2000 VOLVO V70 Complaints

IN THE SUMMER OF 2003 MY WIFE'S 2000 VOLVO V70 XC SUFFERED A FAILURE OF THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL SYSTEM. I WAS DRIVING AT THE TIME AND THE ENGINE POWER DECREASED ABRUPTLY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS LITTLE OR NO TRAFFIC IN THE VICINITY OF THE FAILURE SO THAT I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND THEN RESTARTED IT. IT WORKED WELL ENOUGH TO GET ME BACK HOME. I GOT QUOTES TO FIX THE SYSTEM AND WAS TOLD AT THE TIME THAT IT WOULD COST AROUND $1000 TO REPLACE THE PART. THE CAR HAD ABOUT 80K MILES WHEN THIS OCCURRED. I DIDN'T NEED THE CAR TO BE IN SERVICE AND SO WAITED UNTIL THE SUMMER OF 2004 TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. I WAS ALSO PRETTY UPSET AT THE ATTITUDE OF THE VOLVO PEOPLE WHO TOLD ME THAT THE PART WAS OUT OF WARRANTY (WHICH IT REALLY WASN'T SINCE IT IS PART OF THE EMISSIONS SYSTEMS AND THEREFORE MUST LAST AT LEAST 80K IN CT AND THAT IF I COULD AFFORD TO REPAIR THE CAR I SHOULDN'T HAVE BOUGHT IT. THE COST FOR THE REPAIR WAS AROUND $1200. THIS FAILURE, IN MY OPINION, CAUSES AN UNSAFE CONDITION. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THE OUTCOME WOULD HAVE BEEN HAD I BEEN DRIVING IN HEAVIER TRAFFIC. THE CAR WOULD HAVE SUDDENLY DIED AND IF I WERE IN THE PASSING LANE, THERE WOULD NO WAY TO GET TO THE ROADSIDE. NO TELLING WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. ALSO, THIS PART SHOULD LAST FOR THE LIFE OF THE CAR. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A MECHANICAL THROTTLE SYSTEM EVER FAILING. THE MECHANICAL SYSTEMS WILL GIVE AMPLE WARNING BEFORE FAILING SO THAT CORRECTIVE ACTION CAN BE TAKEN BEFORE IT BECOMES HAZARDOUS. THIS CONDITION CAME ON SO SUDDENLY IT WAS UNSAFE. *NM

THE CAR COULD BE RUNNING JUST FINE AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN IT WOULD START LURCHING AND THE RPMS WOULD VARY BY AS MUCH AS 500 - 600 RPMS. WHEN YOU STOPPED THE CAR IT HAD TO BE PLACED IN NEUTRAL TO KEEP IT FROM STALLING-OUT. AFTER YOU GOT OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SWITCHED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT, IT WOULD BE FINE FOR SHORT DISTANCES. I CHECKED AT AN AFTER MARKET REPAIR SHOP FOR VOLVO'S TO GET AN ESTIMATE OF NECESSARY REPAIRS. THE MECHANIC KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR AS SOON AS I EXPLAINED THE SYMPTOMS TO HIM. HE SAID WAS THE "ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY MODULE." I ASKED IF WE COULD FIND A USED MODULE. HE LAUGHED AND STATED THAT THE MODULE HAD TO BE PROGRAM FOR THAT SPECIFIC CAR. HE STATED IT WAS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM OCCURRING ON NUMEROUS 2000 MODELS AND NEWER V70'S AND S70'S. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE VOLVO DEALERSHIP AND HAD THE MODULE REPLACED FOR A TOTAL COST OF $1036. ALTHOUGH NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN MY CASE, IT COULD HAVE!

FAILURE OF ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE ON 2000 VOLVO V70 CROSS COUNTRY. HESITATION WAS NOTICED AND VOLVO CLEANED THE THROTTLE MODULE, I WAS NOT CHARGED. AT APPROXIMATELY 60,000 THE CAR WOULD HESITATE AT LOW RPM AND THE ETM WAS REPLACED AT MY CHARGE. *JB

WE OWN A 2000 VOLVO V70 XC WAGON. IT WAS PURCHASED NEW. IN THE LAST 4 MONTHS WE HAVE HAD THE CAR INTO THE VOLVO GARAGE (TOM WOOD) TO HAVE IT FIXED FOR ROUGH RUNNING AND FAILURE TO START. THE FIRST TIME WE WERE CHARGED OVER $600 TO REPLACE THE ETM AND A CLEANING. IT DID NOT HELP FIX THE PROBLEM. WE THEN TRIED AN INDEPENDENT FOREIGN CAR GARAGE. THEY CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY BUT AGAIN THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. WE NOW HAVE THE CAR BACK IN THE VOLVO GARAGE BECAUSE IN ADDITION TO ROUGH RUNNING, IT NOW FAILS TO START ON A RANDOM BASIS. I READ TODAY ABOUT YOUR PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION INTO THIS PROBLEM - YOUR FILE NUMBER PE05041. I CAN ONLY SAY THAT THIS IS A REAL, AND SERIOUS, PROBLEM. WHILE WE HAVE BEEN LUCKY THAT THE ENGINE FAILURE DID NOT HAPPEN AT SPEED, IT HAS CAUSED MAJOR INCONVENIENCE, UNPRODUCTIVE COSTS, AND SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF TIME. PLEASE PURSUE THIS INVESTIGATION WITH ALL HASTE. THANK YOU. *JB

