2001 VOLVO V70 Complaints

AT ABOUT 8,000 MILES, MY 2001 (PURCHASED SUMMER 2002) VOLVO V70 SUDDENLY STOPPED WHEN I SLOWED DOWN ON A ROAD NEAR MY HOME. THE CAR RESTARTED, BUT DID NOT SEEM TO HAVE THE SAME PICK-UP AS BEFORE. I SUBSEQUENTLY TOOK THE CAR INTO THE VOLVO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE THROTTLE MECHANISM NEEDED CLEANING. AFTER THIS WAS DONE, THE CAR SEEMED FINE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. AT ABOUT 15,000 MILES, THE SAME THING HAPPENED ON A DIFFERENCE STRETCH OF ROAD. THE SEEMED WEAKER THAN BEFORE AND IT TOOK LONGER TO RESTART. THE VOLVO DEALERSHIP AGAIN DIAGNOSED A DIRTY THROTTLE, CLEANED IT, AND RETURNED IT TO ME. THE CAR SEEMED NORMAL UNTIL ABOUT 24,000 MILES, WHEN I WAS UNABLE TO START THE CAR AFTER IT HAD BEEN PARKED FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS. THIS TIME, I TRIED MANY TIMES TO START THE VEHICLE, BUT ULTIMATELY HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK. IT WAS TOWED TO VOLVO, WHERE THEY TOLD IT WAS A THROTTLE PROBLEM AGAIN. AFTER CLEANING, IT APPEARED NORMAL. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY AT ABOUT 30,000 MILES, BUT I TAKE IT IN EVERY THREE MONTHS TO GET THE THROTTLE MECHANISM CLEANED AS A PRECAUTION. *JB

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR VOLVO XC (2001) BACK FROM THE GROCERY STORE. IN EXITING THE STORE PARKING LOT SHE HAD MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO RT. 24W IN MENDHAM, NJ FROM A STOP SIGN. AS SHE GOT ON TO THE SINGLE LANE HIGHWAY THE CAR STALLED LEAVING HER WITHOUT POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF A SINGLE LANE HIGHWAY WITH OUR 2 YEAR OLD SON IN THE BACK SEAT. INCOMING TRAFFIC SUDDENLY HAD TO COME TO A STOP IN ORDER NOT TO HIT HER CAR. SHE WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RESTART IT AND MAKE THE 5 MINUTE TRIP BACK HOME. THE CAR WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE THE SLIGHT INCLINE UP THE DRIVEWAY. THE NEXT MORNING I WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR AND TAKE IT TO THE VOLVO DEALER. ALL ALONG THE TRIP THE FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL ANY MINUTE. I KEPT A CONSTANT SPEED AND DID NOT TAKE ANY CHANCES WITH SUDDEN ACCELERATION OR PASSING. AFTER THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT LOOKED AT THE CAR I WAS INFORMED THAT THE THROTTLE ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE REPAIR COST ME $1004.52. (I KEPT THE REPAIR INVOICE) THE CAR HAD 56157 MILES ON IT AND HAD JUST COME OFF THE MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY. I CALLED VOLVO NORTH AMERICA TO COMPLAIN AND THEY SAID SOMEBODY WOULD GET BACK TO ME. I THEN GOT A CALL FROM THE DEALER. APPARENTLY VOLVO PASSED THE BUCK THE DEALER AND ALL THEY TOLD ME WAS THAT THEY SIMPLY REPAIRED MY CAR. AFTER READING ABOUT YOUR PROBE OF VOLVO CARS SPECIFIC TO THE KIND OF PROBLEM WE HAD I DECIDED TO FILE A COMPLAINT. *NM

I HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING A HESITATION FOR APPX SIX MONTHS, JUST WONDERING WHEN THE CAR WOULD FINALLY FAIL AND WHERE. I DROVE THE CAR HOME ON LIMP MODE TWICE. I'D TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS TO FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. EACH TIME THEY COULD NOT FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM AND CHARGED ME TO LOOK AT THE CAR. THE FOURTH TIME THE CAR PUT OUT AN ETM CODE AND THEY REPLACED THE ETM. *NM

