Volvo S60 Complaints (2001)

223 consumer complaints on file.

#10133323August 18, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I HAVE A 2001 VOLVO S60 T5. IN OCTOBER 2004 I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET WHEN I HAD A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND THE VEHICLE WENT FROM GOING 45 MPH TO 5 MPH, I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE. I WAITED A FEE MINUTES AND STARTED THE VEHICLE WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME. THIS HAPPENED A SECOND TIME THE NEXT DAY AND I CALLED VOLVO AND THEY TOLD ME TO BRING THE CAR IN. AS I WAS DRIVING TO THE DEALERSHIP I WAS APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE AWAY AND IT HAPPENED A THIRD TIME. THIS TIME THE PROBLEM DID NOT CORRECT ITSELF AND I HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED. I WAS TOLD THAT MY ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND BECAUSE I WAS PAST 50K IT WAS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. I HAD PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY TO 74K HOWEVER THEY STATED THAT THIS PART WAS NOT COVERED BY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY EITHER. I PAID OVER $1000.00 TO HAVE THE PART REPLACED. THE OLD PART WAS KEPT BY VOLVO OF LAS VEGAS.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10132832August 15, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ON VACATION, DRIVING 50 MPH ON FOUR-LANE HWY 17 IN SOUTH CAROLINA WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING LOST POWER AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE HIGHWAY. IT WOULD NOT RESTART. AS TRAFFIC RUSHED BY, MY WIFE AND I HAD TO PUSH THE CAR OFF THE ROAD. AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES OF TRYING TO RESTART, THE CAR FINALLY STARTED AND ACTED NORMALLY. WE WERE WITHIN 20 MILES OF OUR DESTINATION, SO WE STARTED OUT AGAIN ONLY TO STALL ABOUT A QUARTER MILE LATER. WE COASTED OFF THE ROAD AND HAD THE CAR TOWED 20 MILES TO THE NEAREST VOLVO DEALER. DEALER REPLACED THE THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE. CAR HAD 45K MILES ON IT, BUT WAS 3 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY SO WE HAD TO PAY ENTIRE $850 BILL. DESPITE OUR REPEATED REQUESTS, NEITHER THE S.C. DEALER NOR OUR LOCAL DEALER IN M.O. WOULD HELP US WITH THE COST. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10132964August 15, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ON SATURDAY APRIL 2, 2005 ,AT ABOUT 3:00 P.M., I WAS RETURNING HOME WITH MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER FROM A SPRING BREAK TRIP TO WASHINGTON D.C. WE HAD DRIVEN FOR A GOOD PART OF THE DAY THROUGH DIFFICULT CONDITIONS...CONSIDERABLE RAIN AND EVEN A SOME SNOW SHOWERS IN EASTERN OHIO. WHILE DRIVING ON THE OHIO TURNPIKE IN THE VICINITY OF TOLEDO, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER, THAT IS, THE CAR DECELERATED REGARDLESS OF FOOT-PRESSURE ON THE GAS PEDAL. ALTHOUGH I WAS AT THE TIME IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF A RATHER BUSY INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY, WHERE THE CAR STOPPED RUNNING ALTOGETHER. I LET THE CAR SIT FOR A MINUTE, AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO START THE ENGINE AGAIN. ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE TURNED OVER IT WOULD NOT RUN. THROUGH INFORMATION PROVIDED BY GEICO INSURANCE ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE FACILITY WERE ABLE TO SUMMON A TOW TRUCK, WHICH DELIVERED THE CAR, AND MY FAMILY TO A VOLVO DEALERSHIP SCHMIDT IN PERRYSBURG, OHIO AT ABOUT 5:00 P.M. ON THAT SATURDAY EVENING. THIS INCIDENT, APART FROM CONSIDERABLE INCONVENIENCE AND COST, PUT MY FAMILY AND ME IN A VERY HAZARDOUS SITUATION. PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF A GUARDRAIL, THE VEHICLE CAME TO REST ONLY INCHES AWAY FROM THE LINE SEPARATING THE HIGHWAY SHOULDER FROM THE RIGHT LANE. BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY TRAFFIC MUCH OF IT CONSISTING OF MASSIVE TRAILER-TRUCKS TRAVELING WEST I THINK IT REASONABLE TO SAY THAT THE EXPOSURE TO RISK WAS HIGH. HAD THE WEATHER VERY CHILLY TEMPERATURES, A PIECING NORTH WIND, AND THE EVER-PRESENT THREAT OF RAIN BEEN ANY BETTER I WOULD HAVE GUIDED MY FAMILY TO THE SHELTER OF AN OVERPASS ABOUT ONE QUARTER-MILE TO THE WEST UNTIL THE TOW-TRUCK ARRIVED. FORTUNATELY, OFFICER MACK OF THE OHIO HIGHWAY PATROL ARRIVED AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES, AND ALERTED PASSING TRAFFIC TO THE ROADSIDE HAZARD WITH THE FLASHING LIGHTS OF HIS PATROL CAR. