VOLVO Complaints

THROTTLE CONTROL FAILURE. SPEED REDUCED, INFO SCREEN SHOWED REDUCED PERFORMANCE. AFTER SITTING FOR AN HOUR, CAR STARTED AND WAS DRIVEN TO DEALER WHO REPLACED THROTTLE CONTROL MECHANISM. NO FURTHER FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED. THIS COMPLAINT IS ALREADY ON FILE FROM OTHER VEHICLE OWNERS. *JB

MY 2001 VOLVO V70 CROSS COUNTRY HAS LOST POWER AND STALLED THREE TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH. ONCE AS MY WIFE AND CHILD WERE CROSSING A DOUBLE SET OF RAILROAD TRACKS AND ONCE WHEN MY WIFE AND A FRIEND WERE BISECTING A BUSY INTERSECTION. I UNDERSTAND THIS HAS HAPPENED TO OTHER VOLVO OWNERS AND THAT THERE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE ETM (ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE). IT SHOULD BE RECALLED. I REPAIRED THE PROBLEM BECAUSE OF THE IMMEDIATE SAFETY CONCERNS AT A COST OF $1,000.*JB

1999 VOLVO S80-T6 HAS HAD A MULTITUDE OF PROBLEMS LATEST EVENT THE ENGINE QUIT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. WAS ABLE TO GET CAR TO SIDE OF THE ROAD. COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. TRANSPORTED VEHICLE 150 MILES TO DEALER. BECAUSE WE HAD HAD SO MAY PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE - $3000.00 WITHIN A THREE MONTH PERIOD CULMINATING IN THIS EVENT, THE DEALER GAVE US THE PARTS AND LABOR ($1500.00 IN THIS CASE.) *JB

I HAVE A 2001 VOLVO, MODEL S40. DURING THE LAST SIX MONTHS, I'VE EXPERIENCED A STALLED CAR ENGINE -- ESPECIALLY WHEN THE CAR IS IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT. WHEN THE STALL HAPPENS, I MUST FLOOR THE ACCELERATOR TO RESTART THE ENGINE AGAIN. THIS PROBLEM IS THE SAME AS THOSE ALREADY REPORTED TO THE NHTSA FOR OTHER VOLVO MODELS FOR THE YEARS 1999 TO 2001. *JB

WHILE DRIVING WITH MY 6 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AT 70 MPH ON HIGHWAY 58 IN GOLDEN, CO MY 2001 VOLVO XC WAGON SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND I COULD ONLY GO 10 MPH ON JULY 20, 2005. I WAS ABLE TO EXIT AND PARKED THE CAR FOR AN HOUR. IT RESTARTED AND RAN NORMALLY FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES WHEN I HAD A SECOND SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING 65 ON 6TH AVENUE IN GOLDEN. THE MESSAGE CENTER ON MY DASH SAID SERVICE WAS URGENT, SO I STOPPED THE CAR ON THE EXIT RAMP FOR 1.5 HRS. UNTIL A TOW TRUCK ARRIVED WHICH TOWED THE CAR TO RICKENBAUGH VOLVO IN DENVER FOR A COST OF $142.50. THE NEXT DAY, I PAID RICKENBAUGH VOLVO IN DENVER $982.53 TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE UNIT AND GASKET, AND REMOVE, CLEAN AND REPLACE THE CRANK CASE VENTILATION NIPPLE AND $272.68 FOR EMISSIONS SERVICE. *JB

MY 1999 S-80 VOLVO LOST POWER TEMPORARILY WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN TRAFFIC. SEVERAL OF THE CARS WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON INCLUDING THE TRANSMISSION SERVICE REQUIRED AND BRAKE SERVICE REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY TYPE MESSAGES. THE VOLVO DEALER JUST REPLACE THE ABS MODULE AND SEVERAL COIL PACKETS AND SPARK PLUGS. A COUPLE OF OLD PARTS WERE LEFT IN THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT THE PARTS ARE. *JB

