VOLVO Complaints

RECENTLY PURCHASED VOLVO V70XC AND WAS DRIVING ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHEN THE ETM FAILED SOUTH OF AUSTIN. I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY SOUTH OF AUSTIN TRAVELING ABOUT 70 MPH WHEN THE CAR STALLED OUT, LEAVING ME WITH LITTLE CONTROL OVER STEERING OR BREAKS. LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER A FEW MINUTES WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR AND LIMPED TO THE LOCAL VOLVO DEALER, WHERE THEY TOLD ME THE ETM HAD FAILED AND WHICH THEY REPLACED. *JB

ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL (ETS) FAILED - I HAD A LOSS OF POWER AND CONTROL THE CAR IS AN V70 XC 2000 WITH 46000 K MILES. *JB

2001 VOLVO XC70: ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING DURING NORMAL OPERATIONS DRIVING DOWN A DIVIDED HIGHWAY. THERE WERE 4 SEPARATE INCIDENTS OVER ABOUT A AN 18 MONTH TIME PERIOD TIME FROM APPROXIMATELY NOV 2002 TO MAY 2004. THE CAR'S ENGINE NEEDED TO BE TURNED OFF AND THE CAR PLACED IN NEUTRAL, AND THEN RESTARTED. IT WOULD OFTEN TAKE 2 - 3 ATTEMPTS TO GET THE CAR STARTED. NO ACCIDENTS OCCURRED, AND IT ENDED UP JUST BEING AN INCONVENIENCE, BUT ONLY BECAUSE THERE WAS NEVER ANY TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE VOLVO DEALERSHIP TWICE. INSPECTED BY THE MECHANICS, BUT I WAS TOLD THAT SINCE THE CAR WAS RESTARTED THAT THE CODES HAD CLEARED SO THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE. I WOULD NEED TO BRING THE CAR IN WHILE THE PROBLEM OCCURRED--AN OBVIOUS PROBLEM SINCE THE CAR WOULD NOT RUN, SO I COULD NOT BRING IT IN. *JB

THE CAR LOST POWER OCCASIONALLY WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND GEARS. IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, BUT IT REVVED TO OVER 6,000 RPMS. THE CAR WOULD PULL BACK AND THEN LUNGE INTO GEAR. IT HAD A WHIPLASH EFFECT ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS. AFTER 18 VISITS TO THE DEALER AND PROBABLY AS MANY CALLS TO VOLVO OF N. AMERICA, I FOUND ANOTHER DEALER. THEY REPLACED THE VALVE BODY LAST YEAR AND IT HASN'T HAPPENED SINCE. I CAN'T ANSWER THE NEXT QUESTION BECAUSE IT HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK FOR 3 YEARS. *JB

I OWN A 2001 S80 VOLVO. I WAS DRIVING ON ROUTE 78 WHEN MY CAR LOST POWER. IT DROPPED FROM 70 MILES TO 10 MILES. I CALLED VOLVO AND THEY SAID TO BRING IT IN. ON MY WAY I WAS TRYING TO KEEP THE CAR FROM STALLING OUT AND THEREFORE WAS GIVEN A TICKET FOR SPEEDING. THEY REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL WHICH COST ME $951.00. I RECENTLY HEARD ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT CHECKING INTO THIS ON TV. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.*JB

99 VOLVO S 70 AWD HAS 100K IS SURGING & STALLING. AFTER ALL RESEARCH IT SEEM I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS DEFECT. EVERYONE SAID THE ETS . I THINK MY DEALER REPLACED IT ONCE UNDER WARRANTY ALREADY. NOW ITS DOING IT AGAIN . VERY DANGEROUS ON THE HIGHWAY. I TRIED REPLACING THE MASS AIR SENSOR . BUT THAT'S NOT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM . I THINK VOLVO NEED TO RECALL THIS PART. THANKS BRAD. *JB

WE PURCHASED OUR 2001 VOLVO V70 STATION WAGON 12 MARCH AND HAVE SINCE HAD THE CAR INTO THE DEALER 3 TIMES FOR PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISION. IT STALLS AND TENDS TO NOT GAIN SPEED. WE HAD IT SERVICED 2 TIMES AND THIS LAST TIME THAT STATED THEY REPLACED IT. WE ARE STILL EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE THOUGH. *JB

