1999 VOLVO V70 Complaints

DT: THE CONSUMER STOPPED A TRAFFIC LIGHT, AND AFTER THE LIGHT CHANGED, THE CONSUMER STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR AND THE CAR MOVED FORWARD ABOUT TEN FEET , AND THERE WAS A DECREASE IN POWER TO THE POINT OF STALLING. THE CONSUMER FELT AS THOUGH IT COASTED THROUGH, SHE IMMEDIATELY PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SYSTEM ( ETS) LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SHE REFERRED TO OWNER'S MANUAL, WHICH SUGGESTED TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND TRY TO RESTART VEHICLE. CONSUMER DID SO, AND THE VEHICLE RESTARTED, BUT THE ETS AS WELL AS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE CONSUMER CALLED MECHANIC, WHO INSTRUCTED THE CONSUMER TO TURN ENGINE OFF AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER DID SO, AND THE PANEL LIGHTS CAME ON. ABOUT FIVE MILES LATER THE PROBLEM RETURNED. TOOK VEHICLE TO INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO SUGGESTED THAT ETS FAILED AND REPLACED IT. *NM

DT: THE CONSUMER WANTED THE ETM REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT COMPLY WITH THE CONSUMERS REQUEST, BECAUSE THE PART HAD NOT FAILED. THE CONSUMER HAD DIFFICULTY REMOVING THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD A DRINK WAS SPILLED IN IT, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER DISAGREED WITH THAT THEORY. THE BATTERY LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AFTER SHOWING SIGNS OF BEING WEAK, HOWEVER THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON AGAIN. UPDATED 12/14/05. *JB

1999 VOLVO V70 W/61,000. ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE FAILURE (ETS AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS: ROUGH IDLE ON START (SURGING);SLOW SPEED ONLY. DEALER SERVICE MGR. INDICATED THEY REPLACE MANY, BUT NOT AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE. NO INDICATION THAT FAILURE WAS IMMINENT EXCEPT SLIGHT, OCCASIONAL HESITATION AFTER STARTUP. TRIP LENGTH OF 3 MILES. SUBSEQUENT STARTUP AND COMMUTE TO DEALER UNEVENTFUL EXCEPT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS LIT. *NM

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE 1999 VOLVO V70 HAD TO HAVE THE THROTTLE MODULE REPLACED. THE CAR HAD ALL THE LIGHTS COME ON BEFORE THE CAR LOST POWER. THE CAR WOULD INTERMITTENTLY STOP GIVING ANY INFORMATION AT ALL FROM THE DASH. THERE WAS AN ARROW IN THE DASH THAT INDICATED THAT THERE WAS A THROTTLE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER WAS THE SECOND OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE, AND IT COST HER $904.00 TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE. *AK

I'VE HAD NUMEROUS ELECTRONIC PROBLEMS WITH MY VOLVO V70 SINCE I BOUGHT IT IN 1998. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN BROUGHT BACK TO THE VOLVO REPAIR DEALER FOR MANY REPAIRS (I HAVE ORGANIZED DOCUMENTS OF ALL THE REPAIR ORDERS) CLEARLY IDENTIFIED AS "LOST OF POWER" WHILE DRIVING. MOSTLY ON SMALL ROADS AND ONLY ONCE ON AN INTERSTATE. ORIGINALLY STARTED UNDER WARRANTY, I WAS TOLD THAT THE SAME PROBLEM WAS NOT COVERED OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY WHEN I SPOKE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF VOLVO NORTH AMERICA'S SECRETARY. I HAVE HAD MANY PARTS REPLACED TRYING TO CORRECT THE SITUATION INCLUDING TWO ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL UNITS (TOTALING THREE IF YOU INCLUDE THE ONE THAT CAME WITH THE CAR). "LOSS OF POWER", "STALLING AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS", "HESITATION WHEN PRESSING ON ACCELERATOR", AN OTHER COMMENTS ARE ALL DOCUMENTED IN THE VOLVO REPAIR SHOP REPAIR ORDERS. THE PROBLEMS CONTINUED UNTIL THROUGHOUT MY OWNERSHIP OF THE CAR. I FINALLY GAVE UP AND SOLD IT JUNE 05. THE REPAIRS THAT VOLVO DID TO MY V70 WOULD WORK FOR A WHILE AND THEN THE LIGHTS WOULD SOON COME BACK ON. I'D PUT UP WITH IT FOR A WHILE UNTIL THE CAR STARTED TO BECOME TO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE (HESITATION) AND THEN I'D BRING IT IN FOR REPAIR. VOLVO TRIED DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS AND TOLD ME THAT THE COMPUTER CODES INDICATED DIFFERENT REPAIRS, BUT TO ME IT WAS ALWAYS THE SAME SYMPTOMS. I WOULD BE GLAD TO SHARE THE ENTIRE BOOK OF REPAIR ORDERS OVER THE 7 YEARS (AND 167,000 MILES) THAT I OWNED THE CAR. AGAIN THEY WERE ALWAYS DONE AT A CERTIFIED VOLVO DEALERSHIP. *JB

