2001 VOLVO S80 Complaints

PURCHASED 2001 VOLVO S80 ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO. IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS THE VEHICLE HAS DEVELOPED AN ENGINE SURGE AND ON TWO OCCASIONS HAS SIMPLY LOST POWER WHILE TRAVELING AT 55 MILES PER HOUR. BOTH TIMES A MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED STATING REDUCED PERFORMANCE BUT THE VEHICLE HAD NO POWER AT ALL. AFTER PULLING ON TO THE SHOULDER I WAS ABLE TO GET IT STARTED AGAIN. THE PROBLEM HAS SUBSEQUENTLY BEEN DIAGNOSED AS THE ETM. THE CAR IS NOW PARKED WHILE I TRY TO RAISE THE MONEY TO HAVE IT FIXED. AS A RETIRED STATE TROOPER I CAN ONLY SAY THAT THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND I HOPE THE NHTSA AND VOLVO WILL NOT WAIT UNTIL THERE ARE INJURIES OR FATALITIES TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *NM

WHILE DRIVING LOST STEERING POWER AND ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN, UNSAFE ON THE TURNPIKE, I SCARED. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP WHILE UNDER WARRANTY REPLACED THROTTLE UNIT. CAR SHUT DOWN AND LUNGES FORWARD AT A LIGHT/TOOK TO DEALER AND FIXED RESET VALVE STICKING AND GASKET HAPPENED AGAIN REPLACED BOX AND PIPE REMOVED TRAP BOX IN PIPE, SHUT DOWN AGAIN REPLACED DID TOTAL CAN UP GRADE FAILED AGAIN. UNTIL TODAY CAR STILL SHUTS DOWN VERY DANGEROUS THIS CAR IS A DEATH TRAP AND MY WARRANTY IS OVER AND THEY WANT TO PAY 3,000.00 DOLLARS TO FIX, I FEEL THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE THEY SOLD ME A LEMON AND A VERY DANGEROUS CAR. AND THE CUSTOMER SERVICE OF VOLVO CLAIM THEY CARE ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE VERY UNTRUE THEY GOT YOUR MONEY AND THE DON'T CARE MY PROBLEMS STILL EXIST AND I GET SCARED JUST GETTING INTO THIS CAR. *NM

I WAS DRIVING A 2001 VOLVO S80 T6 ON THE HIGHWAY PREPARING TO PASS A VEHICLE IN ORDER TO MAKE MY EXIT. AT THIS TIME THE CAR LOST POWER AND I RECEIVED A MESSAGE "PERFORMANCE REDUCTION". AFTER DODGING A COUPLE OF CARS I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AT THAT TIME THE CAR WOULD NOT START BACK UP, I DECIDED TO LET THE CAR SIT AND COOL DOWN FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. THE CAR WOULD STILL NOT START. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE ETM HAD FAILED AND THE OXYGEN SENSOR WHICH COST ME ABOUT $1300.00 TO REPAIR. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 VOLVO S80. THE VEHICLE WILL BEGIN TO BUCK AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL DROP OFF AT RANDOM AND STOP WORKING BEFORE THE BUCKING STARTS. SOMETIMES AT START UP IT WILL IDLE REALLY ROUGH. THE CONTACT PURCHASED THE VEHICLE ON JULY 16, 2005 AND THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN OCCURRING EVER SINCE HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WILL COMPLETELY STALL AS WELL AS RUN AT LOW SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE FAILED AT LEAST 50 TIMES SINCE HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE, BUT HAS NOT BEEN FIXED AT THIS POINT. *AK *JB

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED / DIED AND LOST POWER. THE ENGINE WAS MISSING, AND WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS PRESSED THE CAR WOULDN'T ACCERLATE. THE CAR WOULD ONLY GET UP TO ABOUT 20-40 MPH. CONSUMER WAS GOING ABOUT 70 AND THE CAR LOST POWER. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY SAID THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY FAILED. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED IT AND CHARGED THE CONSUMER $883.00 FOR THE PARTS AND LABOR. *AK *NM

VOLVO S80 ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE (ETM) PRODUCTION DEFECT NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AS THE DEFECT OCCURRED JUST OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY. DEALER COST TO CORRECT IS OUTRAGEOUS GIVEN THIS IS CLEARLY A MANUFACTURER ENGINEERING DEFECT WITHIN THE THROTTLE BODY MECHANISM ITSELF. *JB

I HAVE EXPERIENCED REPEATED PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE ON MY 2000 S80 VOLVO. FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE TO THE VOLVO SERVICE DEALER FOR REPEATED PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR ENGINE SURGING WHEN COMING TO A STOP. THE VOLVO DEALER SERVICE WORKED ON THE ISSUE MULTIPLE THROUGHOUT THE WARRANTY PERIOD, STATING THEY KNEW OF A PROBLEM WITH THE ETM AND TO WATCH IT. NOW MY VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THE PROBLEM WAS DEFINITELY DIAGNOSED AND I HAD TO PAY OVER $900.00 TO GET IT FIXED. *JB

DT: ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2005 THE CONSUMER'S HUSBAND HAD HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD. THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. *AK *JB

DT: 2001 VOLVO S80. VEHICLE STALLED/DIED AND LOST POWER DUE TO THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. *AK THE THROTTLE BODY AND GASKET HAVE BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES TO ALLEVIATE THE STALLING PROBLEM. *NM

CAR WAS RACING AND STALLING ON HIGHWAY AND WHILE IDLING. TOOK IT IN AND DIAGNOSTIC CODES IDENTIFIED A FAULTY MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE/RELOAD AND THROTTLE BODY. CAR HAS 48,800 MILES ON IT. THESE REPAIRS COST OVER $1400. PLEASE HAVE VOLVO LOOK INTO THIS AND A RECALL IS JUSTIFIED. *JB