2001 VOLVO S60 Complaints

MY 2001 S60 2.4T VOLVO SEDAN HAS HAD NUMEROUS ERROR MESSAGES DISPLAYED OVER THE 4 YEARS I HAVE OWNED IT. MOST TIMES THERE WAS NO PROBLEM IN DRIVING THE VEHICLE UNTIL I COULD SAFELY PULL OVER. THE "FIX" FOR THE ERROR MESSAGE WAS TO SHUT OFF THE ENGINE, SIT FOR A MOMENT AND RESTART. ON TWO OTHER FRIGHTFUL OCCASIONS, HOWEVER, I LOST STEERING ASSIST AND ACCELERATION. BOTH TIMES I WAS ON BUSY INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS AND FEARED FOR MY LIFE AS MY CAR LIMPED TOWARD THE BREAKDOWN LANE. IT APPEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY FORTUNATE IN THAT BOTH TIMES THE CAR LOST POWER AND CONTROL THAT IT STARTED UP AGAIN. I WILL BE SUBMITTING 2 ACCOUNTS ONLINE. MY REPAIR GARAGE CONFIRMED YESTERDAY THAT THERE ARE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF ERROR MESSAGES CAUSED BY THE "THROTTLE CONTROL" AND THAT I HAVE TO TAKE THE CAR BACK TO THE ORIGINAL DEALER. I HAVE MY APPOINTMENT FOR SEPTEMBER 6 AND WAS GIVEN AN ESTIMATE OF $900 TO REPLACE THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL. IT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY.

I PROCEEDED TO PASS A VEHICLE AND LOST POWER COULD ONLY DRIVE AT APPROX.35M.P.H. I THEN HAD TO BRAKE AND RETURN BEHIND AND TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I TOOK IT IN FOR REPAIR AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A SOFTWARE ERROR.

I HAVE A 2001 VOLVO S60 T5. IN OCTOBER 2004 I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET WHEN I HAD A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND THE VEHICLE WENT FROM GOING 45 MPH TO 5 MPH, I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE. I WAITED A FEE MINUTES AND STARTED THE VEHICLE WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME. THIS HAPPENED A SECOND TIME THE NEXT DAY AND I CALLED VOLVO AND THEY TOLD ME TO BRING THE CAR IN. AS I WAS DRIVING TO THE DEALERSHIP I WAS APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE AWAY AND IT HAPPENED A THIRD TIME. THIS TIME THE PROBLEM DID NOT CORRECT ITSELF AND I HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED. I WAS TOLD THAT MY ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND BECAUSE I WAS PAST 50K IT WAS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. I HAD PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY TO 74K HOWEVER THEY STATED THAT THIS PART WAS NOT COVERED BY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY EITHER. I PAID OVER $1000.00 TO HAVE THE PART REPLACED. THE OLD PART WAS KEPT BY VOLVO OF LAS VEGAS.*JB

ON SATURDAY APRIL 2, 2005 ,AT ABOUT 3:00 P.M., I WAS RETURNING HOME WITH MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER FROM A SPRING BREAK TRIP TO WASHINGTON D.C. WE HAD DRIVEN FOR A GOOD PART OF THE DAY THROUGH DIFFICULT CONDITIONS...CONSIDERABLE RAIN AND EVEN A SOME SNOW SHOWERS IN EASTERN OHIO. WHILE DRIVING ON THE OHIO TURNPIKE IN THE VICINITY OF TOLEDO, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER, THAT IS, THE CAR DECELERATED REGARDLESS OF FOOT-PRESSURE ON THE GAS PEDAL. ALTHOUGH I WAS AT THE TIME IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF A RATHER BUSY INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY, WHERE THE CAR STOPPED RUNNING ALTOGETHER. I LET THE CAR SIT FOR A MINUTE, AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO START THE ENGINE AGAIN. ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE TURNED OVER IT WOULD NOT RUN. THROUGH INFORMATION PROVIDED BY GEICO INSURANCE ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE FACILITY WERE ABLE TO SUMMON A TOW TRUCK, WHICH DELIVERED THE CAR, AND MY FAMILY TO A VOLVO DEALERSHIP SCHMIDT IN PERRYSBURG, OHIO AT ABOUT 5:00 P.M. ON THAT SATURDAY EVENING. THIS INCIDENT, APART FROM CONSIDERABLE INCONVENIENCE AND COST, PUT MY FAMILY AND ME IN A VERY HAZARDOUS SITUATION. PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF A GUARDRAIL, THE VEHICLE CAME TO REST ONLY INCHES AWAY FROM THE LINE SEPARATING THE HIGHWAY SHOULDER FROM THE RIGHT LANE. BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY TRAFFIC MUCH OF IT CONSISTING OF MASSIVE TRAILER-TRUCKS TRAVELING WEST I THINK IT REASONABLE TO SAY THAT THE EXPOSURE TO RISK WAS HIGH. HAD THE WEATHER VERY CHILLY TEMPERATURES, A PIECING NORTH WIND, AND THE EVER-PRESENT THREAT OF RAIN BEEN ANY BETTER I WOULD HAVE GUIDED MY FAMILY TO THE SHELTER OF AN OVERPASS ABOUT ONE QUARTER-MILE TO THE WEST UNTIL THE TOW-TRUCK ARRIVED. FORTUNATELY, OFFICER MACK OF THE OHIO HIGHWAY PATROL ARRIVED AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES, AND ALERTED PASSING TRAFFIC TO THE ROADSIDE HAZARD WITH THE FLASHING LIGHTS OF HIS PATROL CAR. *NM