ON 1/20/05, OUR 2000 VOLVO V70 XC WITH 74215 MILES ON THE ODOMETER STARTED TO LOSE POWER, AND RUN ERRATICALLY. THE ETS LIGHT CAME ON THE DASHBOARD. WE MANAGED TO GET IT TO A LOCAL IMPORT SPECIALIST ABOUT 2 MILES AWAY FROM THE INCIDENT. LEFT US STRANDED IN WINCHESTER WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION. TOLD IMPORT SPECIALIST TO INSPECT AND CLEAN THE ETM MODULE, WHICH THEY DID. SAID THEY COULDN'T REPLACE IT BECAUSE OF THE PROGRAMMING ISSUES. COST US. $121.85. CAR WORKED WITHOUT ETS LIGHT COMING ON UNTIL 2/17/05. TOOK IT TO FAIRFAX VOLVO ON 2/18/05. THEY REPLACED THE ETM MODULE. THERE WAS 75005 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. COST TO US WAS $859.66 PARTS AND LABOR. SINCE THEN, THE CAR HAS NOT HAD THE ETS LIGHT COME ON. *JB

HAVE EXPERIENCED ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE FAILURE ON OUR VOLVO 2000 V70 XC. PART HAD TO BE REPLACED WITH ONLY 85,000 MILES ON CAR.*JB

I DRIVE A VOLVO V70XCSE. AT TIMES THE CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY. THE PROBLEM IS MOST EVIDENT ON HIGHWAY DRIVING. THIS MORNING I HEARD ABOUT AN INVESTIGATION INTO VOLVO WAGONS STALLING. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT MY VEHICLE. *JB

THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON AND THE CAR STOPPED SEVERAL TIMES ON THE HIGHWAY AND I FINALLY CALLED AAA TO TOW ME FROM BEDFORD KY WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 46 MILES TO LOUISVILLE KY WHERE I LIVE AND WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR. THE DEALER CHARGED ME $403.88 WHICH WAS SUPPOSE TO BE HALF OF THE COST. THIS WAS DONE 7/6/04 AND I PURCHASED THE CAR 1/3/04. *NM

ON A TRIP ALONE TO VIRGINIA FROM LOUISVILLE KY WHEN CAR SLOWED DOWN AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS IN A DESOLATE PART OF THE MOUNTAINS IN W.VA WHEN THIS OCCURRED. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE DEALER IN LOUISVILLE, KY WHERE I HAD PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND AFTER EXPLAINING THE SITUATION THEY TOLD ME TO NOT PULL OVER OR STOP BUT TO KEEP GOING,I COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO GO OVER ABOUT 45 MPH, AND THEY WOULD LOOK UP THE CLOSEST DEALERSHIP TO WHERE I WAS GOING AND CALL ME BACK. THEY DID THIS AND IT WAS CHARLOTTESVILLE VA WHICH WAS AN HOUR FROM MY DESTINATION. THEY WOULD NOT BE OPEN UNTIL THE FOLLOWING DAY SO I CALLED THEM AND TOOK MY CAR TO THEM AND THEY REPLACED THE MASS AIR FLOW PART #8670263-6 FOR A TOTAL OF $268.45 ON 12/3/04. WHEN I RETURNED TO LOUISVILLE AND TOLD MY DEALERSHIP THERE WAS NO OFFER TO REIMBURSE ME FOR THIS EXPENSE. I HAD 62,064 MILES ON MY V70XC WAGON AT THAT TIME AND NO WARRANTY WAS IN EFFECT. I READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT THIS IN THE COURIER-JOURNAL NEWSPAPER TODAY, AUGUST 2, 2005 AND FELT LIKE THERE ARE PROBABLY MANY, MANY MORE COMPLAINTS THAT YOU HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT. IF I CAN SUPPLY YOU WITH ANY OTHER INFORMATION PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO CONTACT ME. I DO A GREAT DEAL OF HIGHWAY TRAVEL AND AM ALONE SO I BOUGHT THIS CAR SO THAT I WOULD BE SAFE ON ALL OF MY HIGHWAY TRIPS. *NM

I OWN A 2000 VOLVO CROSS COUNTRY XC 70 THAT HAS EXPERIENCED STALLING AND LOSS OF POWER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. I CONTACTED THE DEALER I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH VOLVO'S BETWEEN THE MILEAGE OF 35,000 AND 45,000 MILES. THEY ALSO INFORMED ME THAT THE REPAIR WAS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY RECALLS OR EXTENDED WARRANTY. A SEARCH OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE ON THE INTERNET SHOW THAT THERE IS AN ABOVE AVERAGE OF FAILURES OF WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS THE "ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SYSTEM". I FEEL THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT VOLVO IS AWARE OF BUT REFUSES TO HELP THE CUSTOMER WITH. IN MY OPINION, A $1,300 TO $1,600 REPAIR IS NOT NORMAL. VOLVO/FORD NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND RECALL THESE VEHICLES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. *NM