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10132773August 14, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I HAVE A 2001 VOLVO S60 T5 AND I'VE BEEN NOTICING LATELY THE IDLE ON MY RPM SIDE GOING UP AND DOWN RAPIDLY AND THE CAR FEELS LIKE ITS GOING TO TURN OFF. THEN YESTERDAY THE SAME THING HAPPENED AND THE CAR SHUT DOWN AND I TURNED IT BACK ON AND IT BEGIN TRYING TO PUSH ITSELF SO I GOT SCARED AND PARKED IT. LUCKILY IT WAS BY MY HOME AND THEN TODAY I WENT TO RETRIEVE IT AND IT BEGIN DOING THE SAME THING. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I SAW SOME MEDIA COVERAGE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM DUE TO THE THROTTLE BODY MODULE. PLEASE HELP AND TRY TO GET THIS PART RECALLED BECAUSE SOMEONE CAN GET SERIOUSLY HURT OR EVEN GOD FORBID PASS AWAY DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131782August 6, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX 40 MPH, I HEARD A POPPING NOISE AND A MESSAGE CAME ON IN THE DASH STATING "REDUCED EMISSION SERVICE". I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AT A MAXIMUM OF 10 MPH FOR 5 MILES TO MY NEAREST VOLVO DEALERSHIP. MY MILEAGE WAS JUST ABOUT 69,000 MILES. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED IT AS AN ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE FAILURE AND REPLACED THE ETM. THE CAR HANDLED PROPERLY AFTER THE REPAIR, WHICH WAS COVERED UNDER THE 7 YEAR/70,000 MILE EXTENDED EMISSIONS WARRANTY. THE OLD PART WAS RETURNED TO VOLVO CARS NORTH AMERICA. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131239August 3, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY 2001 S 60 VOLVO SEDAN LOSES POWER DURING ACCELERATION. THE RPMS RACE BUT THE VEHICLE FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING TO STALL. I HAVE BROUGHT THIS VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES FOR THE SAME COMPLAINT. ON THE FIFTH TIME, THEY REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE. THAT WAS ON AUGUST 1, 2005. SINCE THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT, I CAN'T TELL YET IF THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN FIXED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131416August 3, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
DT: CONSUMER STATED 2001 VOLVO S 60 WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE UNIT THAT REGULATED THE AIR FLOW INTO THE BRAKES AND ENGINE. THE CAR WAS MAKING A HISSING SOUND, LIKE AIR BEING LET INTO THE CABIN. THIS WAS HAPPENING A LOT, ESPECIALLY IN THE HEAT. THE BRAKES HAD TO BE DEPRESSED TO GET THE CAR TO STOP. CONSUMER HAD THE CAR FIXED LAST WEEK AT THE DEALERSHIP; THE MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE AIR PUMP TO THE BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT STALLING,OR LOSING POWER, NOR WERE THERE NEAR MISSES. CONSUME R WAS JUST RESPONDING TO THIS BECAUSE OF WHAT SHE SAW ON THE NEWS. THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. REPAIRS WERE DONE AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130946August 2, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
I OWNED A 1991 VOLVO S60 SEDAN AND I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE INVESTIGATING THIS CAR. FROM TIME TO TIME AS I DROVE IT, IT WOULD UNEXPECTEDLY LOOSE SPEED AND POWER FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN RESUME. IT NEVER FULLY STALLED OUT. I HAD MENTIONED THIS AT A SERVICE TIME FOR THE CAR BUT NOTHING WRONG WAS UNCOVERED. RECENTLY MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE CAR ON INTERSTATE 5 SOUTH OF LA WHEN THE CAR ENGINE CEASED FUNCTIONING WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING IN THE HOV LANE. FORTUNATELY THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER THROUGH TRAFFIC WITHOUT GETTING HIT. THE EASILY COULD HAVE BEEN HIT AND SHE COULD HAVE DIED AND WE NEVER WOULD HAVE KNOWN IT WAS A VEHICLE FAILURE. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP WHERE I WAS TOLD THEY EVENTUALLY DIAGNOSED A "FAILED FUEL PUMP". I HAVE NO VALIDATION OF THIS. I DID NOT WANT TO DRIVE THIS CAR AGAIN AND IT WAS LEASE-END SO I TRADED THE CAR IN THAT VERY DAY FOR A NEW CAR. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130972August 2, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
VOLVO S60 2.4T 2001; STALLS WITHOUT WARNING WHEN ACCELERATING AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR, WARNING LIGHTS COME ON, CAR WILL RESTART AFTER A FEW MINUTES. HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN 3 DAYS. IN THE SHOP TODAY FOR REPAIR. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131000August 2, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
