2001 VOLVO S60 Complaints

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO A DEALERSHIP WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES. THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS AGAIN. THE REPAIRS WERE BEING DONE AT CONTACT'S EXPENSE. *AK

2001 VOLVO S60 T5 W/MANUAL TRANSMISSION STALLED ABRUPTLY WITH A "REDUCED POWER" MESSAGE ON THE DASHBOARD COMPUTER DISPLAY WHILE ACCELERATING ON A HIGHWAY ONRAMP. THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, AS ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS BEHIND ME AND CAME CLOSE TO COLLIDING WITH MY VEHICLE DUE TO IMMEDIATE DECELERATION W/NO WARNING/BRAKE LIGHTS UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO REACT TO THE UNEXPECTED SITUATION. AFTER PULLING OVER, STOPPING THE CAR FOR A FEW MINUTES AND RESTARTING, I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING IT, BUT IT SEEMED TO RUN ROUGH AND "STUTTER" A BIT FOR THE REST OF THE TRIP. DROVE TO LOCAL VOLVO DEALERSHIP FIRST THING NEXT MORNING AND RESULTING DIAGNOSIS & REPAIR WAS "THROTTLE UNIT INTERNAL FAULT" AND REPLACEMENT OF THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE (ETM). ENGINE FAULT CODES WERE: ECM 915D, 916D, 904C, 928A & 903F. REPAIRS TOTALED $1,012.03. *JB

I COMMUTE APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES TO WORK. DURING MY COMMUTE ON NOV. 2, 2005 THERE WAS NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. ALL GAUGES READING WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS. I PARKED MY CAR. WENT INSIDE MY PLACE OF WORK. WITHIN 7 (SEVEN) MINUTES I WAS NOTIFIED BY A COWORKER THAT MY CAR WAS ON FIRE. THE RESULTING ENGINE FIRE TOTALED MY 2001 S60 T5 VOLVO. THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT OF THE ENGINE EXCEPT THE ENGINE BLOCK SITTING UPON THE TRANSMISSION. *JB

I WAS ON A LONG TRIP BACK HOME ON 11/29/05 WHEN I NOTICED MY 2001 VOLVO STARTED SURGING AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES OF THIS IT SHOWED ME A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND A MESSAGE APPEARED SAYING " PERFORMANCE REDUCED ". THE CAR WAS BASICALLY SHUTTING DOWN. I WAS DOING 75 MPH AT THE TIME AND HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER FROM THE LEFT LANE 4 LANES OVER TO THE RIGHT. THIS WAS A LITTLE SCARY DOING 75 MPH. I SAT ON THE SHOULDER FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTES AND TRIED RESTARTING THE CAR. I SEEMED FINE SO I CONTINUED ON. THE SAME THING HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES ON THE TRIP HOME. THE FOLLOWING MONDAY 11/1/05 I BROUGHT THE CAR TO A RAMSEY VOLVO TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. THEY TOLD ME THE ETM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I HAD THEM REPLACE IT. THE PROBLEM I HAVE IS THAT IT SEEMS AS IF THIS IS VERY COMMON AMONG VOLVO'S WITH THE ETM AND IT IS QUITE DANGEROUS WHEN THEY FAIL. IF AS MANY FAIL AS I SEE ON THE INTERNET I FEEL VOLVO SHOULD RECALL THE ETM AND FIX IT.*JB

CAR WOULD SUDDENLY LOSE POWER, CAUSING UNSAFE SITUATIONS IN TRAFFIC. WARNING LIGHT WOULD COME ON ALONG WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND MESSAGE SAYING "REDUCED PERFORMANCE". FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT AT FIRST AND INSTRUMENT LIGHTS WOULD GO BACK TO NORMAL. *NM

STOPPED TO DROP OFF PASSENGER, WHEN ATTEMPTED TO PULL AWAY, TRANSMISSION FAILED TO ENGAGE. TURNED VEHICLE OFF TO CHECK IT. ON RESTART ENGAGED FINE. APPROX 1/2 MILE DOWN THE ROAD, TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED VEHICLE OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES, ON RESTART TRANSMISSION ONCE AGAIN ENGAGED FOR ME TO GO A FEW HUNDRED FEET TO SAFETY. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHICH DIAGNOSED THE TRANSMISSION WITH 'INTERNAL FAULTS' WHICH WOULD REQUIRE A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE IN QUESTION HAS NEVER HAD ANY WARNINGS THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAILING, NOR HAD IT EVER HESITATED TO ENGAGE PRIOR TO IT'S COMPLETE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE IS 4 1/2 YEARS OLD WITH ONLY 32K MILES. *NM