ON VACATION, DRIVING 50 MPH ON FOUR-LANE HWY 17 IN SOUTH CAROLINA WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING LOST POWER AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE HIGHWAY. IT WOULD NOT RESTART. AS TRAFFIC RUSHED BY, MY WIFE AND I HAD TO PUSH THE CAR OFF THE ROAD. AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES OF TRYING TO RESTART, THE CAR FINALLY STARTED AND ACTED NORMALLY. WE WERE WITHIN 20 MILES OF OUR DESTINATION, SO WE STARTED OUT AGAIN ONLY TO STALL ABOUT A QUARTER MILE LATER. WE COASTED OFF THE ROAD AND HAD THE CAR TOWED 20 MILES TO THE NEAREST VOLVO DEALER. DEALER REPLACED THE THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE. CAR HAD 45K MILES ON IT, BUT WAS 3 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY SO WE HAD TO PAY ENTIRE $850 BILL. DESPITE OUR REPEATED REQUESTS, NEITHER THE S.C. DEALER NOR OUR LOCAL DEALER IN M.O. WOULD HELP US WITH THE COST. *JB

I HAVE A 2001 VOLVO S60 T5 AND I'VE BEEN NOTICING LATELY THE IDLE ON MY RPM SIDE GOING UP AND DOWN RAPIDLY AND THE CAR FEELS LIKE ITS GOING TO TURN OFF. THEN YESTERDAY THE SAME THING HAPPENED AND THE CAR SHUT DOWN AND I TURNED IT BACK ON AND IT BEGIN TRYING TO PUSH ITSELF SO I GOT SCARED AND PARKED IT. LUCKILY IT WAS BY MY HOME AND THEN TODAY I WENT TO RETRIEVE IT AND IT BEGIN DOING THE SAME THING. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I SAW SOME MEDIA COVERAGE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM DUE TO THE THROTTLE BODY MODULE. PLEASE HELP AND TRY TO GET THIS PART RECALLED BECAUSE SOMEONE CAN GET SERIOUSLY HURT OR EVEN GOD FORBID PASS AWAY DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU. *NM

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX 40 MPH, I HEARD A POPPING NOISE AND A MESSAGE CAME ON IN THE DASH STATING "REDUCED EMISSION SERVICE". I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AT A MAXIMUM OF 10 MPH FOR 5 MILES TO MY NEAREST VOLVO DEALERSHIP. MY MILEAGE WAS JUST ABOUT 69,000 MILES. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED IT AS AN ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE FAILURE AND REPLACED THE ETM. THE CAR HANDLED PROPERLY AFTER THE REPAIR, WHICH WAS COVERED UNDER THE 7 YEAR/70,000 MILE EXTENDED EMISSIONS WARRANTY. THE OLD PART WAS RETURNED TO VOLVO CARS NORTH AMERICA. *JB

DT: CONSUMER STATED 2001 VOLVO S 60 WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE UNIT THAT REGULATED THE AIR FLOW INTO THE BRAKES AND ENGINE. THE CAR WAS MAKING A HISSING SOUND, LIKE AIR BEING LET INTO THE CABIN. THIS WAS HAPPENING A LOT, ESPECIALLY IN THE HEAT. THE BRAKES HAD TO BE DEPRESSED TO GET THE CAR TO STOP. CONSUMER HAD THE CAR FIXED LAST WEEK AT THE DEALERSHIP; THE MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE AIR PUMP TO THE BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT STALLING,OR LOSING POWER, NOR WERE THERE NEAR MISSES. CONSUME R WAS JUST RESPONDING TO THIS BECAUSE OF WHAT SHE SAW ON THE NEWS. THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. REPAIRS WERE DONE AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *AK

MY 2001 S 60 VOLVO SEDAN LOSES POWER DURING ACCELERATION. THE RPMS RACE BUT THE VEHICLE FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING TO STALL. I HAVE BROUGHT THIS VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES FOR THE SAME COMPLAINT. ON THE FIFTH TIME, THEY REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE. THAT WAS ON AUGUST 1, 2005. SINCE THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT, I CAN'T TELL YET IF THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN FIXED. *JB

(1) CAR RAN ROUGH IN ANY GEAR WHEN TRYING TO MAINTAIN SPEED (2) I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE I COULD NOT STAND IT (3) $1409 REPAIR TO REPLACE THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE. I WAS TOLD IF I DID NOT REPLACE IT THE CAR WOULD STALL AND BE UNDRIVEABLE. *NM