(1) DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT MAXIMUM LEGAL SPEED FOR SEVERAL HOURS. (2) ENGINE ABRUPTLY STOPS WITHOUT WARNING RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. ATTEMPTS TO RESTART ENGINE WHILE MOVING NOT SUCCESSFUL. NEGOTIATE THROUGH TRAFFIC TO SHOULDER OF ROAD, NARROWLY AVOIDING ACCIDENT. (3) VEHICLE SAT ON SIDE OF ROAD FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES AND THEN RESTARTED WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE TRIP AND RETURN HOME. (4) TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. ENGINE WAS CHECKED, BUT NO PROBLEMS FOUND. (5) THIS HAS OCCURRED TWO TIMES DURING THE FOUR YEARS WE HAVE OWNED VEHICLE .. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131088August 2, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
(1) CAR RAN ROUGH IN ANY GEAR WHEN TRYING TO MAINTAIN SPEED (2) I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE I COULD NOT STAND IT (3) $1409 REPAIR TO REPLACE THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE. I WAS TOLD IF I DID NOT REPLACE IT THE CAR WOULD STALL AND BE UNDRIVEABLE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131196August 2, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
ENGINE STALLED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130899August 1, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER WHILE LEAVING A PARKING LOT. THE SPEED DROPPED TO BELOW 20 MPH. I WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE ABOVE 20 MPH. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACE THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL AT A COST OF OVER $900. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130930August 1, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130859August 1, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DT: 2001 VOLVO S60. THE CONSUMER STATES IN TRAFFIC THE VEHICLE WILL CUT OUT AND IT WILL NOT MOVE. WHEN TRYING TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IT WILL COME BACK ON. THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE INSPECTED. THEY FOUND THAT THERE WAS A MALFUNCTION WITH THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE. THIS WOULD COST THE CONSUMER $400 TO FIX IT. THIS FIRST HAPPENED ON MAY 26, 2005 ,AND MOST RECENTLY ON AUGUST 1, 2005.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096625December 7, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT EH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION PRIOR TO HER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS A CRACKED TRANSMISSION, POWER STEERING LEAK, OIL LEAK AND TWO DEPLOYED AIR BAGS. *JB *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089909November 9, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THIS IS NOT THE COMPLAINT SHE FILED HER COMPLAINT WAS ABOUT HER GAS TANK DOOR COMING OFF. *AK *TC *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086264August 5, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
IN OCTOBER 2003 AND JULY 2004, WHILE DRIVING MY CAR TO WORK EACH TIME WHAT APPEARED TO BE SMALL ROCKS/PEBBLES/STONES HAVE STRUCK THE WINDSHIELD OF MY 2001 VOLVO S60 2.4T IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA AROUND THE REARVIEW MIRROR. BOTH TIMES, THE WINDSHIELD SHATTERED IN THAT REGION AND CRACKS PROPAGATED FROM THE POINT OF IMPACT. THIS APPEARS TO BE A STRESS REGION IN THE WINDSHIELD THAT CANNOT WITHSTAND IMPACTS BY RELATIVELY SMALL OBJECTS. THESE TWO INCIDENTS HAVE RESULTED IN THE REPLACEMENT OF THE WINDSHIELD EACH TIME.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061081March 1, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
WHILE AT A GAS STATION DRIVER OPENED THE GAS TANK DOOR, AND THE DOOR SHEARED OFF FROM THE PLASTIC HINGES. DRIVER WILL TAKE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10054688January 22, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE DRIVING 0 THIS HAS HAPPENED AT BOTH LOW AND HIGH SPEEDS. THIS IS THE FORTH TIME IN TWO YEARS THAT MY VOLVO S60 2.4 HAS HAD THIS TYPE OF FAILURE. THREE TIMES BEFORE IT HAS SUPPOSEDLY BEEN REPAIRED - BUT YET AGAIN IT THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED. THREE TIMES IN HEAVY TRAFFIC SITUATIONS - THREE TIMES PUTTING MYSELF IN JEOPARDY. VOLVO SEEMS INCAPABLE OF FIXING THIS VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM.AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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