2000 VOLVO S80 Complaints

2000 VOLVO S80 T6; FIVE TIMES NOW THE CAR HAS LOST ALL POWER WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS WHEN I WAS TURNING LEFT AND THE CAR LOST POWER HALF WAY THROUGH THE TURN. *NM

DT: 2000 VOLVO . VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY STALLED/LOST POWER. THROTTLE BODY MODULE WAS REPLACED. *AK *NM

DT: WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED EVERY TIME TOOK FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDAL AND CAR STALLED. THE CAR WOULD SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY SOMETIMES. THERE WAS STILL ELECTRICAL POWER IN THE CAR. THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES WHEN IT STALLED. THE CAR WOULD START BACK UP RIGHT AWAY. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THERE WAS A CODE SHOWING WHEN THE CAR STARTED. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE AIR MASS SENSOR. THIS SENSOR WAS REPLACED. ON APRIL 18 2004 WHILE OWNER'S WIFE WAS TRAVELING AND TRYING TO PASS SOMEONE THE CAR SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY. THERE WAS A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THAT SAID SOMETHING LIKE "CHECK ENGINE EMERGENCY." THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES. THEN THE WIFE HAD JUST ENOUGH POWER TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND A TOW TRUCK BROUGHT THE CAR TO DEALERSHIP. THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN BACK ON . *AK *JB

THROTTLE CONTROL CAR WOULD SURGE UNCONTROLLABLY WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IT WOULD SOMETIMES STALL THE CAR OUT AND I HAD TO PULL OVER TO RESTART THE CAR I WENT TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THEM INSTALL AND NEW THROTTLE BODY AND ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE. *JB

WHILE TRAVELING AT INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SPEED (65-75 MPH), THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SURGE VIOLENTLY, FOR NO APPARENT REASON. WITHIN SECONDS, THE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE MESSAGE CENTER DISPLAYED, "STOP SAFELY AND RESTART ENGINE." AFTER PULLING ONTO THE SHOULDER, THE ENGINE RPM FLUCTUATED FROM 400-1000 RPM QUICKLY. SIMILAR OR MORE SEVERE EVENTS OCCURRED THREE MORE TIMES THAT DAY. FORTUNATELY, NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF STOPPING ON THE SHOULDER.*JB

2000 S80 VOLVO 2.9 IS DANGEROUS! SUDDENLY WHEN DRIVING THROTTLE DIES, ACTED LIKE THROTTLE CABLE BROKE. THEN IT CAME BACK! THEN IT SURGED AT A RED LIGHT LAST WEEK, AND I HAD NO FOOT ON THE GAS! VOLVO SAID ETM(?) NEEDED CLEANING / REPLACING . IT WAS CLEANED , STILL SURGES, I AM AFRAID IT WILL DIE ON HIGHWAY WHILE GOING ON AN ON RAMP. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED 2000 VOLVO MODEL S80 CAUGHT ON FIRE ON 8-26-05. THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM UNDER THE HOOD. IT COMPLETELY DESTROYED THE ENGINE. HE WAS NOT HAVING ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR PRIOR TO THIS. HE WAS DRIVING AT 25-50 MPH WHEN THE FIRE BROKE OUT. HE SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. HE WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER HE DID NOT KNOW IF ANYTHING WAS REPLACED ON THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT OWNER DID NOT REPORT ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR PRIOR TO THIS, SUCH AS STALLINGOR SURGING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE POLICE DEPARTMENTINDICATED T THE FIRE WAS AN ELECTRICAL NATURE, BUT THEY WERE NOT ABSOLUTELY SURE.*AK

MY 200 VOLVO S80 STALLED INTERMITTENTLY IN 2003, SO I HAD THE THROTTLE BODY 2000 CLEANED AT 48,989 MILES WHEN MY CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. A SERVICE ON APRIL 19, 2005 SHOWED "NO CODES" THOUGH MY CAR HAS BEEN STALLING PERIODICALLY AGAIN SINCE MARCH OF THIS YEAR IN A VARIETY OF DANGEROUS SETTINGS: PULLING UP TO A CROWDED CURB AT MY KIDS' SCHOOL, ATTEMPTING TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN IN A CROWDED INTERSECTION, DRIVING 40 MPH ON A BUSY STREET, DRIVING AROUND A TRAFFIC CIRCLE IN A MOUNTAIN TOWN, ETC. MY CAR HAS STALLED 10-15 TIMES SINCE MARCH. EACH TIME, IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER, TO BRAKE AND ATTEMPT TO PUT MY CAR IN NEUTRAL AND RESTART IT WHEN IT STALLED. ALMOST ALL OF THE TIMES IT STALLED, IT CREATED A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR ME, FOR OTHER DRIVERS AROUND ME AND FOR PEDESTRIANS. A VISIT TO THE SERVICE CENTER TODAY REVEALS THAT I NEED TO SPEND $1,150 TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY. I UNDERSTAND THAT, IN TIME, THE NEW THROTTLE BODY WILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS AS THE OLD ONE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION; I TRY TO AVOID DRIVING NEAR VOLVOS IF POSSIBLE. *JB

DT: CONTACT STATED VEHICLE STALLED/DIED AND LOST POWER. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY FAILED. IT WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER. *AK *NM

DT: A 2000 VOLVO S80. THE ENGINE STALLS/DIED AT 5-7 MPH. THIS HAPPENED AT LEAST THREE TIMES. EACH TIME IT HAPPENED AT LOW SPEEDS. HAS OCCURRED JUST AFTER STARTING AND WHEN PULLING TO A STOP. WHEN TAKING VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP THE FIRST TWO TIMES THEY DID NOT TELL HIM WHAT THEY DID TO THE VEHICLE. THE THIRD TIME THEY FIXED THE AIR MASS METER WHICH CONTROLLED THE AIR AND FUEL MIXTURE. THIS FIXED THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY. THE FIRST TIME IT OCCURRED WAS ON 10/112004, THE SECOND TIME IT WAS ON 01/01-205, AND MOST RECENTLY IT OCCURRED ON 7-28-2005. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS FINALLY RESOLVED, A NEW THROTTLE BODY PART WAS INSTALLED. *JB