2000 VOLVO S70 Complaints

BROUGHT INTO DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASSIONS IN REGARDS TO BRAKE PEDAL HARD AND BRAKE FADE AT START UP. FAILURE TO COME TO FULL STOP WHEN BRAKE IS FIRST APPLIED AFTER CAR STANDS OVERNIGHT OR PERIOD OF TIME. DEALER REPLACED SEALANT AND FUSE ON ABS SENSORS, MASTER CYLINDER AND ABS PUMP MOTOR. DEALER REPLACE CLIMATE CONTROL BOX BECAUSE OF WATER RUNOFF THROUGH CLIMATE BOX SEAM. FRONT STABLIZER LINK ROD WAS REPLACED BECAUSE FOUND TO BE WORN AND DEFECTIVE.

THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN FROM PURCHASE AND TAKEN BACK 5 TIMES TAPPING AND BRAKE PEDAL BEING GRABBED. *AK

AS HAPPENED IN JULY AND REPORTED, ETS LIGHT CAME ON AND ENGINE SPEED THROTTLED AND SPUTTERED. PER MANUAL INSTRUCTIONS TURNED CAR ON AND OFF. ON 3RD ATTEMPT, ETS LIGHT WENT OFF AFTER STARTING. PROCEEDED TO DRIVE ONE MILE WITHOUT INCIDENT. AS SLOWED FOR LIGHT, ETS CAME ON AGAIN AND ENGINE CUT BACK. REPEATED PROCEDURE 4 TIMES AND ROUGH STARTED EACH TIME. THEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND CAR DIED. TRIED STARTING AGAIN AND NO IGNITION. WAITED 5 MINUTES AND STARTED AGAIN. ENGINE KICKED IN, NO ETS ON, BUT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. CAR DRIVEABLE, NO ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. MADE U-TURN AND RETURNED HOME. TURNED VECHICLE OFF AND ON AGAIN 3 TIMES. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. WAITED SEVEN HOURS BEFORE TRYING AGAIN. ON FIRST ATTEMPT, CAR STARTED PROPERLY AND NO DASH LIGHTS CAME ON. CONTACTED MCDONALD VOLVO (CLOSET TO HOME). TOLD OKAY TO DRIVE. DON'T BELIEVE IT. WILL TAKE IN TO DEALER ON MONDAY, 8/7 AND LEAVE FOR REPAIR. *AK

ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SYSTEM (ETS) DASH LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ENGINE SPEED ELECTRONICALLY AUTOMATICALLY CUT BACK FROM 30 MPH AND HELD TO APPROX 10 MPH. I COULD NOT ACCERLATE. ACCELERATION RESTRAINED LIKE THERE WAS A GOVERNOR ON THE ENGINE. FOLLOWED OWNERS MANUAL INSTRUCTION. 4 TIMES CAR TURNED OFF AND ON AND LIGHT STAYED ON. LET CAR SIT ONE HOUR. THROTTLE SYSTEM RETURNED TO NORMAL AFTER WAITING ONE HOUR BEFORE RESTARTING. PROBLEM NOT REOCCURRED FOR 2 DAYS NOW. CONTACTED DEALER--NO CLUE AS TOO PROBLEM. RELATED TO CURRENT TSB REGARDING THROTTLE SYSTEM. *AK

ENGINE PROBLEMS SINCE DAY 1. ALWAYS INTERMITTANT AND WITHOUT WARNING. I FEEL THE CAR IS RENDERED UNSAFE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR TOTAL UNEXPECTED POWER LOSS. DEAL REFUSES TO WORK ON CAR UNTIL AUTHORIZED BY VOLVO USA. 6 MONTHS AND NO WORD YET

PART APEARS TO HAVE FAILED EN MASSE ON MANY OR MOST CARS OF THIS MODEL. VOLVO UNABLE TO SUPPLY REPLACEMENT PART TO ENABLE SAFE AND LEGAL OPERATION OF VEHICLE. NEW PART NUMBER ISSUED, BUT BACK ORDER STATUS OF AT LEAST TWO MONTHS. RESULT - VEHICLE MUST EITHER BE PARKED FOR DURATION OR OPERATED IN VIOLATION OF LAW WITHOUT TURN INDICATORS AND HAZARD FLASHER. *AK