1999 VOLVO S70 Complaints

CAR HESITATES AND/OR STALLS ON ACCELERATION FOR PAST 20,000 MILES. INITIAL DIAGNOSIS FROM VOLVO DEALER SHOWED "NO FAULT CODES STORED, UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE." FINALLY, TODAY I STALLED WHILE MAKING A TURN AND ALMOST GOT BROADSIDED. JUST AFTER THAT AN ETS LIGHT CAME ON. I CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD "IT WILL COST UP TO $1000 TO REPLACE THE PART." THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD AND TO THINK THAT VOLVO KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM (I SURFED THE INTERNET AND FOUND RIGHT AWAY THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM) AND LET ME TAKE THE CAR OUT WITH THIS ISSUE KNOWN. (REGARDLESS OF A FAULT CODE STORED)*JB

I FIRST NOTICED MY VEHICLE EXPERIENCING SHAKINESS AND SLIGHT STIFFNESS IN THE STEERING WHEEL. PAT PATTERSON VOLVO, TOLD ME I NEEDED SOME SORT OF AIR NIPPLE REPLACED. I REPLACED IT, PAYING BETTER THAN $100. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION MAKING A LEFT TURN WHEN IT SUDDENLY QUIT! IT RESTARTED. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AFTER IT SUDDENLY FAILED ON SEVERAL MORE OCCASIONS. THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS EITHER AN AIR INTAKE PROBLEM THEY COULD FIX FOR $300 OR THE ETM (EXPLAINED THIS WAS A THROTTLE AND COSTS $800 NEEDS REPLACING) OR MIGHT NEED BOTH REPLACED COSTING $1100. THEY HAD TO ORDER THE PARTS AND WOULD CALL ME WHEN THEY ARRIVED. THE NEXT MORNING MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHEN I STARTED THE CAR. I DROVE IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME THE SAME THING I WAS TOLD THE DAY BEFORE. WHILE WAITING FOR THE PARTS TO ARRIVE, MY NEPHEW WAS SHOT TO DEATH. WITH THE SUDDEN TRAGIC LOSS OF MY 18 YEAR OLD NEPHEW, I WENT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND SETTLED FOR THE $300 JOB; MY FINANCIAL RESOURCES AFTER THE UNEXPECTED TRAVEL EXPENSES TO THE FUNERAL, ARE JUST DEPLETED; THIS CAR IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THAT WAS ONLY A FEW WEEKS AGO IN JULY. YESTERDAY (8/14/05) THE CAR SUDDENLY QUIT TWICE, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AGAIN! I HAVE NOT FINANCIALLY RECOVERED FROM THE FUNERAL AND REPAIR EXPENSES OF LAST MONTH! WHILE I WAS IN THE WAITING ROOM, AN OLDER WOMAN WHO WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM, SAID HERS QUIT SEVERAL TIMES WHILE TRAVELING AT 70 MPH WITHOUT WARNING! I HEARD ON THE NEWS ABOUT 131 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD BY PAT PATTERSON VOLVO ON AT LEAST 4 VISITS RELATING TO THIS PROBLEM THAT THE CAR HAS AN AIR INTAKE PROBLEM AND NEEDS THE ETM REPLACED. THEY NEVER MENTIONED THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES. I MIGHT NOT HAVE KNOWN THEY WERE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM WITH MORE THAN JUST MINE HAD I NOT TALKED WITH THE LADY IN THE WAITING ROOM WHILE OUR CARS WERE BEING REPAIRED. *NM

CAR BEGAN RUNNING POORLY, STALLING ON OCCASION AND HESITATING TO ACCELERATE. UPON SERVICING THE CAR, THE DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY WAS BAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR REPLACEMENT, THEY CLEANED IT INSTEAD. I SUBSEQUENTLY RETURNED TO HAVE IT REPLACED. THE DEALER DISCOUNTED THE REPLACEMENT COST BY THE AMOUNT I HAD PAID FOR THE EARLIER CLEANING. *JB

1999 S70 VOLVO AWD. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT AND ETS LIGHTS DISPLAYED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ETM MODULE 8/3/05 AT A COST OF $906.75 AND THE ABS MODULE AT A COST OF $845.46. BOTH SERVICES PERFORMED BY DEALER IN WINSTON SALEM,NC . *JB

ON VACATION IN OCTOBER OF 2004,OUR 1999 VOLVO S70 STARTED TO EXPERIENCE SUDDEN LOSS OF SPEED AND THEN RESUME AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, WITH OR WITHOUT CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED. WE TOOK IT TO A VOLVO DEALER AND HAD TO HAVE THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE REPLACED. AS A RESULT OF YOUR INVESTIGATION NUMBER PE05041 I WANTED TO RECORD MY PROBLEM WITH YOU AS WELL. *NM

(1) NO WARNING (2) CAR RAN ONLY IN "LIMP-HOME" MODE (3) CAR TOWED 125 MILES TO DEALER, AND ETM WAS REPLACED; DEALER KEPT OLD PART. *NM

OWNER OF 1999 VOLVO S 70 T5 MULTIPLE THROTTLE BODY PROBLEMS CLEANED ONCE UNDER WARRANTY,THROTTLE BODY FAILED WITH WIFE ON BUSY INTERSTATE HAD TO BE REPLACED 7/15/05 OUT OF WARRANTY AT COST OF $900.00. *JB

CAR STARTED MISSING, LOSING POWER, ETS LIGHT CAME ON, TOOK TO DEALER REPLACED EGR MODULE ?, COST ABOUT $1000 ALTOGETHER. *JB

(1) AIR CONDITIONER DOES NOT WORK IN HOT WEATHER (OVER 100 DEGREE). THE CAR WILL STALL AFTER A FEW MINUTES AFTER THE AIR CONDITIONING QUITS. (2) THE CAR WILL STALL AFTER THE AIR CONDITIONING QUITE. MOVE TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL AND RESTART THE CAR. THANK GOD IT HAS WORKED SO FAR. (3) TAKE THE CAR TO WALNUT CREEK, CA VOLVO AND THEY CANNOT FIND ANY PROBLEM WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING. *NM

MULTIPLE FAILURES OF THE ECM CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL, LOSE POWER, OPERATE ERRATICALLY AND CREATE UNSAFE OPERATING CONDITIONS WHILE IN TRAFFIC. THE "ETS" AND "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHTS CAME ON WITH THIS PROBLEM. STOPPING AND RESTARTING MULTIPLE TIMES WAS THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE CAR TO OPERATE AND IT WAS A HIT OR MISS SOLUTION. *JB