2000 VOLVO C70 LP COUPE. ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE FAILURE. AT APPROXIMATELY 54.000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER, CAR STARTED STUTTERING AND BOGGING INTERMITTENTLY. AT 56,000 MILES, CAR WOULD ACTUALLY DIE AND REFUSE TO START. AFTER SHUTTING CAR DOWN, THE CAR COMPUTER WOULD EVENTUALLY RESET AND ALLOW THE ENGINE TO OPERATE NORMALLY. NOW, EVERY OTHER DAY, THE CAR'S ETS LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL GO ON AND THE CAR WILL STALL. *JB

ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 65 MPH WHEN MY VOLVO, YEAR 2000, S70 STARTED LOOSING POWER AND A LIGHT CAME ON, I BELIEVE IT SAID EGR. I PULLED OVER AND READ THE OWNERS MANUAL THAT SAID TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON AND IT MAY RESET ITSELF. IT DID NOT. I TURNED AROUND TO COME HOME AND DROVE CITY STREETS. IT WOULD STALL IF I DID NOT PLAY WITH THE PEDAL WHEN I HIT LIGHTS OR MADE TURNS. I COULD ONLY GET THE CAR TO RUN AT SLOW SPEEDS AS STEPPING ON THE PEDAL DID NOT HAVE AN EFFECT ON ACCELERATION. I MADE IT HOME AND THE NEXT DAY TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. IT DROVE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM TO THE DEALER. THEY REPLACED A HEAVY CUBE ABOUT 10 INCHES X 4" X 3" THAT CONTROLLED SOMETHING FOR ABOUT $700. *JB

ON HIGHWAY, CAR DECREASE SPEED RAPIDLY, POOR PERFORMANCE WARNING ON DASHBOARD , CHECK ENGINE, STALLS WHEN YOU STOP (LIGHTS, STOP SIGNS, ETC), BARELY MADE IT HOME. NO WARNING!!!!!! THIS HAPPENED JULY 2004 AND CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY. AIR MASS METER FLOW REPLACED BY DEALER AS IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED JULY 22 2005. SAME PART REPLACED FOR FREE ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS LESS THAN ONE YEAR SINCE THEY HAD REPLACED THE PART. THEY RECOMMEND A NEW THROTTLE BODY FOR $910 NOW THAT CAR IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. WHY WASN'T THAT PART REPLACED LAST YEAR? THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE WHILE ON THE FREEWAY WITH CHILDREN IN THE CAR. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN YOU SUDDENLY STOP ON A FREEWAY GOING 60 MPH WITH NO RESPONSE FROM THE GAS PEDAL. SINCE I HEARD THIS STORY, I CONTACTED VOLVO 1-800 NUMBER TO ASK WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO AND THEY SAID THEY WILL CALL ME BACK BY THE END OF THE WEEK. THE LOCAL DEALER SAID THEIR PHONE WAS RINGING ALL DAY AND THE SERVICE MANAGER WAS IN A MEETING ALL DAY. I HOPE YOU GET MANY REPORTS AS THIS HAS CERTAINLY BEEN A PROBLEM FOR US.*JB

ON 1/20/05, OUR 2000 VOLVO V70 XC WITH 74215 MILES ON THE ODOMETER STARTED TO LOSE POWER, AND RUN ERRATICALLY. THE ETS LIGHT CAME ON THE DASHBOARD. WE MANAGED TO GET IT TO A LOCAL IMPORT SPECIALIST ABOUT 2 MILES AWAY FROM THE INCIDENT. LEFT US STRANDED IN WINCHESTER WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION. TOLD IMPORT SPECIALIST TO INSPECT AND CLEAN THE ETM MODULE, WHICH THEY DID. SAID THEY COULDN'T REPLACE IT BECAUSE OF THE PROGRAMMING ISSUES. COST US. $121.85. CAR WORKED WITHOUT ETS LIGHT COMING ON UNTIL 2/17/05. TOOK IT TO FAIRFAX VOLVO ON 2/18/05. THEY REPLACED THE ETM MODULE. THERE WAS 75005 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. COST TO US WAS $859.66 PARTS AND LABOR. SINCE THEN, THE CAR HAS NOT HAD THE ETS LIGHT COME ON. *JB