2000 VOLVO V70 Complaints

STALLING IN 2000 VOLVO V70. SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND POWER STEERING ASSIST. FAILURE CREATED DANGEROUS TRAFFIC OBSTRUCTION AS DISABLED VEHICLE BLOCKED ROADWAY. REPAIRING MECHANIC DIAGNOSED DEFECT IN ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY AND STATED THIS IS A WELL-KNOWN PRODUCT DEFECT IN THESE VEHICLES. *NM

2000 VOLVO V70 XC. PROCEEDING UP ON-RAMP AND ACCELERATING TO HIGHWAY SPEED. VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED ACCELERATING AND ETS (ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SYSTEM) LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE CONTINUED AT APPROX 20 MPH BUT WOULD GO NO FASTER. I EXITED AT THE NEXT OFF-RAMP (ABOUT 1 MILE) PULLED INTO A LOT, SHUT THE VEHICLE DOWN AND THEN RESTARTED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OWNERS MANUAL. THE ETS LIGHT CLEARED AND VEHICLE OPERATED PROPERLY. THE NEXT MORNING, DRIVING TO WORK , THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I DROVE TO MY BUILDING AT ABOUT 20 MPH, THEN CALLED A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THEY TOLD ME THE ETS SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A CRITICAL FAULT IN THE SYSTEM. REPAIRS TOTALED $914.00. *NM

WE HAVE A 2000 VOLVO V70 STATION WAGON. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED STALLING IN TRAFFIC, ESPECIALLY FROM IDLE (MADE A LEFT TURN IN INTERSECTION AND ENGINE STALLED AND CUT OUT) AND OTHER STALLING AND IDLING PROBLEMS OVER LAST TWO - THREE YEARS. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO OUR DEALERSHIP; THEY HAVE CLEANED OUT THE THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE TWICE AT APPROX. $200 PER TIME; A NEW UNIT COSTS $500; DEALERSHIP BLAMES PROBLEM ON TODAY'S FUEL QUALITY. LAST STALL IN ONGOING TRAFFIC WAS JULY 21, 2005. *NM

2 WEEKS AGO MY 2000 V70 XC ABRUPTLY LOSS ACCELERATION POWER, WHERE THE VEHICLE COULD NOT GO OVER 20 MPH AND THEN STALLED WHICH LOST POWER STEERING ABILITY WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY 2 YOUNG CHILDREN. LUCKILY, SHE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT. SHE SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED WITH NO APPARENT PROBLEM AND DROVE THE REMAINDER OF THE WAY WITH HER HAZARDS ON. THE CAR HAD JUST BEEN BACK FROM THE VOLVO DEALER AFTER DEALING WITH ANOTHER UNRELATED ISSUE APPROX A WEEK EARLIER. I DROVE THE CAR TO THE VOLVO DEALER AND EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT WAS DRIVING CAUTIOUSLY. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE WHICH COST APPROX $1,000.00. I PREVIOUSLY HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH A 1999 VOLVO S80 T6, WHICH I SUBSEQUENTLY SOLD DUE TO REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO FIX THE PROBLEM!! *JB

DRIVING ALONG 495 HEADING WEST IN FAST LANE AT ABOUT 65 MPH. ETC LIGHT CAME ON. I STARTED MOVING OVER TO BREAKDOWN LANE AND STOPED. HAD TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AS ENGINE WAS SURGING. SHUT OFF ENGINE. LOOKED UP ETC IN MANUAL WHICH SAID "SHUT OFF ENGINE THEN RESTART. AFTER RESTARTING, ENGINE WAS SURGING. TACHOMETER GOING UP AND DOWN. SWITCHED OFF ENGINE. OPENED HOOD TO LOOK FOR LOOSE WIRE, CONNECTOR OR BLOWN ETC FUSE. SAW NO LOOSE WIRES OR CONNECTORS. IDENTIFIED FUSE. REMOVED FUSE, FUSE LOOKED FINE. REPLACED SAME FUSE. TRIED ENGINE, PROBLEM DISAPEARED!

MY 2000 VOLVO V70XC ETS LIGHT CAME ON AND MY CAR ENGINE RPMS. WERE LIMITED TO 2 THOUSAND . I HAD TO PULL OVER AND SHUT OFF MY CAR AND RESTART TO TEMPORARILY RESET IT. THE DEALER WANTS $1200 TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY . THE CAR HAS BEEN MAINTAINED PROPERLY, HAS 77K MILES AND THE THROTTLE BODY HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED ONCE BEFORE 2 YEARS AGO. THIS FAILURE CREATES DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS IS AN UNSAFE DESIGN AND A KNOWN DEFECT BY VOLVO. PLEASE ENCOURAGE VOLVO TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

