2001 VOLVO S60 Complaints

(1) DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT MAXIMUM LEGAL SPEED FOR SEVERAL HOURS. (2) ENGINE ABRUPTLY STOPS WITHOUT WARNING RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. ATTEMPTS TO RESTART ENGINE WHILE MOVING NOT SUCCESSFUL. NEGOTIATE THROUGH TRAFFIC TO SHOULDER OF ROAD, NARROWLY AVOIDING ACCIDENT. (3) VEHICLE SAT ON SIDE OF ROAD FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES AND THEN RESTARTED WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE TRIP AND RETURN HOME. (4) TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. ENGINE WAS CHECKED, BUT NO PROBLEMS FOUND. (5) THIS HAS OCCURRED TWO TIMES DURING THE FOUR YEARS WE HAVE OWNED VEHICLE .. *NM

VOLVO S60 2.4T 2001; STALLS WITHOUT WARNING WHEN ACCELERATING AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR, WARNING LIGHTS COME ON, CAR WILL RESTART AFTER A FEW MINUTES. HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN 3 DAYS. IN THE SHOP TODAY FOR REPAIR. *NM

I OWNED A 1991 VOLVO S60 SEDAN AND I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE INVESTIGATING THIS CAR. FROM TIME TO TIME AS I DROVE IT, IT WOULD UNEXPECTEDLY LOOSE SPEED AND POWER FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN RESUME. IT NEVER FULLY STALLED OUT. I HAD MENTIONED THIS AT A SERVICE TIME FOR THE CAR BUT NOTHING WRONG WAS UNCOVERED. RECENTLY MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE CAR ON INTERSTATE 5 SOUTH OF LA WHEN THE CAR ENGINE CEASED FUNCTIONING WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING IN THE HOV LANE. FORTUNATELY THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER THROUGH TRAFFIC WITHOUT GETTING HIT. THE EASILY COULD HAVE BEEN HIT AND SHE COULD HAVE DIED AND WE NEVER WOULD HAVE KNOWN IT WAS A VEHICLE FAILURE. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP WHERE I WAS TOLD THEY EVENTUALLY DIAGNOSED A "FAILED FUEL PUMP". I HAVE NO VALIDATION OF THIS. I DID NOT WANT TO DRIVE THIS CAR AGAIN AND IT WAS LEASE-END SO I TRADED THE CAR IN THAT VERY DAY FOR A NEW CAR. *NM

ON JAN. 26, 2005, MY CAR CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I RESTARTED THE CAR AND COULDN'T GET IT TO DRIVE OVER 10 MPH. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER AT THEIR INSISTENCE. $790.43 LATER, I HAD MY THROTTLE BODY REPLACED ON MY 2001 VOLVO S60 AT MY EXPENSE BECAUSE IT WAS BEYOND WARRANTY. THE DEALER WOULD DO NOTHING FOR ME SINCE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. I FEEL THAT A 3 1/2 YEAR OLD CAR SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD THIS GREAT A REPAIR OR EXPENSE. I THINK THIS IS A RECALL ITEM AND WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF YOUR STUDY THAT IS NOW OPENED AS OF JULY 26TH. PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. *NM

SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER WHILE LEAVING A PARKING LOT. THE SPEED DROPPED TO BELOW 20 MPH. I WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE ABOVE 20 MPH. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACE THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL AT A COST OF OVER $900. *NM

DT: 2001 VOLVO S60. THE CONSUMER STATES IN TRAFFIC THE VEHICLE WILL CUT OUT AND IT WILL NOT MOVE. WHEN TRYING TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IT WILL COME BACK ON. THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE INSPECTED. THEY FOUND THAT THERE WAS A MALFUNCTION WITH THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE. THIS WOULD COST THE CONSUMER $400 TO FIX IT. THIS FIRST HAPPENED ON MAY 26, 2005 ,AND MOST RECENTLY ON AUGUST 1, 2005.*AK

THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT EH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION PRIOR TO HER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS A CRACKED TRANSMISSION, POWER STEERING LEAK, OIL LEAK AND TWO DEPLOYED AIR BAGS. *JB *NM

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THIS IS NOT THE COMPLAINT SHE FILED HER COMPLAINT WAS ABOUT HER GAS TANK DOOR COMING OFF. *AK *TC *SC

IN OCTOBER 2003 AND JULY 2004, WHILE DRIVING MY CAR TO WORK EACH TIME WHAT APPEARED TO BE SMALL ROCKS/PEBBLES/STONES HAVE STRUCK THE WINDSHIELD OF MY 2001 VOLVO S60 2.4T IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA AROUND THE REARVIEW MIRROR. BOTH TIMES, THE WINDSHIELD SHATTERED IN THAT REGION AND CRACKS PROPAGATED FROM THE POINT OF IMPACT. THIS APPEARS TO BE A STRESS REGION IN THE WINDSHIELD THAT CANNOT WITHSTAND IMPACTS BY RELATIVELY SMALL OBJECTS. THESE TWO INCIDENTS HAVE RESULTED IN THE REPLACEMENT OF THE WINDSHIELD EACH TIME.*AK

WHILE AT A GAS STATION DRIVER OPENED THE GAS TANK DOOR, AND THE DOOR SHEARED OFF FROM THE PLASTIC HINGES. DRIVER WILL TAKE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. *AK