2000 VOLVO V70 Complaints

CONSUMER NOTICE THE ETS INDICATOR LIGHT STAY ON THROUGH OUT TRAVEL, RESULTING VEHICLE HESITATING . CONSUMER WOULD SHUT ENGINE OFF AND RESTART TO TURN ETS INDICATOR LIGHTS OFF. *AK

DRIVING 2000 MAKE VOLVO V70 ON INTERSTATE AT 65 MPH. ETS AND CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS COME ON. CAR BEGINS LOSING POWER, CAN'T SLOW DOWN OR SPEED UP. FINALLY STEER TO AN EXIT RAMP; CAR DIES AT BOTTOM OF EXIT RAMP. NO CRASHES, BUT MAJOR TRAFFIC JAMS. CAR COMPLETELY DEAD, NEEDS TO BE TOWED. VIEWING INTERNET FORUMS RE: VOLVO, ETS WARNING LIGHT AND ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SYSTEM (ETS) PROBLEMS ARE A MAJOR OCCURRENCE AND A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE, JUDGING FROM THE MANY CLOSE CALLS I'VE READ ABOUT SIMILAR TO MINE. DEALER REPLACING THE ETS MODULE. DID NOT CARE ABOUT MY SAFETY. THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE THAT VOLVO NEEDS TO DEAL WITH. I AND MY DAUGHTER COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED, AND OTHERS AS WELL. *AK

THE CAR ONLY STARTS INTERMITTENTLY. IF I TRY TO START IT AND IT SIMPLY TURNS OVER WITHOUT STARTING, I PULL THE KEY OUT, REINSERT IT, AND TRY AGAIN. THIS ONE RETRY OFTEN WORKS. HOWEVER, IF IT DOES NOT, AND I REPEAT THIS PROCEDURE ENOUGH TIMES, THE CAR WILL EVENTUALLY START. THIS SAME THING HAPPENED DURING THE FIRST YEAR I OWNED THE CAR AND IT WAS REPAIRED BY THE DEALER UNDER WARRANTY. I WAS TOLD MY "SMART KEY" LOST ITS INTELLENGENCE. I WAS A FEW DAYS OUT OF WARRANTY WHEN I BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALER FOR THE SAME THING, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE RECREATED, THEREFORE IT COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. I ASKED THEM TO CHECK MY HISTORY, AND WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE IT COULD NOT BE RECREATED, MY HISTORY DIDN'T MATTER - THAT IT COULD BE SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY.*AK

ELECTRONIC IGNITION MODULE FAILURE IS COOMON PROBLEM AMONG VOLVO XC AWD OWNERS CAUSING THE CAR TO STALL OUT POSSIBLY IN DANGEROUS CONDITIONS LIKE HIGHWAY DRIVING IT HAPPENED TO ME SO I SEARCHED ON THE NET AND FOUND THAT IT AN ALL TOO COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. *AK

THE CONSUMER HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN NHTSA RECALL # 00V239000. THE RECALL STATES THAT THE TAILGATE LOCKING MECHANISM MAY HAVE BEEN INCORRECTLY MANUFACTURED WHICH, IN COMBINATION WITH COLD TEMPERATURES, COULD CAUSE IMPROPER LOCKING OF THE TAILGATE. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *NM

MY ENTIIRE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED BY THE MANUFACTURER. MY TURBO HAS NOW FAILED AND WARRANTY RECENTLY EXPIRED. THE CURRENT QUOTE IS $1000.00 OR MORE TO REPAIR THIS. THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY ON 2 OCCASIONS WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE. THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO CHECK IT BECAUSE IT WAS TOO EXPENSIVE. WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR AT 7500 MILES, THE ANTENNA MOTOR WAS BROKEN. MY SALESPERSON TOLD ME THEY WOULD REPAIR IT ON MY NEXT SERVICE APPOINTMENT. THIS PROMISE WAS NOT HONORED, THEY LATER CLAIMED THAT WAS MY FAULT AND NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THIS SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF PROBLEMS FOR A CAR OF THIS CALIBER. I AM EXTREMELY DISSAPPOINTED WITH VOLVO SERVICE AND QUALITY. I HAD A HONDA FOR 7 YEARS AND NEVER HAD PROBLEMS LIKE THESE. I WILL GO BACK TO HONDA NOW.

