For the record, here are the things that have gone wrong on my 1998 V70 GLT:

- A/C evaporator ($1000.) Went bad at 51,000 miles (1k miles over warranty) but Volvo of US refused to help.
- Sunroof magically opened by itself one (rainy) day. Button was inoperative. Dealer replaced computer module under warranty.
- Winshield washers have never works. 6 trips to dealer (Annapolis Volvo) and problem was never resolved.
- At 70k miles, car becomes harder to start (90% sure its a stuck check valve in the fuel pump). Not ready to spend the $ to replace the pump.
- Air pump is dying. Every now and then it produces a wonderful grinding/spinning sound. When it eventually dies, I'll have to have it replaced ($700).
- TRACS has never worked. I don't really care, but it's goofy. I drive quite gently, but it takes nothing to spin the MXV4's I drive.
- Leather panel (rear door) delaminated. (Warranty repair.)

I'll leave out the commentary, but I did decide to pull my service records for the other cars I've owned (just to see if I was going insane) -
Toyota Camry (115k miles and going). No maintainance but oil changes and tires.
Honda civic. (125k miles; sold when our first baby arrived...). No maintenance but oil changes and tires.
Honda CRX (150k miles; sold). Same, but I did replace the clutch and A/C compressor.
Dodge Stratus. Blew up in front of my house 5 minutes after I turned it off one day (12 months after I bought it; 13k miles).

The V70 clearly takes a distant second to the Dodge on my 'crappy cars' list, but there's _no_ way it's worth the $ I've put into it. If it wasn't for friendly folks like those here at the brickboard, I would have dumped the thing already. I hope the info above is useful to some one here.

Thanks, brickboard!