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The timing belt interval is 105,000 miles and.... S70

posted by  someone claiming to be Punxsutawney Phil on  Fri Apr 23 16:41 CST 2004 [RELATED]

"lightbulbs" is a very optimistic view of it all, you can pretty much count on a couple of $$$ electrical problems annually. Drivetrain is bulletproof, mostly, as long as it's been maintained. Other problem areas include the AC and brakes. (Also $$$ to $$$$.) Over the past year I've had the ABS module fail, a frozen brake caliper, CD player, broken rear sway bar, leaky Macpherson strut, and one of the headlight wipers fail.

Consumer Reports doesn't recommend the S70 as a used car, but the ones they flat out say to "avoid" are the AWD models. Have it checked out, a lot of the problem areas aren't obvious.

There are worse choices for $7000 for a kid, really. Far more socially acceptable than a minivan!

-Punx

'98 V70T5M, 140k mi., iPd stabilizer bars, Volvo strut tower brace and skidplate, Bilstein HD struts and shocks, Valentine-1, Mobil-1 always, e-code headlight lenses, Dunlop SP5000AS





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