VOLVO Complaints

DT:HISTORY OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SINCE PURCHASE OF SEMI-TRUCK. WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEEDS OR EVEN SHIFTING INTO GEAR THE TRUCK STOPS WITHOUT WARNING. WHEN THIS OCCURS THE ENGINE DIES AND LOSES ALL ELECTRICAL POWER. SEVERAL TIMES, THE ENGINE STALLED FOR A SECOND AND THEN QUIT. CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE BLOWEN OUT 30 AMP AND 15 AMP FUSES. THERE IS A LOAD OF 75-80,000 POUNDS, AND VEHICLE STOPS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY IN TRAFFIC. HAS BEEN TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES, SAID WARRANTY EXPIRED AAFTER ONE YEAR. DEALER TRIED TO FIX SOME ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESS BUT OF NO AVAIL. TRUCK DRAINED BATTERIES, AND IS CURRENTLY ON A BATTERY CHARGER. *AK

THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE OR VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL HAD TO BE REPLACED ON MY 1999 VOLVO C70. *JB

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR CAR AND THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL FELL OFF. SHE HAD JUST PULLED OUT OF A DRIVEWAY AND WAS NOT GOING VERY FAST. THE CONSEQUENCES WERE THAT THE SUSPENSION WAS DAMAGED AND THE BALL JOINTS, WHICH HAD FAILED AND CAUSED THE COLLAPSE, AND THE CV JOINTS HAD TO BE REPLACED AND SOME OTHER BODY WORK AND REPAIRS HAD TO BE DONE. THE BALL JOINTS WERE SUBJECT OF A RECALL IN 2001, THEN OUR ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY A SUBSEQUENT FAILURE AND NOW I AM TOLD THE FRONT SUSPENSION IS LOOSE AND THE BALL JOINTS NEED REPLACING AGAIN. SOMETHING IS SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THAT SYSTEM ON THE CAR. *JB

I WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE CAR STALLING AND UPON TAKING MY 2002 VOLVO S 60 TO THE DEALER (BOZZANNI VOLVO IN COVINA, CA. THEY HANDLED THAT PROBLEM BY CLEANING THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY FOR A COST OF ABOUT $500.00. ABOUT TWO MONTHS LATER THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AND THIS TIME THEY REPLACED THE ENTIRE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY FOR A COST OF ABOUT $800.00. WHEN I QUESTIONED THE DEALER ABOUT THE PROBLEM, HE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND THAT THE REPAIR CHARGE AND REPAIR ITSELF WAS NECESSARY AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE THEY COULD DO. THE CAR HAD ABOUT 55,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER AND I FELT THAT THEY DID NOT DO THE JOB PROPERLY IN THE FIRST PLACE AND THAT THE REPAIR WORK SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED UNDER WARRANTY. I HAVE BEEN KEEPING UP WITH THE CURRENT INVESTIGATIONS ON VOLVO AND THEIR THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY FAILURES. WHILE MY CAR IS AN EARLY 2002 MILD PRESSURE TURBO, I FEEL THAT CURRENT INVESTIGATION SHOULD ENCOMPASS OTHER YEARS BECAUSE THE PROBLEMS IS QUITE SIMILAR. THIS OCCURRED EARLY ON IN 2005 AND I HAVE THE OLD PARTS AND THE DEALER PAPERWORK ON THE REPAIR. *JB

IDLING IN A LOT THE CAR CUT OUT, DROVE IT TO THE VOLVO DEALER TO CHECK, NOTHING FOUND TO BE WRONG. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, THE POWER DIMINISHED WHILE DRIVING, TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO CHECKED EVERYTHING AND COULD FIND NO PROBLEM, BUT HEARD FOR THE FIRST TIME....THERE COULD BE AN AIR MIX PROBLEM...WITH NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, CAN'T REALLY KNOW. DROVE THE CAR BACK TO VA. FROM MASS. WHERE PROBLEM STARTED AND HAD NO FURTHER PROBLEMS UNTIL APRIL OR MAY OF THIS YEAR (2005) WHEN TURNING INTO MY DRIVEWAY, THE ENGINE TOTALLY CUT OUT. I HAD IT TOWED TO DON BEYER VOLVO IN FALLS CHURCH, VA, WHERE NO PROBLEM COULD BE FOUND. I INSISTED THEY KEEP THE CAR UNTIL THEY FOUND THE PROBLEM, AND WAS GIVEN A LOANER. THE SERVICE REP. SAID HE WOULD DRIVE THE CAR TO SEE IF HE COULD REPLICATE THE SITUATION. THEY KEPT THE CAR FOR 2-3 WEEKS WITH NO SUCCESS. I PICKED THE CAR UP WITH A FRIEND, WHO DROVE IT OFF THE LOT. NOT ON THE HIGHWAY FIVE MINUTES WHEN THE CAR LOST POWER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED, WE DROVE BACK TO THE DEALER. THEY FOUND THIS TIME IT WAS THE AIR FLOW METER, WHICH THEY REPLACED. ALTHOUGH I STILL FEEL NO CONFIDENCE IN THE VEHICLE, THE PROBLEM HAS NOT OCCURRED AGAIN. THE INFORMATION BELOW IS ALL ENCOMPASSING OF THE EVENTS BUT THE INCIDENT DATE REFLECTS THE DATE WHICH THEY FOUND THE AIR FLOW METER PROBLEM EXACTLY. *JB

