VOLVO Complaints

CAR WOULD NOT START - APPEARED TO BE DEAD BATTERY - REPLACED BATTERY - CAR STARTED, NEXT DAY CAR BATTERY DEAD - JUMPED BATTERY, CAR STARTED-2 HOURS LATER CAR BATTERY DEAD - TESTED NEW BATTERY TESTED OK. JUMPED BATTERY TOOK CAR TO VOLVO DEALER - LAWRENCE MOTORS IN WALNUT CREEK - TOOK SERVICE DEPARTMENT 1 DAY? TO DIAGNOSE - "WIRING HARNESS NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT $2,000 COST!! CAR TO BE READY IN 3 TO 4 WEEKS (SEPTEMBER 1ST), THEN DELAYED (UNKNOWN REASONS), DELAYED TO OCT 1ST, AS OF TODAYS CALL OCT 6, 2005 WAS ADVISED CAR NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL POSSIBLY NOV 1ST. WHY WOULD A CAR WITH 100,000 MILES AND 8 YEARS OLD (ALWAYS PROPERLY SERVICED) REQUIRE A NEW WIRING HARNESS? AND AT SUCH A COST? AND WHY DOES THE PART TAKE OVER 90 DAYS TO RECEIVE?*JB

DT: THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE PROBLEM ON HIS 2000 VOLVO C70. THE VEHICLE HESITATED/ STALLED AND LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 50-70 MPH. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER. THEY PLACED THE VEHICLE ON A DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE AND DISCOVERED THAT THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE FAILED. REPAIRS WOULD COST THE CONSUMER ABOUT $1000.00. *AK *JB

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 VOLVO S80. THE VEHICLE WILL BEGIN TO BUCK AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL DROP OFF AT RANDOM AND STOP WORKING BEFORE THE BUCKING STARTS. SOMETIMES AT START UP IT WILL IDLE REALLY ROUGH. THE CONTACT PURCHASED THE VEHICLE ON JULY 16, 2005 AND THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN OCCURRING EVER SINCE HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WILL COMPLETELY STALL AS WELL AS RUN AT LOW SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE FAILED AT LEAST 50 TIMES SINCE HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE, BUT HAS NOT BEEN FIXED AT THIS POINT. *AK *JB

DT: THE CONSUMER SAID THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE (ETCM) ON 2000 VOLVO V70 HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE DASHBOARD LIGHT KEPT COMING ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE STALLED DUE TO ETCM FAILURE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ETCM. *AK *NM

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 VOLVO S70. WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 55-70 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE LIGHT (ETM) ILLUMINATED. THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE HAD FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL/DIE AND LOSE POWER. *AK *MR *NM

REFERENCE 10130593, SECOND VEHICLE LISTED, STALLED IN AN INTERSECTION, LIFE THREATENING ISSUE, THROTTLE BODY FAULT CODE. DEALER RECOMMENDED REPLACING UNIT, CONSUMER DID NOT HAVE DONE BECAUSE DEALER COULD NOT GUARANTEE IT. SAME PART PUT IN AS FAILED PART. ALSO, HAD FAILURE ON S80. *AK *JB

DT: THE VEHICLE STALLED/DIED, AN LOST POWER DUE TO THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. *AK THE THROTTLE MODULE WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *JB

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED / DIED AND LOST POWER. THE ENGINE WAS MISSING, AND WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS PRESSED THE CAR WOULDN'T ACCERLATE. THE CAR WOULD ONLY GET UP TO ABOUT 20-40 MPH. CONSUMER WAS GOING ABOUT 70 AND THE CAR LOST POWER. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY SAID THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY FAILED. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED IT AND CHARGED THE CONSUMER $883.00 FOR THE PARTS AND LABOR. *AK *NM

DT: WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE LOST POWER AND DIED ON THE HIGHWAY. CALLER SAID THE ELECTRIC THROTTLE SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT CAME ON WHEN THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. HE WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE RESTARTED BUT IT WOULD NOT IDLE RIGHT AND COULD NOT BE DRIVEN. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE ELECTRIC THROTTLE NEEDE TO BE REPLACED. MANUFACTURER SAID SOMETIMES THESE THINGS FAILED. *AK *NM

I HAVE HAD INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH DRIVABILITY WITH MY 1999 VOLVO V70. WARNING LIGHTS WOULD COME ON AND OFF AND ERRATIC DRIVING PERFORMANCE WERE EXPERIENCED. THEN THE ETS LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. DRIVABILITY WORSENED TO THE POINT OF FEARING GETTING STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION OR HIGHWAY. SAFETY SEEMS TO BE COMPROMISED BY THE UNPREDICTABILITY OF THE CARS PERFORMANCE. IN SPEAKING WITH THE DEALER IT WAS CLEAR THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. IT WAS ALSO EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE AND THERE WERE NO ALTERNATIVES AS THIS COULD ONLY BE REPAIRED THROUGH THE DEALER. THIS PROBLEM IS WELL DOCUMENTED. THIS PROBLEM IS CONSISTENT. THIS PROBLEM COMPROMISES SAFETY. AND WITH THE COST OF THE REPAIR AND LACK OF ALTERNATIVES MEASURES, THIS FEELS LIKE A MANUFACTURER TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE CUSTOMER. LASTLY, THE DEALER WILL REPLACE THIS FAULTY COMPONENT WITH ANOTHER FAULTY COMPONENT. THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WILL REMAIN AND I CAN LOOK FORWARD TO MORE PROBLEMS. *JB