2000 VOLVO S70 Complaints

INTERMITTENT LOSS OF ALL INTERIOR POWER INCLUDING WINDOWS, DOOR LOCKS, DASHBOARD LIGHTS, HEAT, A/C, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, AIR BAGS, RADIO. CALLED DEALER/SERVICER AND WAS TOLD THEY NEVER HEARD OF THE PROBLEM; CALLED AGAIN A FEW MONTHS LATER AND WAS TOLD TO BRING IT IN; BROUGHT IN FOR SERVICE AND TOLD "NO PROBLEM FOUND." SEVERAL MONTHS LATER LOSS OF ALL INTERIOR POWER MORE FREQUENTLY; BROUGHT IN FOR SERVICE AGAIN AND TOLD THE ENGINE WIRING HARNESS HAD MELTED WIRING AND HAD TO BE REPLACED;WAS ALSO TOLD COULD HAVE RESULTED IN FIRE IF CONTINUED TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE; HAD TO REPLACE ENGINE WIRING HARNESS; COULD NOT OPERATE WINDSHIELD WIPERS IN POURING RAIN; COULD NOT SEE DASHBOARD AT NIGHT;

ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SYSTEM IN MY 2000, VOLVO S70 WENT OUT, AND THE CAR SURGED AND LIMPED HOME. NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES OCCURRED THIS TIME, BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR DISASTER BY BEING STRANDED ON A BUSY HIGHWAY OR ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONING AS YOU PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC RAISED MANY SAFETY CONCERNS. THIS SEEMED FROM MY RESEARCH TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM, AND THE ONLY OPTION WAS TO CARRY A CELL PHONE AND MAKE SURE YOUR INSURANCE COVERED TOWING. TO MAKE THINGS WORSE THE REPAIRS COST NEARLY $1000, AND COULD HAPPEN AGAIN DUE TO THE SAME FAULTY PART BEING INSTALLED A SECOND TIME. VOLVO SHOULD OWN UP TO THIS AND RECALL ALL THE VEHICLES WITH THIS FAULTY PART.*AK

1. ETS LIGHT, HESITATION, HAD TO PRESS PEDAL DOWN TO FLOOR TO GET CAR TO MOVE. . DANGER OF STOPPING/STALLING IN TRAFFIC 3. REPLACE THROTTLE BODY $923.00 , 62,492 MILES SERVICED REGULARLY WITH DEALER -- THANKS FORD. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE ETS (ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SYSTEM) LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE CONSUMER'S 2000 VOLVO V70XC. THE VEHICLE STARTED LOSING POWER THEN CAME TO A STOP. *NM THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE CONCERNED AND REFUSED TO COVER THE COST TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. *NM

(SAFETY ISSUE) WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE PLASTIC SUN ROOF AIR DEFLECTOR SHATTERED AND PIECES OF THE AIR DEFLECTOR ENDED UP ON THE HIGHWAY POSSIBLY HITTING OTHER VEHICLES. THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF THE AIR DEFLECTOR BEING HIT BY ANY TYPE OF OBJECT. IT JUST APPEARED TO CRACK IN THE CENTER AND THE CENTER SECTION CAME OFF. BOTH ENDS OF THE DEFLECTOR WERE STILL ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE. I DID REPORT THIS INCIDENT TO VOLVO, BUT THEY DID NOT SEEM CONCERNED ABOUT IT AND WOULD NOT LET ME KNOW IF THIS WAS A RECURRING INCIDENT. *NM

THROTTLE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE. VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE. DEALER STATED THROTTLE NEEDED TO BE CLEANED.*AK THE FAULTY THROTTLE MODULE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL AND SOMETIMES MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO MAINTAIN A CONSTANT SPEED. *NM