I READ ABOUT YOUR COMPANY IN THIS PAST SUNDAY'S PHILADELPHIA INQUIERER. THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY VOLVO NO LONGER WORKS, AND I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY CONTROL. THERE ARE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS ON BOTH OF THESE ITEMS. I HAVE NOT MADE THE AIR CONDITIONING REPAIR YET BECAUSE THE ESTIMATE IS $1600. I WROTE VOLVO A LETTER ON 5/15/03 ABOUT THE AIR CONDITIONING PROBLEM & ASKED THEM TO CALL ME. THEY WROTE ME A LETTER DATED 5/19/03 & ESSENTIALLY DENIED ANY RESPONSIBILITY. I REPLIED ON 6/5/03 & AGAIN ASKED THAT THEY CALL ME, BUT THEY DID NOT. I CALLED VOLVO ON 7/8/03 AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT CHANGE THEIR POSITION. IN LOOKING FOR THE TSBS ON MY AIR CONDITIONING PROBLEM, I ALSO FOUND ONE ON A THROTTLE CONTROL PROBLEM THAT I HAD PREVIOUSLY REPLACED. THERE WERE DEFINITELY DRIVABILITY PROBLEMS WITH THE THROTTLE BODY BEFORE I HAD THE REPAIR MADE. THE PROBLEM WAS ONCE I STARTED GETTING UP TO AROUND 55-60 MPH, THE DRIVING WOULD HESITATE. I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, AS THE PROBLEM DROVE SIMILAR TO A TRANSMISSION "SLIPPING". THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY, NOT CLEANED IT LIKE THE TSB MENTIONS. MY FEELING IS THAT IF THESE TWO ITEMS ARE DESIGN FLAWS, FOR WHICH THE DESIGN HAS SINCE BEEN CORRECTED, THEN VOLVO SHOULD REPAIR MY VEHICLE REGARDLESS OF THE FACT THAT IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. I BOUGHT MY VOLVO NEW ON 3/16/2000 AND IT CURRENTLY HAS 88,000 MILES. THE WARRANTY WAS FOR FOUR YEARS/50,000 MILES.

2 REAR STUDDED TIRES (ROTATED ON ONLY 2 WEEKS PREVIOUSLY) DELAMINATED AS I WAS EXITING THE FREEWAY. COINCIDENTAL VS RELATED DESTRUCTION OF U JOINT. LES SCHWAB TIRES WOULD ONLY PRORATE VALUE OF 2 TIRES, NOT PROVIDE 4 TIRES ALL ALIKE AS NEEDED ON AWD VEHICLE. ALSO DENIES SUCH INCIDENT COULD DAMAGE TRANSMISSION OR U JOINTS. CONCERN OTHER 2 TIRES ON CAR BOUGHT AT SAME TIME MAY ALSO BE DEFECTIVE AND NEED REPLACEMENT. CONCERN DEFECT WITH THEIR BRAND TO DELAMINATE LIKE THIS.*AK

AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (60 MPH), ON AN UPHILL GRADE, THE CAR WAS ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT BETWEEN GEARS. THE CAR LOST POWER AND RPM INDICATION BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 1800 AND 2300 RPM. THE ETS LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR CONTINUED TO INTERMITTENTLY LOSE POWER FOR THE REMAINDER OF OUR TRIP HOME (ROUGHLY 60 MILES). THE CAR HAS 57,000 MILES ON IT AND SOUNDS VERY SIMILAR TO OTHER COMPLAINTS I HAVE BEEN READING. SINCE THEN, THE CAR REPEATS THESE SYMPTOMS AT ANY SPEED IN THE TWO TRIPS TO 1) LOCAL MECHANIC AND 2) DEALER VEHICLE PURCHASED AT. *LA

CROSS COUNTRY; AS VEHICLE WAS COMING TO A STOP AT ABOUT 5 MPH, APPLIED BRAKES, AND ENGINE STARTED RACING. THE CONSUMER KEPT APPLYING THE BRAKES, BUT VEHICLE ACCELERATED, AND REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE ENGINE REMAINED RACING. THE VEHICLE THAT WAS REAR ENDED HAD BEEN PUSHED INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. THE CONSUMER THEN TRIED TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL BUT ENDED UP IN REVERSE INSTEAD. THE VEHICLE SPUN 180 DEGREES IN REVERSE, THEN HIT A GROVE OF TREES AND COME TO A STOP. THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE ENTIRE TIME. DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE WAS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. *AK *SCC *NLM