VOLVO Complaints

VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER WHILE DRIVING ON I695, NEAR TOWSON, MD. WAITED 30 MINUTES AND RE-STARTED VEHICLE. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ETM THROTTLE MODULE NEEDED TO BE CLEANED. MECHANIC ALSO SAID THAT THE ETM SHOULD BE REPLACED, AS HE HAD SEEN MANY OTHER VOLVO ETM FAILURES.*JB

08/02/2005 2005 VOLVO S 60 I WAS RETURNING FROM VACATION (WE HAD BEEN DRIVING APPR. 1 HR & 30 MIN) AND MY CAR SUDDENLY, WITH NO WARNING, STALLED AND LOST ALL POWER. WE COASTED TO A SIDE STREET AND TRIED TO START THE ENGINE...NOTHING HAPPENED. WE WERE TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP WHERE THE FUEL PUMP MODULE WAS REPLACED. THIS PAST WEEKEND (APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH SINCE THE LAST INCIDENCE) WE WERE AT AN INTERSECTION AND AGAIN THE CAR COMPLETELY STALLED AND LOST POWER WITH NO WARNING. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED. *JB

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS I COULD NOT ACCELERATE, AND HAD TO PROCEED TO THE SHOULDER. I COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING VISUALLY WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. I WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND IT STARTED BACK UP AND WENT ON MY WAY. THIS HAPPENED A NUMBER OF TIMES UNTIL I REACHED MY DESTINATION. WHEN I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE SHOP THEY REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SENSOR. SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN HAVING ELECTRICAL ISSUES. THE CAR WOULD NOT START AFTER STOPPING AT A CONVENIENT STORE, I GOT A JUMP START. ALSO THE TRUNK LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING ON, AND MY CAR ALARM HAS BEEN GOING OFF RANDOMLY. *JB

DT: THE VEHICLE WAS A 2000 VOLVO S80. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND LOST POWER ON THREE OCCASIONS. *AK

2001 VOLVO S80 4 DOOR SEDAN. ENGINE STALLING WITH NO WARNING. RESTART BUT SHUT-OFF AGAIN. MILEAGE ON SECOND OCCURRENCE 71141 ON 7/28/05 AT A COST OF APPROX. $1500. MILEAGE ON FIRST OCCURRENCE 50348 ON 12/19/04, COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. BOTH TIMES ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE WAS DIAGNOSED. *JB

MY VEHICLE HAS STALLED, WHILE IN MOTION (CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING, BRAKES, LIGHTS, ETC.), SIX TIMES IN THE LAST TEN MONTHS. I HAVE NOTATED THE FOLLOWING DETAILS FOR EACH OCCURRENCE: OCT.13, 2004 - 3:45 PM STALLED AFTER COASTING UP SMALL INCLINE, AND APPROACHING A STOP SIGN TRAVELING AT A RATE OF 35 MPH DRIVE TIME ELAPSED PRIOR TO STALLING: 10 MIN COMMENTS: PRIOR TO STALLING EMISSIONS SYSTEM REQUIRES SERVICE LAMP ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. ODOMETER AT 70418. ACTION TAKEN: REAR O2 SENSOR WAS REPLACED AND THE MESSAGE WAS CLEARED. NOV. 4, 2004 - 7:00 PM STALLED WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN INTO A PARKING SPACE TRAVELING AT A RATE OF 10 MPH DRIVE TIME ELAPSED PRIOR TO STALLING: 10 MIN COMMENTS: NO ERROR MESSAGE ILLUMINATED. ODOMETER AT 70615. NOV.22, 2004 -11:30 PM STALLED ON WINDING STREET IN GATED COMMUNITY AT GOLF COURSE TRAVELING AT A RATE OF 20 MPH DRIVE TIME ELAPSED PRIOR TO STALLING: 25 MIN COMMENTS: EMISSIONS SYSTEM REQUIRES SERVICE LAMP ILLUMINATED THE FOLLOWING DAY AT 9:30 PM. ODOMETER AT 70950. ACTION TAKEN: REPLACED FRONT O2 SENSOR AND CLEANED ETM. JAN. 8, 2005 - 12:15 AM STALLED ON FREEWAY DECELERATING PRIOR TO APPROACHING EXIT TRAVELING AT A RATE OF 70 MPH DRIVE TIME ELAPSED PRIOR TO STALLING: 5 MIN COMMENTS: EMISSIONS SYSTEM REQUIRES SERVICE LAMP ILLUMINATED IMMEDIATELY. ODOMETER AT 71595. ACTION TAKEN: UNABLE TO TURN OFF THE EMISSIONS LAMP AND CLAIMED IT WAS SIMPLY A GLITCH ''GHOST''. JUNE 28, 2005 '' 1:30 AM STALLED ON FREEWAY DECELERATING PRIOR TO APPROACHING EXIT DRIVE TIME ELAPSED PRIOR TO STALLING: 3.5 HOURS TRAVELING AT A RATE OF 80 MPH COMMENTS: NO ERROR MESSAGE ILLUMINATED. ODOMETER AT 74150. JUNE 28, 2005 '' 1:32 AM STARTED VEHICLE AFTER STALLING, DROVE ABOUT TEN FEET AND IT STALLED AGAIN AS I WAS MAKING A U-TURN. ODOMETER AT 74150. *JB

DURING NORMAL CITY AND HIGHWAY DRIVING, MY 2003 VOLVO S-60 SEDANS ENGINE AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SUDDENLY FAILS WITHOUT WARNING, RESULTING IN A DANGEROUS COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER AND CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE DANGEROUS INCIDENT HAS OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE ORIGINAL DEALER, WARREN HENRY VOLVO, AND VOLVO NORTH AMERICA, WERE BOTH NOTIFIED OF THE VOLVOS HAZARDOUS PROBLEM, AND THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN SERVICE AND REPAIR ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM WITHOUT SATISFACTORY RESOLUTION. TO DATE, THE 2003 VOLVO S-60 EXHIBITS THE SAME DANGEROUS PROBLEMS.*JB

MY VOLVO S80 T6 SEDAN (YEAR 2000) STALLED 2 TIMES WITHIN ONE WEEK. THIS HAPPENED WHEN I SLOWED THE VEHICLE TO LESS THAN 10 MILES PER HOUR TO PASS THROUGH THE EZ PASS LANE OF NJ TURNPIKE TOLLS. *JB

HAVE EXPERIENCED ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE FAILURE ON OUR VOLVO 2000 V70 XC. PART HAD TO BE REPLACED WITH ONLY 85,000 MILES ON CAR.*JB

WE HAVE A V70 VOLVO 2001 WAGON AND IT HAS STALLED SEVERAL TIMES ESPECIALLY WHILE STOPPED. WE TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER CENTURY VOLVO IN HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA AND THEY REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULAR AN $800.00 PART PLUS LABOR FOR A TOTAL OF $1100. I NOW SEE THAT THE FEDS ARE INVESTIGATING THIS PROBLEM. WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS, WILL I GET REIMBURSED FROM THE DEALER OR VOLVO, WILL THERE BE A RECALL? *JB