of the headlight switch.”

“The electronic throttle system warning light came on. There was intermittent loss of power. The dealer identified the following throttle failure codes, 914f, 91b7, 9150. They replaced the throttle, cleaned pvc system and upgraded the ECM software. Total cost was $1270.52. At the same time the brake light system failed. There was no warning light. The entire system, all three lights did not illuminate. The dealer replaced the electronic brake light switch. Cost $124.08.”

“The headlight switch on my 1999 v70 xc failed while driving causing my headlights to become inoperable at night when switched to the on position. While no crash occurred, there are obvious safety risks involved with a suddent loss of headlights. Upon further investigation, I found that the plastic housing containing the headlight switch had cracked with allowed the unit to separate. I have substantial anectodal evidence that this problem is widespread on 1999 v70 and s70 models on various internet bulletin boards.”

“Headlight switch has been replaced twice, recently replaced as a recall, within one week of being replaced under recall the switch failed again. We were driving in moutains with family when the headllights and turn signals no longer worked.”