2000 VOLVO V70XC Complaints

1. DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY CAUSED ENGINE TO SHUT-OFF ON FREEWAY. 2. ENGINE DIED. HAD TO "LIMP" BACK INTO DEALER FOR REPLACEMENT. 3. NEW PART INSTALLED. OLD PART AVAILABLE. IF MANUFACTURER HAS A "DEALER ONLY" REPAIR POLICY, THEN THERE SHOULD BE NOTICE GIVEN TO PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS THAT VEHICLE CAN ONLY BE REPAIRED AT DEALER. NOTICE SHOULD BE IN FORM OF WARNING DECAL IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT OR SOME OTHER CONSPICUOUS PLACE. "DEALER ONLY" REPAIR POLICY SHOULD BE DISCOURAGE BECAUSE OF LENGTHY TOWING WHEN VEHICLES BREAKDOWN OUTSIDE MAJOR CITIES, I.E. THE WEST. CUSTOMER SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO LEARN AFTER A BREAKDOWN THAT THE VEHICLE MUST BE TOWED HUNDREDS OF MILES TO A DEALER FOR REPAIRS. CURRENTLY SUCH VEHICLES MUST BE TOWED PAST LARGE TOWNS/SMALL CITIES BACK TO A MAJOR URBAN AREA TO A DEALER THAT CAN FIX THE VEHICLE. MFR. SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO CONSPICIOUSLY DISCLOSE SUCH A REQUIREMENT. THIS INFORMATION IS CURRENTLY CONCEALED BY MFR. BY OMISSION. REQUIRING CONSPICOUS DISCLOSURE WOULD ENCOURAGE MFR. TO DESIGN, MFR. AND SELL VEHICLES THAT CAN BE FIXED WITHIN A REASONABLE DISTANCE OF WHERE THEY BREAK DOWN.

DRIVE LINE ANGLE GEAR FAILED, CAUSING A BRAKING EFFECT ON CAR AS WELL AS "STICKING" WHEELS A LOW SPEED.CAR WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO MANUEVER WHEN THIS OCCURRED. WAS INFORMED BY VOLVO THIS IS A VERY COMMON AS WELL AS EXPENSIVE PROBLEM. DESIGN WAS CHANGED IN 2001 AS A RESULT OF THIS ISSUE. *AK

APPROACHING A RED LIGHT ON SLIGHT INCLINE, CAR STALLED AND ETS LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. ADVISED MY SERVICE STATION THAT THROTTLE SYSTEM FAILED. CAR MAYBE DRIVEN BUT THERE CAN BE SAFETY ISSUES, AS THE CAR LOSES POWER WITHOUT WARNING, WHICH IS CLEARLY A HAZARD IN CROSSING INTERSECTIONS OR MERGERING INTO TRAFFIC AND THERE ARE ALSO EMISSION RELATED ISSUES WITH GAS MILEAGE AND EXHAUST SYSTEM. TO DATE, CAR HAS BEEN LOOKED AT BY TWO SERVICE STATIONS, DOUGHTERY'S AUTOMATIVE NAD STILLMAN VOLVO. I HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT THE FAILURE OF THE THROTTLE SYSTEM IN VOLVO MODEL YEARS 1998 TO 2001 HAS BECOME A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM. I HAVE CONTACTED VOLVO VIA TELEPHONE AND AN AUTHORIZED VOLVO DEALER TO SEE IF VOLVO HAS A PROGRAM IN PLACE TO CORRECT A CLEARLY DEFECTIVE PART ON CARS OUT OF WARRANTY. VOLVO WAS UNWILLING TO WORK WITH ME. THE ONLY SOLUTION TO THE DEFECTIVE THROTTLE SYSTEM IS TO REPLACE IT WITH A NEW SYSTEM. THEREFORE, I WILL BE PAYING OUT OF POCKET APPROXIMATELY $900.00 FOR A NEW THROTTLE SYSTEM, A PART THAT SHOULD CERTAINLY LAST THE LIFE OF A CAR. *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

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

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY ETS LIGHT IN OUR 2000 VOLVO V70 XC CAME ON AND THE ENGINE LOST POWER, CAUSING THE CAR TO SLOW PRECIPITOUSLY. HAD I BEEN ON THE EXPRESSWAY, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. AS IT WAS, WE NEEDED TO FINISH OUR TRIP AT UNDER 50 MPH. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY 55000 MILES ON IT. VOLVO REFUSES TO TALK TO ME ABOUT IT, SINCE I HAVEN'T BEEN HAVING THE CAR SERVICED BY A DEALER. THIS SEEMS VERY EARLY FOR THIS KIND OF FAILURE. I NOTE AT LEAST TWO OTHER REFERENCES TO SIMILAR FAILURES WITH THE V70.*AK

CONSUMER STATES HE HIT A POT HOLE WHICH CAUSED THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE TO LOOSE AIR, CONSUMER PURCHASED A NEW TIRE AND HE THEN QUESTIONED THE MECHANIC ABOUT HOW MUCH TIRE PRESSURE WAS USED, CONSUMER WAS ADVISED THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS 28 PSI, AT A LATER DATE CONSUMER WAS EXPERIENCING A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT BOTH FRONT TIRES HAVE CORD SEPARATION AND THEY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, CONSUMER PURCHASED FOUR NEW TIRES AND NOW THE VIBRATION IS GONE, CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT THE DEALERSHIP IS DELIVERING NEW VEHICLES WITH TIRE PRESSURE LESS THAN THE FACTORY RECOMMENDATION WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE FIALURE OF THE TIRES ON HIS VEHICLE (CONTINENTAL).*JB