ON THE 2005 VOLVO S40 T5 AUTOMATIC ONLY, THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO THE GAS PEDAL. IN FACT, A SIZE 9 SHOE OF MEDIUM WIDTH WILL BARELY FIT ON THE GAS PEDAL WHILE TOUCHING THE BRAKE PEDAL. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE PEDAL IS ABOUT 1.5 INCHES HIGHER THAN THE GAS PEDAL SO MANY TIMES THE FOOT WILL BE CAUGHT UNDER THE PEDAL. THIS IS A HIGHLY DANGEROUS DESIGN AND IS A SAFETY ISSUE. OTHER DRIVERS HAVE REPORTED THIS BUT VOLVO IS NOT WILLING TO RETROFIT THE PEDALS. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE NON-T5 VERSION DOES NOT SUFFER FROM THIS BAD DESIGN NOR DOES THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THIS SAFETY DEFECT, IF NOT CORRECTED, WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT FOR DRIVERS OF THIS SPECIFIC CAR. ON JULY 27, I ALMOST GOT IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE MY FOOT GOT STUCK UNDER THE BRAKE PEDAL. WHILE I WAS ABLE TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER CAR AND ALMOST CRASHING ONTO THE SIDEWALK, I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT MANY ACCIDENTS CAN BE AVOIDED IF VOLVO WAS TO REDESIGN OR RETROFIT THE SPACING OF THE GAS AND BRAKE PEDALS ON THE VOLVO S40 T5 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS. PLEASE INSPECT THE SPACING OF THE PEDALS AS THEY ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH MINIMUM STANDARDS. *JB

OWNER OF 1999 VOLVO S 70 T5 MULTIPLE THROTTLE BODY PROBLEMS CLEANED ONCE UNDER WARRANTY,THROTTLE BODY FAILED WITH WIFE ON BUSY INTERSTATE HAD TO BE REPLACED 7/15/05 OUT OF WARRANTY AT COST OF $900.00. *JB

I WAS INTERESTED TO HEAR OF THE 2001 VOLVO V70 INVESTIGATION. LAST FALL, MY CAR REPEATEDLY DID NOT ACCELERATE WHEN I PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDAL. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE TWICE FELT THE PROBLEM MOMENTARILY, BUT THEN THE CAR RETURNED TO NORMAL FUNCTION.*JB

2000 VOLVO S70 GLT-SE; ETS LIGHT CAME ON AND VEHICLE LOST POWER ON I-10 IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. LIMPED IN TO A VOLVO DEALER. CAR WAS INSPECTED BY A VOLVO TECH. THE THROTTLE BODY WAS OUT OF FACTORY SPECS. HE REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY AND REPROGRAMMED IT AT A COST OF $985.38. NOT WHAT ONE WOULD EXPECT FROM VOLVO. THIS EVENT NOT ONLY WAS INCONVENIENT BUT PUT MY FAMILY IN DANGER IN HEAVY INTERSTATE TRAFFIC. VOLVO SHOULD MAKE THIS RIGHT!*JB

RECENTLY MY 2000 S70 VOLVO HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. MY ETS ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SYSTEM)LIGHT WILL ILLUMINATE CAUSING THE CAR TO SHUDDER AND EVENTUALLY STALL IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. AFTER A FEW MOMENTS AND AFTER RE-START , THE VEHICLE WILL FUNCTION AS NORMAL. I TOOK IT TO MY VOLVO SHOP AND WAS INFORMED THAT IT IS THE ELECTRONIC MODULE AND MUST BE REPLACED BY A CERTIFIED VOLVO DEALER. I HAVE RECENTLY SET UP AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THIS REPAIR COMPLETED. *JB