DT: CONTACT OWNED 2001 A VOLVO. HE COMPLAINED ABOUT THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TWICE WITH WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THEY COULD NOT ADJUST THE TRANSMISSION. CURFRENTLY, THEY TOLD HIM THAT IT WA STHE THROTTLE BODY. TO REPLACE IT WOULD COST CONSUMER $800.00. HE ENDED UP PAYING $250.00 FOR THROTTLE BODY REPLACEMENT. WHEN HE DROVE THE CAR HOME IT SURGED BETWEEN SHIFTS CHANGES. HE CALLED THE DEALER BACK AND INFORMED THEM IT WAS DOING THE SAME THING. THEY SAID A TECHNICIAN NEEDED TO RIDE AROUND WITH HIM TO FIND THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER SAID THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT.*AK *JB

DT: VEHICLE STALLED/LOST POWER AND HESITATED. THROTTLE BODY MODULE FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. *AK *NM

ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2005, MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2001 VOLVO V70XC IN THE LEFT LANE OF A BUSY FOUR-LANE STREET DURING RUSH HOUR. WITHOUT WARNING, THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER. FORTUNATELY, MY WIFE WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE CAR ACROSS THE LANES OF ON-COMING TRAFFIC INTO A PARKING LOT. IN IDLE, THE CAR WAS SHUDDERING. ONCE TURNED OFF, THE CARE WOULD NOT INITIALLY RESTART. AFTER A FEW ATTEMPTS, THE CAR DID RESTART AND WE WERE SUBSEQUENTLY ABLE TO DRIVE IT TO THE LOCAL VOLVO DEALERSHIP (PEDERSON VOLVO). IN THE INTERIM, MY WIFE TALKED WITH A SERVICE MANAGER WHO SAID HE WAS ALMOST CERTAIN THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE (ETM). SUBSEQUENT ANALYSIS AT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMED THAT THE ETM HAD FAILED AND WOULD REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. WHEN QUESTIONED, THE SERVICE MANAGER ADMITTED THAT THE FAILURE OF ETMS WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION. HE ALSO INDICATED THAT WE WOULD BE REIMBURSED SHOULD A RECALL BE ISSUED. *NM

2001 VOLVO XC70 CROSS COUNTRY WAGON SPUTTERS AND STALLS SIGNALS FAIL ETC... WE BOUGHT THIS CAR USED FROM A VOLVO DEALER 1 YEAR AGO AND HAVE HAD TROUBLE SINCE CANT GET ANY HELP FROM VOLVO THE CAR ONLY HAS ABOUT 40,000 MILES WE FEEL VERY UNSAFE IN THIS VEHICLE ESPECIALLY WITH OUR SMALL KIDS IN THE CAR THANK YOU. *JB

ENGINE THROTTLE MODULE ON 2001 VOLVO, MODEL V70, IS DEFECTIVE. ENGINE RPM SURGES BACK AND FORTH AND CAR SOMETIMES STALLS. TODAY, SEPT. 7, 2005, RPM INCREASED DRAMATICALLY BY SEVERAL THOUSAND FOR NO REASON. TOOK TO VOLVO 1 WEEK AGO AND THEY WANTED 834.00 + TAX TO FIX. VEHICLE HAS ONLY 53,000 MILES. PART IS DEFECTIVE.*JB

THE 2001 VOLVO V70 WOULD SURGE AND THEN STALL OR HESITATE DURING CITY DRIVING AND AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE SPEED WAS NOT CONTROLLABLE. THE CAR WOULD RESTART MOST OF THE TIME, BUT THEN IT WOULD NOT START AT ALL UNTIL THE NEXT DAY. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE, OLD PART IS NOT AVAILABLE. *JB

DT: 2001 VOLVO STATION WAGON V70. VEHICLE STALLED/DIED AND LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH. THROTTLE BODY SENSOR WAS REPLACED. *AK THE UPPER ENGINE MOUNT BROKE AND OIL LEAKED FROM THE TURBO RETURN LINE SEALS. *NM