VOLVO Complaints

VEHICLE FAILS TO MAINTAIN IDLE. IT STARTS AND IMMEDITELY DIES. IT OCCASSIONALLY DIES WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY OR WHILE BREAKING AND PREPARING FOR A STOP...TYPICALLY WHEN MY FOOT ISN'T ON THE ACCELERATOR. *NM

ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE (ETM )REPLACED SECOND TIME, 50 MPH, STALLED X REF 10131141, SMCH. *AK UPDATED 1/4/2006 - *NM

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

STALLING AT LOW SPEEDS. THE ETM HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE, XREF 10137600. *AK THE MASS AIR FLOW UNIT WAS REPLACED, THE BULBS BURNED OUT, THE BLOWER MOTOR FAN WOULD RUN CONSTANTLY, THE CHECK ENGINE AND ABS LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE. THE CONSUMER SOLD THE VEHICLE IN MAY 2005. UPDATED 01/09/06. *JB

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE FOLLOWING WARNING COMES ON THE DASH BOARD "PERFORMANCE REDUCTION". CAR STARTS TO SHUDDER, SLOWS DOWN AND DOES NOT RESPOND WHEN PRESSING ON THE GAS. *NM

DT: WHEN THE SURGING HAPPENS THERE ARE NO NECESSARILY WARNING MESSAGES. THE FIRST TIME THE THROTTLE MODULE WAS REPLACED THERE WERE SOME MESSAGES ON THE DASH, BUT FOR ITEMS NOT RELATED TO THE THROTTLE MODULE. THE SECOND TIME THERE WERE NOT ANY MESSAGES UNTIL THE CAR DIED AND WOULD NOT START. THE THIRD TIME THE CAR STARTED TO SURGE , AND BROUGHT THE CAR TO DEALER BEFORE IT GOT TOO BAD. BASICALLY, IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO REPLACE THROTTLE MODULE A FOURTH TIME. THE CONTACT ONLY HAD TO PAY FOR 1 REPLACEMENT, AND THEN IT WAS REPLACED 2 MORE TIMES BY THE DEALER AT NO COST. FROM THE TIME THE SURGING STARTED TO THE CAR STALLED. THE CLEANING OF THE THROTTLE MODULE WILL KEEP THE CAR RUNNING GOOD. IT SEEMED THAT THE CONTACT HAS TO CLEAN IT EVERY 6 MONTHS. IT STARTED TO SURGE. ABOUT 8000 - 10000 MILES. THE LAST TIME IT WAS REPLACED WAS 5/14/04 ,AND I THE CONTACT CLEANED IT TWICE SINCE THEN. VOLVO TOLD THE CONTACT THAT THEY WOULD NOT WARRANTY IT ANY MORE BECAUSE THE CONTACT DECLINED TO HAVE THEM DO $1000 WORTH OF WORK THAT DID NOT NEED TO BE DONE. THE CONTACT ENDED UP DOING THE WORK HIMSELF, AND THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE PARTS THEY SAID WERE BAD. *AK

LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING/MULTIPLE TIMES (SOMETIMES WHILE PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC). ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK TO DEALER WHO REPLACED THROTTLE. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH ROOM BETWEEN THE FLOOR AND BOTTOM OF THE DASHBOARD. THERE WAS NO WAY THAT THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND COULD GET FOOT TO THE BRAKE. THIS ALMOST CAUSED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. THERE IS ONLY 11 INCHES BETWEEN THE FLOOR AND THE DASHBOARD . *AK UPDATED 1/19/2006 - THERE IS LITTLE CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE PEDALS AND THE UNDERSIDE OF THE DASH WHICH RESULTED IN THE CONSUMER SHOE HITTING THE UNDERSIDE OF THE DASH LIMITING HIS ABILITY TO MOVE HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE BRAKE PEDAL AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL. *NM