VOLVO Complaints

PROBLEMS WITH MY 1999 VOLVO V70 INCIDENT 5/10/05 1. EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE. MY CAR EXPERIENCED A FALTER THEN ROUGH IDLE AND DRASTICALLY REDUCED POWER. IN ADDITION THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON. 2. THE CAR SEEMED TO RECOVER AND I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME. 3. I TOOK MY CAR INTO MY REPAIR SHOP AND HAD THE PROBLEM DIAGNOSED. I WAS TOLD THE FAULT CODES REGISTERED IN THE CARS COMPUTER INDICATED THERE WAS A FAILING EVAPORATOR PURGE VALVE ALONG WITH BAD ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE (ETM). THE REPAIR COST ME $1,070.00. INCIDENT 5/24/05 1.AFTER A LITTLE OVER 3 MONTHS MY CAR HAS EXPERIENCED THE SAME SYMPTOMS. FALTER THEN ROUGH IDLE AND DRASTICALLY REDUCED POWER. IN ADDITION THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON. 2.I PLAN TO HAVE THE CAR ANALYZED BY THE SAME REPAIR SHOP THAT DID THE PREVIOUS $1,070.00 WORTH OF WORK. 3.RESOLUTION PENDING INVESTIGATION BASED ON THE RESEARCH I HAVE DONE THIS ISSUE SEEMS SIMILAR TO ACTION NUMBER: PE05041 THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING INVESTIGATED BY NHTSA. NHTSA ACTION NUMBER : PE05041 NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER : N/A MAKE : VOLVO MODEL: V70 MANUFACTURER : VOLVO CARS OF N.A. LLC. YEAR : 2001 COMPONENT : VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL DATE INVESTIGATION OPENED : JULY 26, 2005 DATE INVESTIGATION CLOSED : OPEN SUMMARY: THE OFFICE OF DEFECTS INVESTIGATION (ODI) HAS RECEIVED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-ONE (131) CONSUMER COMPLAINTS ALLEGING A VARIETY OF CONCERNS RESULTING FROM FAILURE OF THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE (ETM) IN THE SUBJECT VEHICLES, INCLUDING A SUDDEN LOSS OF SPEED AND STEERING ASSIST WHEN DRIVING IN HIGHWAY TRAFFIC AND SUDDEN AND COMPLETE STALL WITHOUT WARNING. IN SOME INSTANCES, IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT THE VEHICLES WOULD RESTART, AND IN SOME CASES THE VEHICLES WERE TOWED. SOME CONSUMERS ALLEGE THAT AFTER HAVING THE ETM REPLACED THE NEW COMPONENT FAILED IN A SIMILAR MANNER.

THE ENGINE DIED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET. AFTER COASTING TO A STOP, I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE. RECENTLY WHEN IDLING, THE ENGINE RPM'S HAVE SURGED FROM ABOUT 700 TO APPROXIMATELY 1400 WITHOUT TOUCHING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. CURRENTLY WHEN THE TRANSMISSION IS IN PARK OR NEUTRAL THE ENGINE SURGES FROM ABOUT 700 TO APPROXIMATELY 1000. WHEN I CONTACTED A LOCAL VOLVO DEALER SERVICE PERSON, THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THIS HAS BEEN A FREQUENT PROBLEM.

WE PURCHASED A 2005 VOLVO V70 NEW. WE HAVE TAKEN THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES BECAUSE THE PASSANGER AIRBAG DEACTIVATES WHEN AN ADULT IN THE SEAT SEEMS TO MOVE AROUND . THE FIRST TIME THE DEALEAR RECALIBRATED THE COMPUTER. THE SECOND TIME THEY CHANGED THE SEAT. THE THIRD TIME THEY HAD A FIELD REP DRIVE THE CAR WITH AN ADULT IN THE SEAT, WHILE THE LIGHT DID COME ON THE REP SAID THAT IT WAS OPERATING NORMAL. I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT IF THIS IS NORMAL AND IF IT IS TO RAISE A CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY OF THE PASANGER.

OUR 1999 VOLVO V70 SIMPLY STOPPED WITHOUT WARNING. PORTLAND, ME DEALER "REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER" AND "CHECKED." WE DROVE 1500 MILES AND AGAIN IT STOPPED...THIS TIME REPEATEDLY. INDIANAPOLIS DEALER KEPT THE CAR FOR 3 WEEKS AND REPORTED THAT THEY INADVERTANTLY SOLVED WHATEVER THE PROBLEM WAS ($435). IN THE SUBSEQUENT MONTH & 4500 MILES LATER, ALL APPEARS TO BE WELL.

2001 VOLVO S80 DEVELOPED PROBLEMS WITH HARD START UP AND SHUTTING DOWN. *MR THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING ALONG WITH A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. (CRANKS BUT WILL NOT STAY RUNNING WHICH MAY BE DUE TO THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE) *SC

DT: 2000 VOLVO S80. VEHICLE STALLED/DIED, AND LOST POWER. DEALER REPLACED THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE. *AK

THE ABS MODULE HAS FAILED IN MY CAR AND ACCORDING TO MY MECHANIC AND ALL OVER THE INTERNET THE MODULES CONTINUALLY BREAK AND COST AROUND 700 DOLLARS TO REPAIR EACH TIME. WHEN THIS MODULE DOES NOT WORK IS CAUSES PROBLEMS WITH STEERING POWER, TRANSMISSION SHIFTING (WILL NOT DOWN SHIFT AND CAUSES CAR TO STALL), BRAKE FAILURE WARNINGS, AND NO ABS. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT WHILE DRIVING, BUT THERE IS ALWAYS ONE SYSTEM NOT WORKING OR MORE.

SPEED CONTROL SENSOR FAILED INTERMITENTLY ONE DAY, CAUSING THE AUTO BECOME SLUGGISH AND THE SPEEDOMETER AND ODOMOTER TO STOP BREIFLY

ANTI LOCK BREAK SYSTEM FAILS INTERMITENTLY, WHEN THE SYSTEM FAILS TO ABS DOES NOT WORK, ALSO CAUSES CRUISE CONTROL TO STOP WORKING

ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SYSTEM FAILED CAUSING AUTO TO STALL AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS, REPLACED SYSTEM, NOW THROTTLE SYSTEM CAUSES AUTO TO SURGE FORWARD MAKING THE AUTO HARD TO CONTROL