RECENTLY READ AN ARTICLE IN USA TODAY ABOUT VOLVO'S STALLING, LOSING SPEED AND ETC. THAT PERFECTLY DESCRIBES MY PROBLEM WITH MY 1994 VOLVO 850 SEDAN. OVER THE LAST 2 YEARS WE HAVE HAD VERY SIMILAR OCCURRENCES WITH OUR CAR LOSING SPEED AND DYING IN TRAFFIC. AFTER EACH INCIDENT IT HAS RESTARTED AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND WILL NOT REPEAT THE FAILURE WITH ANY FREQUENCY. I HAVE HAD THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC AND TO A VOLVO DEALERSHIP. BOTH PLACES HAVE NO CLUE WHAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM AND SINCE WE CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM IT MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT TO DIAGNOSE. I REALIZE THE INVESTIGATION IS FOR THE YEAR 1999 - 2001 BUT I HOPE THERE ARE OTHERS OUT THERE LIKE ME AND YOU MIGHT CONSIDER EXTENDING THE NUMBER OF YEARS YOUR ARE INVESTIGATING. *JB

(1) ENGINE DEGRADED PERFORMANCE...FELT LIKE ENGINE WAS 'MISSING' AND RPM'S SURGED. (2) ENGINE COMPLETELY STOPPED IN HEAVY MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. (3) ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SENSOR FAILED AND WAS REPLACED BY STILLMAN VOLVO. OLD PART UNAVAILABLE BY US. PERHAPS VOLVO MAY HAVE IT. INCIDENT DATE IS A ROUGH ESTIMATE AS I DO NOT HAVE THE RECEIPT HERE AT WORK. *JB

10/04 PURCHASED A 1999 S70 VOLVO. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON; DEALERSHIP HAD IT MAINTENANCE, I WAS TOLD IT HAD TO DO WITH THE WAY THE GAS CAP WAS PUT ON. LIGHT WENT ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. 6/20 THE ETS LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS COMING ON MORE FREQUENTLY AND LONGER. WHEN THE ETS LIGHT CAME ON, I TOOK IT TO VOLVO OF LOUISVILLE. THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AND SAID THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED REPLACED ($1,400) AND GASKETS ($312). THEY MADE THE REPAIRS. WHEN I PICKED THE CAR UP AND DROVE IT, I COULD STILL HEAR THE SOUND PLUS BOTH LIGHTS WERE ON. THEY WORKED ON IT AGAIN, AND SAID THE O2 SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED; INSTEAD THEY WERE ABLE TO FIX IT. I PICKED THE CAR UP, AND BEFORE I COULD GET HOME, THE CAR WAS NOW RUNNING HOT AND THE AIR CONDITIONER WASN'T WORKING. I CALLED THEM - THEY ASKED ME TO KEEP IT OVER THE WEEKEND AND CALL MONDAY. WHEN THEY PICKED THE CAR UP, I TOLD THEM NOT ONLY WAS THE CAR RUNNING HOT, WITH NO AIR CONDITIONER, BUT IT WAS MAKING A LOUD NOISE. THEY KEPT THE CAR FOR A WEEK ($364). I PICKED THE CAR UP AND BEFORE I COULD CROSS THE STATE LINE, THE CAR STALLED OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. FIRST THE IDLE WAS EXTREMELY ROUGH, AND YOU COULD TOUCH THE GAS PEDAL, BUT NO AMOUNT OF GAS WOULD MAKE THE CAR MOVE FORWARD. IF I TURNED THE CAR OFF A COUPLE OF TIMES, THEN IT WOULD FINALLY WORK NORMALLY. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP, THEY ASKED ME TO DRIVE IT FOR THE WEEKEND AND CALL MONDAY. ON SATURDAY, THE CAR GRADUALLY BECAME HARDER TO GET OUT OF THE STALL MODE. WHEN I PULLED OFF THE ROAD, INSTEAD OF 2 TIMES AND IT WOULD FINALLY START AND WORK PROPERLY, ON SATURDAY IT TOOK 4 OR 5 TIMES TO GET IT TO WORK CORRECTLY. BY SUNDAY, AFTER IT PLACING ME AND MY RELATIVES IN AN INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS SITUATION, I PARKED IT AND TOLD THEM TO COME GET IT. ON MONDAY, THE REP WHO PICKED IT UP, CALLED IN A TOWING SERVICE BECAUSE OF SAFETY. THIS TIME THEY PUT A NEW THROTTLE BODY ON THE CAR ($812). *JB