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DEVELOPED A PROBLEM: SLIPPING AND SHUDDERING DURING ACCELERATION BETWEEN 16-20 MPH. THE VOLVO DEALER SAID TRANSMISSION WAS DAMAGED AND COULD NOT BE REPAIRED: THEY REPLACED IT WITH A REBUILT VOLVO TRANS. WARRANTY WAS 4 YR, 50,000 MI: TRANS FAILED AT 3 YR, 9 MO, 56839 MI -THE DEALER REFUSED TO HONOR WARRANTY OR TO TRY TO REPAIR EXISTING TRANS: INSISTED UPON REPLACEMENT OF TRANS AT COST OF $3,889.92. *JB THE CONSUMER FELT THAT VOLVO INTENTIONALLY PLACED DEFECTIVE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS IN THEIR VEHICLES TO FAIL PREMATURELY. *SC *JB

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, CAR BEGAN TO HESITATE AND STALL ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL WAS DEFECTIVE, CAR BECAME INOPERABLE DEALER REPLACED THROTTLE BODY AND ASSOCIATED PARTS. *AK

MY ETS LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. I HAD TO STOP MY CAR IN HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC 10-12 TIMES AND RESTART IT. A WEB SEARCH REVEALS THAT THIS IS A FREQUENT PROBLEM WITH VOLVO S-70. THE CAR SUDDENLY LOSES POWER AND WILL SHUT OFF IF YOU CONTINUE TO DRIVE.*AK

I HAVE A 200 VOLVO S70. A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, MY SON WAS DRIVING IT AND, SUDDENLY, THE ETS INDICATORLIGHT CAME ON, THE CAR STARTED SHAKING, AND LOST POWER (MY SON SAID IT COULDN'T GO FASTER THAN ABOUT 10 MPH). MY OWNER'S MANUAL INFORMS ME THAT THIS LIGHT INDICATES A FAULT IN THE ETC (ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL SYSTEM). IN RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM, I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT IT IS FAIRLY WIDESPREAD. THIS IS POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS. IN FACT, ONE PERSON GAVE A HARROWING ACCOUNT (ON THE INTERNET) OF ALMOST BEING HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN BECAUSE THIS PROBLEM CAUSED HIS CAR'S SPEED TO DIMINISH TO A CRAWL EVEN AS HE FLOORED THE ACCELERATOR IN A SITUATION WHERE OTHER DRIVERS RIGHTLY EXPECTED HIM TO BE MOVING MUCH MORE QUICKLY. APPARENTLY, THE USUAL REPAIR FOR THIS PROBLEM IS REPLACEMENT OF THE ECM(ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE), A JOB WHICH COSTS ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS. CONSIDERING THE SIGNIFICANT EXPENSE OF THIS JOB, MANY VOLVO DRIVERS MIGHT BE UNDERSTANDABLY RELUCTANT TO PART WITH THAT MUCH MONEY; THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS. I HAVE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL PEOPLE AT VOLVO DEALERSHIPS AND WILL SPEAK TO SOMEONE IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF MY LOCAL VOLVO DEALER TOMORROW. I SHOULD ADD THAT, AFTER LETTING THE CAR SIT WITH THE IGNITION OFF FOR ABOUT A HALF HOUR, IT STARTED RIGHT UP AND HAS BEEN PERFORMING ABSOLUTELY NORMALLY SO FAR. SOME SAY THE PROBLEM WILL PROBABLY HAPPEN AGAIN, AND ONE VOLVO TECHNICIAN SAID THAT MAYBE IT WAS JUST A "HICCUP" THAT WON'T EVER RETURN. I DON'T WANT TO SPEND A THOUSAND DOLLARS IF THE LATTER POSSIBILITY IS CORRECT; ON THE OTHER HAND, I DON'T FEEL SECURE ABOUT TAKING MY DAILY COMMUTE OVER A HIGH-TRAFFIC BRIDGE OR CONTEMPLATING A LONG VACATION TRIP IN THIS CAR. I BOUGHT A VOLVO BECAUSE OF ITS REPUTATION FOR SAFETY. IRONICALLY, NOW I FEEL ANYTHING BUT SAFE.*AK