I OWN A 2001 VOLVO S60 WITH A LITTLE OVER 18,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. ON 10-19-2005, I WAS STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION WAITING FOR THE LEFT LANE TURN SIGNAL. WHEN THE SIGNAL TURNED GREEN, I PROCEEDED INTO THE INTERSECTION AND NOTICED THAT MY CAR STARTED TO LOSE POWER EVEN THOUGH MY FOOT WAS ON THE ACCELERATOR THROTTLE. I APPLIED MORE PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR THROTTLE, BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO LOSE SPEED, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD AS IF TO KICK IN AND THE ACCELERATION RESUMED. IT WAS ALARMING, BECAUSE IF I HAD BEEN ON A FREEWAY OR HAD BEEN IN A SITUATION WHEREBY I HAD TO PASS A SLOW DRIVER ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY, I COULD HAVE BEEN IN SOME SERIOUS TROUBLE. AGAIN, MY CAR HAS VERY LOW MILEAGE FOR A 2001 VEHICLE. I WOULD APPRECIATE BEING INCLUDED IN ANY INVESTIGATION THAT MAY UNCOVER A POSSIBLE DEFECT IN THE VEHICLE REGARDING THIS MATTER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. SINCERELY, TERRY W. MORRIS. *NM

VOLVO S60 2001 THE VEHICLE EXHIBITS A SUDDEN LOSS OF SPEED AND ENGINE POWER. THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING IN HIGHWAY TRAFFIC WITHOUT WARNING. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE TO THE VOLVO DEALER TWICE AN THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I SUSPECT THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL IS THE PROBLEM. *NM

ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE FAILURE, LOST STEERING AND POWER ON INTERSTATE AT 80 MILES PER HOUR. REPLACED CONTROL, REPLACED ALTERNATOR, FINALLY REPLACED EMT. PART OUT OF WARRANTY I PUT MYSELF AT RISK OF DEATH BECAUSE OF THIS PART FAILURE. PART NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY 80,000 MILES ON CAR. *NM

I EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THREE OUT OF A SET OF FOUR GOODYEAR AMERICAN EAGLE TIRES PURCHASED AT WALMART IN NORTH CAROLINA ON 09/25/2003. THESE WERE 60,000 MILE RATED (TREAD WEAR RATING 420) RADIAL TIRES SIZE: P205/55R16. THESE WERE FOR MY VOLVO S-60...THE MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDED SIZE. I KEPT THE RECOMMENDED PSI @ 38 TIRE PRESSURE. I HAD THEM ROTATED AND REBALANCED SEVERAL TIMES, USUALLY AT ABOUT 5,000/6,000 MILE INTERVALS. DURING MY MOST RECENT SERVICE FOR ROTATION AND REBALANCING ON AUGUST 31, THE WALMART STORE IN ROANOKE, VA BROUGHT THIS DEFECT TO MY ATTENTION. THREE OF THE TIRES HAD DEVELOPED SEVERE AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CRACKS ON THE INSIDE SIDEWALL BETWEEN THE TREAD AND THE RIM CIRCLING THE INSIDE OF THE SIDEWALL AND APPEARED TO BE A "BLOW-OUT" POTENTIAL HAZARD. THE MANUFACTURER'S PRODUCTION CODE WAS: DOT PJT24AHR2403. WALMART ADJUSTED AND REPLACED THIS SET WITH THE SAME TIRE THAT THEY HAD IN STOCK. I REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO GOODYEAR AND WAS GIVEN A CLAIM # 789726. I PHONED THEM TO ASK WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE TO AVOID THIS PROBLEMS OR TO AVOID THIS SAME PROBLEM FOR OCCURRING ON THE CURRENT SET THAT WALMART HAD PUT ON. THEY TOLD ME THAT NOTHING COULD HAVE BEEN DONE OR COULD BE GUARANTEED ON THE NEWER SET. I THINK FURTHER INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE DONE BY NHTSA AS THIS COULD BE A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR OTHER DRIVERS CAUGHT UNAWARE TO THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE ADVISE. *NM