VOLVO DEALER-SERVICED 2000 VOLVO V70XC WITH @60K MILES OCCASIONALLY REFUSED TO START. DEALERSHIP FLASHES CHIPS. 6 MONTHS LATER, AT 67K, ELETRONIC THROTTLE SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES REPEATEDLY DURING 1500 MILE JOURNEY CAUSING VOLVO TO SURGE & VARY SPEED CONTINUOUSLY. PROBLEM REOCCURS OCCASSIONALLY DURING NEXT WEEK BEFORE VOLVO V70XC CAN BE DEALER SERVICED - PLANNED TRIP CANCELLED DUE TO QUESTIONABLE STATUS OF VOLVO RELIABILITY. VOLVO DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT ADMITS EVENTUALLY ENGINE WOULD JUST QUIT STRANDING OCCUPANT. SINCE OUT-OF-WARRANTY, OWNER PAYS $1200 REPLACEMENT OF FAULTY ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE. OWNER OBTAINS OLD PART BUT NO LONGER TRUSTS VOLVO WITH WIFE & CHILD AS REPLACEMENT THROTTLE BODY SAME WITH NO BETTER GUARANTEE AGAINST FAILURE.

WHILE ON A VACATION IN MONTANA OUR 2000 VOLVO XC70 HAD ROUGHT IDLE, STALLING, NO RESPONSE TO ACCELERATOR (WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 20 MPH) AND EVENTUALLY WOULD NOT START. THERE WERE NO VOLVO DEALERS IN MONTANA FOR REPAIR AND A LOCAL MECHANIC INSTRUCTED US TO PULL THE MAIN FUSE TO RE-SET THE COMPUTER. THIS WOULD GET US GOING AGAIN BUT IT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN EVERY 50 OR SO MILES. DEALERSHIP BACK AT HOME REPLACE THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE AT A COST OF $1200. THERE APPEARS TO BE A HIGH NUMBER OF ETM FAILURES IN THESE CARS AND IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH VOLVO.

REAR LOCKING MECHANISM BROKE . REAR LOCKING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND LOCK WAS NOT LOCKING COMPLETELY. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER. HOWEVER, DEALER DID NOTHING TO ASSIST THE CONSUMER. RECALL 00V239000 CONCERNING TAILGATE LOCKING MECHANISM WAS ISSUED. *AK *SB *NM

MY SON'S 2000 VOLVO 70 XC FAILED DUE TO A FAILIED ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE (ETM). AS A RETIRED ENGINEER I WANTED TO KNOW WHY. I HAVE FOUND THAT IT IS A COMMON COMPLAINT FOR THE 1999, 2000 AND 2001 SERIES 60,70 AND 80 MODELS AT THE TIME OF FAILURE THE CAR FIRST EXHIBITS HESITATION, SURGING AND ERATTIC IDLE. AT FAILURE IT GOES INTO A LIMP- HOME MODE OF 20 MILES PER HOUR OR STALLS. FROM YOUR WEB SITE I HAVE FOUND 101 CASES LISTED FOR THIS FAILURE. I HAVE PERFORMED FAILURE ANALYSIS ON 5 UNITS AND HAVE IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM. IT IS THE WEARING OUT OF THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR POTENTIOMENTER. VOLVO HAS CONSISTANTLY KEPT THE DEALERS AND CUSTOMERS IN THE DARK AND BLAMED THE PROBLEM ON A DIRTY THROTTLE BORE AND OTHER ERRONEOUS CAUSES. OTHER THAN THE COST OF REPAIRS, ABOUT $1000, IS THE REALIZATION THAT THE REPLACEMENT PART IS OF THE SAME DESIGN AND IT TOO WILL FAIL, ONE CORRESPONDENT REPORTING 3 FAILURES OF THE SAME TYPE. THE FAILURE APPEARS TO BE ACCELERATED BY HEAT, THUS NORTHERN TIER STATES HAVE FEWER FAILURES THAN SOUTHERN STATES. THERE ARE ABOUT 860,000 CARS WORLD WIDE WITH OVER 250,000 IN THE US. I ESTIMATE THAT MORE THAN 80% WILL FAIL, ONE OR MOER TIMES, WITHIN 100,000 MILES. TO DATE NO ONE HAS BEEN INJUREID OR KILLED THAT WE KNOW OF BUT STALLING ON A BUSY FREEWAY IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. I CAN SEND YOU MY REPORTS OR YOU CAN PICK THEM UP OFF OF THE INTERNET. I ALSO HAVE FAILED PARTS FOR YOUR EXAMINATION. PLEASE HAVE AN INVESTIGATOR CONTACT ME. WITH A DIRECT E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR THE INVESTIGATOR I CAN SEND MY DATA. DON WILLSON, 970 266-9797, [email protected]