INITIALLY, I NOTICED THE CAR WOULD SURGE UPON ACCELERATION IN 1ST GEAR. SOMETIMES, MAYBE 40% OF THE TIME, I WOULD START OFF FROM A STOP, BUT THE CAR WOULD HESITATE BEFORE GOING. ALSO, THE CAR WOULD IDLE ROUGHLY WHEN FIRST STARTED, AND WOULD 'SHUTTER' WHEN TURNED OFF. ONCE, I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND REMOVED THE KEY, AND THE CAR CONTINUED TO SPUTTER ROUGHLY UNTIL I RESTARTED IT. IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY MY MECHANIC TO USE A FUEL TREATMENT, AND USE PREMIUM GAS WITH DETERGENTS. I DID THIS, AND NOTHING CHANGED. RECENTLY, AS THESE SYMPTOMS WORSENED, THE "ETS" LIGHT BEGAN TO INTERMITTENTLY COME ON IN MY CAR. THE LIGHT HAD BEEN ON AND OFF FOR 3 WEEKS AND I CALLED MY MECHANIC. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC, WHO UPON CHECKING THE COMPUTER CODES, FOUND THAT THE ETS LIGHT WAS DUE TO A FAILURE IN THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY UNIT. HE STATED THAT IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED BY THE DEALER DUE TO THE COMPUTER REPROGRAMMING NECESSARY FOR PROPER INSTALLATION. ON SEPT 20, 2005 , I HAD THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE UNIT REPLACED BY THE VOLVO DEALER AT A COST OF $1016.33. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED BASICALLY THE WARNING LIGHT WAS COMING ON IN THE LATTER PART OF 2003. IT HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THE DEALER TOLD HIM THAT HE COULD HAVE IT CLEANED, BUT THE WARNING LIGHT COULD STILL COME ON. HE WOULD EVENTUALLY HAVE TO REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE (ETM). THE CONTACT HAD IT REPLACED IN 2-04, AND JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH THE VALVES. HE CALLED THE DEALER STATING HE WOULD LIKE HIS MONEY BACK FROM VOLVO. BECAUSE THE CAR WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AT THE TIME HE HAD THE ETM REPLACED, AND BECAUSE THE MILEAGE WAS 64,495, THEY COULD NOT REIMBURSE HIM. THE CALLER WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER. *AK

FAILURE OF ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SYSTEM OCCURRED. NO INJURIES DUE TO IMMEDIATE DISCONTINUED USE AFTER WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AFTER LIGHT ILLUMINATED, I DROVE THE CAR STRAIGHT HOME FROM WORK, PARKED IT AND AM CURRENTLY RESEARCHING WHERE I WILL TAKE IT TO GET REPAIRED. I HAVE RECENTLY READ NUMEROUS ARTICLES ON THIS PROBLEM THAT OTHERS ARE HAVING AS WELL, AND WANTED TO NOTE THIS INCIDENT AS WELL.

CARS STALLS WITHOUT WARNING AT VARYING SPEEDS. SOMETIMES I JUST LOSE ACCELERATION WITHOUT WARNING- HAS CAUSED TWO NEAR CAUSES. I HAVE WRITTEN IN THE DATE OF MY LAST INCIDENT -BUT IT HAS OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY FOR THE PAST YEAR. *NM

1) 1999 VOLVO V70. ETS LIGHT APPEARED ON DASHBOARD. 2) THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY DEFECTIVE 3) PARTS REPLACED WITH NEW. *JB