VOLVO Complaints

SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND ENGINE STALL AT HIGHWAY SPEED. PULLED CAR OFF ROAD SAFELY. ENGINE RESTARTED. BROUGHT CAR TO VOLVO DEALER WHO COULD NOT IDENTIFY ANY PROBLEM. *NM

SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND STALLING OF ENGINE AT HIGHWAY SPEED. PULLED CAR SAFELY OFF ROAD. CAR RESTARTED. BROUGHT CAR TO VOLVO DEALER WHO COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM. *NM

2000 VOLVO S-70 CAR STALLED WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED. I HAD TO SPEND $1200 TO HAVE THE ELECTRONIC MODULE THAT REGULATES THE AIRFLOW AND GAS TO THE ENGINE REPLACED. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THIS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. VOLVO IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT IS NOT RECALLING OR REIMBURSING CAR OWNERS. *NM

WITHOUT WARNING MY 1998 VOLVO V70 AWD WAGON SHUTS OFF...WHILE DRIVING. POWER STEERING AND ALL. I'VE SPENT OVER $700 IN REPAIRS AND THE MECHANIC CANNOT FIGURE IT OUT. NOW I DARE NOT TAKE IT ON A HIGHWAY. THE RECENT REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING TO YEARS 1999 AND ON MUST BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE THE 1998. I BOUGHT THIS WAGON BECAUSE OF VOLVO'S LONGEVITY REPUTATION. NOW IT'S A POTENTIAL ROAD HAZARD. *NM

MY CAR STARTED RIDING ROUGH IN ABOUT 2003. RPM'S JUMP, CAR THRUSTS LIKE A GAS SURGE. THIS CAN OCCUR WHILE ON HIGHWAY SPEED OR WHILE IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT. THE CAR WAS SERVICED AND REPAIRED, BUT THEN THE PROBLEM CAME BACK (AFTER THE SERVICE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY). VOLVO HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM SUFFICIENTLY, BUT I HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY ARE RELATED TO MASS AIR CONTROL, THROTTLE CONTROL, AND OXYGEN SENSOR. MY CAR IS CURRENTLY AT VOLVOVILLE AGAIN FOR SERVICE OF THIS PROBLEM. *NM

MY 2000 S80 VOLVO A FEW WEEKS AGO HAD A SUDDEN LOSS OF SPEED ON HIGHWAY. MESSAGE SCREEN SAID TO SHUT OFF ENGINE AND RESTART. THIS WAS AT 65 MPH. AFTER PULLING OVER AND RESTARTING CAR IT WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 2K RPMS. AFTER 20 MINUTES IT STARTED AND I BROUGHT IT TO DEALER. THEY REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE AND ALSO STRONGLY RECOMMENDED AND I DID UPGRADE SOFTWARE ON ANOTHER CONTROLLER. I AM VERY CONCERNED AFTER READING ARTICLE TODAY THAT THE PROBLEM COULD HAPPEN AGAIN. I WAS LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO GET TO SIDE OF ROAD. *NM

ON JAN. 26, 2005, MY CAR CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I RESTARTED THE CAR AND COULDN'T GET IT TO DRIVE OVER 10 MPH. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER AT THEIR INSISTENCE. $790.43 LATER, I HAD MY THROTTLE BODY REPLACED ON MY 2001 VOLVO S60 AT MY EXPENSE BECAUSE IT WAS BEYOND WARRANTY. THE DEALER WOULD DO NOTHING FOR ME SINCE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. I FEEL THAT A 3 1/2 YEAR OLD CAR SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD THIS GREAT A REPAIR OR EXPENSE. I THINK THIS IS A RECALL ITEM AND WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF YOUR STUDY THAT IS NOW OPENED AS OF JULY 26TH. PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. *NM

A 1010 WINS NEW STORY ALERTED ME TO THE FACT THAT I AM HAVING THE SAME EXACT PROBLEMS WITH MY VOLVO S40 VIN#: [XXX]. I LOSE SPEED AS I AM DRIVING AND THE ENGINE FEELS AS IF IT IS GOING TO STOP AT ANY MOMENT. THE YEAR OF THE VEHICLE IS 2001. *NM UPDATED 07/19/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

BOUGHT USED VOLVO 2000 S80 FROM VOLVO OF HOUSTON, HAD SHIPPED TO CALIFORNIA WITH 30K MILES. WE HAVE PUT ANOTHER 45K ON THE VEHICLE. VOLVO OF PLEASANTON, HAS GIVEN US EXCELLENT SERVICE, THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 11 TIMES. I AM WRITING YOU THIS LETTER DUE TO THE INVESTIGATION FOR STALLING. THIS WAS THE FIRST PROBLEM THAT WE ENCOUNTERED, THE CAUSE WAS THE MASS AIR INTAKE SENSOR. THE CAR WOULD COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN ON FREEWAY OR PULLING AWAY FROM STOP LIGHT. THE RADIATOR FAN ALSO FAILED, CAUSING CAR TO OVER HEAT AND STALL. OTHER PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, FRONT END BALL JOINTS WEAR PREMATURELY, TRANSMISSION REPLACED AT 75K, ALTERNATOR REPLACED AT 50K, STEERING PROBLEMS, ACCORDING TO VOLVO OF PLEASANTON, IT WAS ABOUT TO FAIL. OH YEAH, AND A STUPID BULB LIGHT SENSOR, NUMEROUS TIMES KEPT FAILING. WE HAVE ANOTHER 25K MILES UNDER WARRANTY, THE CAR HAS BEEN ESSENTIALLY REBUILT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE MANITENANCE RECORDS, VOLVO OF PLEASANTON, CA. HAS EVERYTHING. THEY REALLY HAVE GIVEN US OUTSTANDING SERVICE. *NM

ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2004, MY VOLVO XC-70 (2001) STALLED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE I WAS DRIVING 55 MPH ON 695 WEST IN BALTIMORE JUST BEFORE THE EXIT FOR I-83N (EXIT 24). I WAS ALMOST HIT BY A SEMI AND SEVERAL OTHER CARS. MY CAR HAD TO BE TOWED AND THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. HOWEVER, ON DECEMBER 1, 2004, THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED WHEN MY CAR STALLED AT AN INTERSECTION BUT WE WERE ABLE TO RESTART IT. THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE WAS REPAIRED AGAIN. *NM