2000 VOLVO V70 Complaints

I AM SUBMITTING ETM FAILURE IN MY 2000 VOLVO V70 SE WAGON IN OCTOBER OF 2005. I AM CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY DRIVING THIS CAR BECAUSE THE CAR HESITATES UPON ACCELERATION, THERE'S SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED TRANSITION INTO REDUCED PERFORMANCE OPERATION (LIMP MODE) AND SOMETIMES WHEN THE ETS INDICATOR HAS ENGAGED WHILE MY FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE THE CAR SURGES FORWARD AS IF I WERE GIVING IT A LOT OF GAS. I WENT TO THE DEALER IN CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA, TODAY, DECEMBER 28, 2005, AND THE MODULE WAS NOT REPLACED BUT, THE SERVICE REPS DID SAY THEY CLEANED THE THROTTLE - WHATEVER THAT IS - AND UPGRADED THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM ON THE COMPUTER. FIVE MINUTES AFTER LEAVING THE VOLVO SERVICES DEPARTMENT THE ETM FAILED AGAIN. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THEY DID ALL THAT THEY COULD DO. *JB

CAR BEGAN TO RUN IN AN UNCONTROLLABLE MANNER, SPEEDING UP THEN LOOSING POWER WHILE SHAKING VIOLENTLY. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WITH MY DAUGHTER IN THE CAR. THEY WERE TERRIFIED. I DROVE IT AFTER SHE CALLED FOR HELP IT WAS A TERRIBLE RIDE. HAD THIS OCCURRED IN TRAFFIC ON ONE OF THE MANY HIGH SPEED ROADS AROUND HERE, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A TRAGIC EVENT. THE FOLLOWING MORNING IT ACTED THE SAME AND I DROVE IT TO THE NEAREST VOLVO REPAIR SHOP. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT WAS A FAILED ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY. THE REPAIR COST AS OVER $1100. IT WAS NOT COVERED BY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY I HAD PURCHASED FOR THE CAR. I HAD THE CAR REPAIRED. THE SHOP TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD SEEN MANY SUCH FAILURES IN VOLVOS AT ABOUT 50K . THEY JOKED IT WAS A SERIOUS MID-LIFE CRISIS FOR VOLVOS. I DID NOT FIND IT FUNNY. IT WAS A DEVASTATING, UNPLANNED COST. I CALLED VOLVO, THEY WERE NOT INTERESTED IN COST SHARING OR ANY SORT OF HELP. *JB

ON 7 DECEMBER 2005, WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE NORTH ON I-94 IN MASSACHUSETTS AT A SPEED OF 65 MPH, SUDDENLY THE ENGINE HESITATED AND LOST POWER. ETC LIGHT ON DASHBOARD ILLUMINATED. I WAS ABLE TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION AND PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. WENT TO THE LOCAL VOLVO DEALER IN SOUTH DEERFIELD MASS. TO HAVE THE CAR EXAMINED. DEALER STATED THAT THEY "CLEANED THE ETM AND CLEARED FAULT CODES." DROVE THE CAR BACK HOME (UPPER MARLBORO,MD) ON THE EVENING OF 8 DECEMBER. ALONG THE ROUTE HOME THE CAR REPEATEDLY HESITATED. ON 9 DECEMBER, ON ANDREWS AFB, ETC LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND CAR IMMEDIATELY LOST POWER AND STALLED. CAR RESTARTED. ON SOUTH OSBORNE RD IN UPPER MARLBORO WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, CAR LOST POWER WITH NO WARNING AGAIN. I HAD TO LITERALLY DRIVE THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD TO AVOID BEING REAR ENDED BY APPROACHING TRAFFIC. CAR IS AT MARTENS VOLVO IN BETHESDA, MD. THE ETM IS SCHEDULED TO BE REPLACED. DEALER IN MASSACHUSETTS AND MARYLAND STATE THAT THE ETMS IN THIS MODEL CAR IS DEFECTIVE. *JB

MY 2000 XC V70 VOLVO BEGAN 'CHOKING' AND THEN STALLING ONE DAY. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AND GET TO MY DESTINATION. INCIDENT DATE NOTED BELOW IS WHEN THE INITIAL PROBLEM OCCURRED. HOWEVER THE STALLING OCCURRED REPEATEDLY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, RESULTING IN REPLACING THE THROTTLE, WHICH I NOW FOUND OUT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR POSSIBLE DEFECT AND VOLVO KNOWS ABOUT IT, YET FAILS TO WARN IT'S CUSTOMERS!! THE REPLACEMENT OF THE THROTTLE WAS OVER $1000. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE (ETM ) LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP ,AND THEY REPLACED THE ETM. THE MANUFACTURER ASSISTED WITH THE COST OF THE REPAIRS. *AK UPDATED 01/04/06.*JB

WHEN I BEGIN TO BRAKE AND THE CAR SLOWS, IT WILL SIMPLY CUT OFF. IT IS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AND CUTS OFF ABOUT ONE-HALF THE TIME I BEGIN TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND IT REACHED THE POINT WHERE IT STALLED AT AS I WAS DRIVING IN A ROUNDABOUT AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC AND IT WAS REPAIRED. NOW, HOWEVER, THE STALLING FAILURE IS RECURRING. ALTHOUGH THE FIELD BELOW REQUIRES A SPECIFIC DATE, THIS PROBLEM IS ONGOING. *JB

ENTERING THE HIGHWAY, MY VOLVO V70 HAD A COMPLETE STALL. CAR COMPLETELY STOPPED AND WOULD NOT START. AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES, IT RE STARTED. IT WAS DRIVEN TO THE VOLVO DEALER ONCE IT STARTED AGAIN AND THE "ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE" WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF $800. *JB

THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE (ETM) FAILED TWICE ON 2000 VOLVO V70XC. THE FIRST TIME IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, THE SECOND WAS ABOUT 17, 000 MILES AFTER THE FIRST. BOTH TIMES IT FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT HIGH SPEED. BOTH TIMES ENGINE STALLED IN TRAFFIC. BOTH TIMES MANAGED TO GET TO SHOULDER, RESTARTED, AND GOT HOME WITH CAR ALTERNATELY SURGING AND STALLING THE WHOLE WAY. BOTH TIMES HAD PRESCHOOL AGE TWINS IN THE CAR, AND DIDN'T FEEL IT SAFE TO STOP ON THE SHOULDER TO WAIT FOR HELP. ALSO, WOULD HAVE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME GETTING THEM HOME SAFETY IN THEIR CAR SEATS. THEN, HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS. *AK

E-MAIL: THE CONTACTS OWNS OF A 2000 VOLVO V70 XC THAT EXPERIENCED THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE (ETM) FAILURE AT AROUND 100000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING THREE TIMES WITH MY WIFE IN VEHICLE VEHICLE STALLED 3 TIMES. FIXED AT WALVO CREEK FOR $1,000. *AK

E-MAIL: VEHICLE GOES INTO LIMP MODE, ETM LIGHT COMES ON, REPLACED TWICE, X REF 10129414, SMCH.*AK