Guest Anonymous December 14, 2002 I am looking at a 1998 Volvo S70 Dark Green and was wondering if anybody could run a Carfax for me? VIN= YV1LS5580W2512707 TIA Chuck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anonymous December 14, 2002 URL: http://www.zoomnet.net/~specautoparts The CARFAX database contains a total of 12 vehicle history records on this 1998 VOLVO S70 (YV1LS5580W2512707): DATE REPORTED ODOMETER READING INFORMATION SOURCE GENERAL COMMENTS 02/10/1998 US Customs Exported from: Belgium Imported to: Newark, NJ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02/01/1999 Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Dept. Milwaukee, WI Registered as private vehicle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03/09/1999 3,554 Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Dept. Milwaukee, WI Title #99068VXD02 Title or registration issued First owner reported First lien reported Odometer reading recorded on 03/04/1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03/17/1999 Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Dept. Milwaukee, WI Title #990763C005 Title or registration issued First lien reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 04/24/2000 11,935 Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Dept. Port Washington, WI Title #00115LED35 Title or registration issued Odometer reading recorded on 04/11/2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 05/02/2000 Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Dept. Port Washington, WI Title #00123LED28 Title or registration issued First lien reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01/05/2001 32,000 Wisconsin Inspection Station Passed emissions inspection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 07/20/2001 Service Plan Co. Racine, WI Service Contract Issued -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 08/10/2001 41,000 Wisconsin Inspection Station Passed emissions inspection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 08/18/2001 39,781 Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Dept. Racine, WI Title #01230MTD02 Title or registration issued Ownership transfer reported First lien reported Odometer reading recorded on 07/20/2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 08/26/2002 55,625 Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Dept. Arlington, TX Title #0223832006 Title or registration issued Ownership transfer reported Registered as lease vehicle Odometer reading recorded on 08/23/2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 09/25/2002 Auto Auction Sold at auction in Midwest Region Listed as a fleet vehicle Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anonymous December 15, 2002 I am a service writer in Berkeley California and have had two dealings with new volvo's and big problems. Volvo #1 was a 98 S90 24 valve 5 cylinder that had the hydraulic lifters go out at 47K miles and upon inspection the reason for the lifters to go bad was that at the factory someone got a little carried away with the silicone and block about 60% of the oil passage ways for the head hence slightly darken cam lobs and dead lifters. Volvo #2 was a 98 V70 that had to have the complete front suspension rebuilt at 55k miles- 2 ball joints 2 tie rod ends and an alignment thats just sloppy engineering, there are a couple of other little things but I wont beat a dead horse. Good Luck- Chris Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anonymous December 15, 2002 at more closely. Can you give me any more specifics on the V70 problems, Chris? Chuck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anonymous December 15, 2002 Thanks Glenn! Does the lease vehicle registration mean an individual leased the vehicle? What does it mean when one month later it is sold at auction as "fleet vehicle" Anyone have any ideas? I am kinda new to this carfax thing and small "mom & pop" dealerships, having bought all of my other vehicles from larger dealerships. Should I run from this one? TIA Chuck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anonymous December 15, 2002 I did forget to mention that this was a turbo model which does have more horsepower and would demand more from the suspension which is the exact same in turbo and non turbo models.If you know front suspensions at all its pretty easy to explain. Basically the whole front end went to shit like the ball joints, both tie rod ends (tie rod ends connect to the wheels)and prior to that brakes were redone completly up front. To cut to the chase the whole front ends pivot and adjustment points were shot allowing the car to have severe tire wera in front due to bad (horrable) alignment. Check for funny tire wear in front like inner or outer edge wear and listen for knocks, thumps or any other foreign noises from up front. HTH Chris Lingle Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anonymous December 15, 2002 go with one of these it will last longer! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anonymous December 15, 2002 en in the back! Actually my '02 has 124k miles on it so I guess it's just getting broken in, right? Chuck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anonymous December 16, 2002 hate to be contrary on my first posting to this board but i have had the following volvos: 740 turbo wagon, 850 turbo wagon, 850 t-5r wagon [extremely quick], v70xc...all of them have been very reliable but for a habit of eating front brakes at a good clip. have sold all of them to people that i know and the subsequent owners' experience has been the same as mine. far from being P.O.S.'s, all of them were safe, cheap to own, and fast... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
