VOLVO Complaints

I DRIVE MY VEHICLE AND AT RANDOM IT LOOSES SPEED, ALMOST LIKE IT STUTTERS FOR NO APPARENT REASON. *JB

MY 2001 VOLVO V70XC (PURCHASED LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AGO FROM A VOLVO DEALER) SUDDENLY WARNED "PERFORMANCE REDUCED" AND LOST ALL ACCELERATION -- WAS PROBABLY GOING ONLY SEVERAL MPH. THE DEALER DETERMINED ETM FAILURE AND REPLACED THE PART, FORTUNATELY UNDER WARRANTY AS THIS WAS A "VOLVO CERTIFIED" PRE-OWNED CARE. LUCKILY THIS HAPPENED ON A QUIET ROAD -- BUT ONLY A SHORT TIME AFTER I HAD BEEN DRIVING ON THE MASS PIKE.

ETS LIGHT ON, DEALER REPLACED ETM CUSTOMER PAY. RECEIPTS FAXED TO ODI, THIS VOQ CREATED FROM E-MAIL SENT BY CURRENT OWNER MR. SCOTT. THE CONSUMER STATED THE PART FAILED AND WAS REPLACED BEFORE HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, BUT HE IS SURE IT WILL HAVE TO REPLACED AGAIN. *JB

CAR WAS PROCEEDING ON NY STATE THRUWAY WHEN SUDDENLY THE SPEEDOMETER WENT TO ZERO AND THE CAR ENGINE CUT OUT. WHEN I PULLED THE CAR OVER IT WOULD NOT START, BUT AFTER 15 MINUTES, IT WOULD START AFTER SEVERAL TRIES. THIS HAPPENED MANY MORE TIMES BEFORE I COULD BRING IT TO THE NEAREST VOLVO DEALER WHERE IT NOW SITS AWAITING REPAIR. THIS SEEMS TO BE A RECURRING ISSUE WITH THE VOLVO XC70 YEAR 1999 FROM RECENT WEB SEARCHES. *JB

MY 200 VOLVO S80 STALLED INTERMITTENTLY IN 2003, SO I HAD THE THROTTLE BODY 2000 CLEANED AT 48,989 MILES WHEN MY CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. A SERVICE ON APRIL 19, 2005 SHOWED "NO CODES" THOUGH MY CAR HAS BEEN STALLING PERIODICALLY AGAIN SINCE MARCH OF THIS YEAR IN A VARIETY OF DANGEROUS SETTINGS: PULLING UP TO A CROWDED CURB AT MY KIDS' SCHOOL, ATTEMPTING TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN IN A CROWDED INTERSECTION, DRIVING 40 MPH ON A BUSY STREET, DRIVING AROUND A TRAFFIC CIRCLE IN A MOUNTAIN TOWN, ETC. MY CAR HAS STALLED 10-15 TIMES SINCE MARCH. EACH TIME, IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER, TO BRAKE AND ATTEMPT TO PUT MY CAR IN NEUTRAL AND RESTART IT WHEN IT STALLED. ALMOST ALL OF THE TIMES IT STALLED, IT CREATED A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR ME, FOR OTHER DRIVERS AROUND ME AND FOR PEDESTRIANS. A VISIT TO THE SERVICE CENTER TODAY REVEALS THAT I NEED TO SPEND $1,150 TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY. I UNDERSTAND THAT, IN TIME, THE NEW THROTTLE BODY WILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS AS THE OLD ONE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION; I TRY TO AVOID DRIVING NEAR VOLVOS IF POSSIBLE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY, DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, THE CAR LOST ALL POWER. FORTUNATELY, I WAS IN THE FAR RIGHT LANE AND WAS ABLE TO DRIFT SAFELY ONTO THE SHOULDER. THE INDICATOR LIGHT READ FAILURE. THE CAR WOULD NOT START, SO I HAD IT TOWED TO MY HOME. THE CAR SUBSEQUENTLY STARTED, BUT HAD DEVELOPED THE SAME ACCELERATION PROBLEMS WITHIN A FEW MINUTES OF DRIVING. MY SON-IN-LAW, A MECHANIC, BELIEVES THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE AND UNDERSTANDS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE OF VEHICLES (VOLVO). I HAVE NOT AS YET HAD THE MODULE REPLACED. *JB

ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL CAUSES CAR TO STALL REPEATEDLY- OFTEN IN SITUATIONS WHERE IT IS UNSAFE TO PULL OVER. *JB

1. I NOTICED THE PROBLEM WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS LOSING POWER OR MISSING LIKE IT WAS GONG TO STOP RUNNING. FORTUNATELY, UNLIKE OTHERS, I WAS NOT STRANDED. 2. MY 75,000 MILE SERVICE WAS DUE SO I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR THAT AND ALSO LET THE VOLVO DEALER KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM. 3. THEY RAN DIAGNOSTICS AND DETERMINED IT TO BE THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE. THEY REPLACED THE PART WITH A NEW REDESIGNED PART. I DO NOT KNOW IF THE OLD PART IS AVAILABLE. P.S. THE DEALERSHIP CALLED VOLVO AND VOLVO AGREED TO PAY FOR THE PART NOT THE LABOR, WHICH SAVED ME ABOUT $500. THAT WAS A GOOD GESTURE. 8JB

DT: CONTACT STATED VEHICLE STALLED/DIED AND LOST POWER. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY FAILED. IT WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER. *AK *NM

DT: A 2000 VOLVO S80. THE ENGINE STALLS/DIED AT 5-7 MPH. THIS HAPPENED AT LEAST THREE TIMES. EACH TIME IT HAPPENED AT LOW SPEEDS. HAS OCCURRED JUST AFTER STARTING AND WHEN PULLING TO A STOP. WHEN TAKING VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP THE FIRST TWO TIMES THEY DID NOT TELL HIM WHAT THEY DID TO THE VEHICLE. THE THIRD TIME THEY FIXED THE AIR MASS METER WHICH CONTROLLED THE AIR AND FUEL MIXTURE. THIS FIXED THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY. THE FIRST TIME IT OCCURRED WAS ON 10/112004, THE SECOND TIME IT WAS ON 01/01-205, AND MOST RECENTLY IT OCCURRED ON 7-28-2005. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS FINALLY RESOLVED, A NEW THROTTLE BODY PART WAS INSTALLED. *JB