Volvo V70 Complaints (1999)

169 consumer complaints on file.

#10153172March 20, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING, AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY THE VEHICLE OPERATING AT A REDUCED SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION AND REPLACED THE COMPUTER, BUT THE PROBLEM RETURNED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT REPLACED THE BATTERY. AFTERWARDS, THE PROBLEM PERSISTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS AGAIN SEEN BY THE DEALER. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW COMPUTER AND THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER AWAITING THIS REPLACEMENT. THE CONSUMER STATED HE IS STILL EXPERIENCING STALLING PROBLEMS. THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT AUTHORIZE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ETS. THE DEALER STATED NO CODES WERE SHOWING UP. UPDATED 08/25/06. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10151332February 27, 2006
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ETS LIGHT ILLUMINATED THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. THIS OCCURRED AT ANY SPEED AND MAINLY WHILE TURNING AND APPLYING THE BRAKES. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM, AND HAPPENED 50-60 TIMES. THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE A PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10146633December 31, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
FAILURE OF THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE RESIULTED IN ERRATIC THROTTLE RESPONSE. SURGING ON IDLE WAS CAUSING PROBLEMS IF BRAKE WAS NOT APPLIED STRONGLY ENOUGH. CRUISE CONTROL WAS ALSO ERRATIC IN FUNCTION. TOOK TO THE DEALER FOR REPLACEMENT @ $1200.00. THEY GAVE NO INDICATION THAT THIS WAS A CHRONIC PROBLEM. I ONLY DISCOVERED THE CHRONIC NATURE OF THE PROBLEM ON A BULLETIN BOARD WEB SITE FOR VOLVO'S. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10146582December 30, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH, SUSPENSION, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES TO HAVE THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM RECURRED AFTER REPAIRS MADE. THE VEHICLE SURGES AND STUTTERS VIOLENTLY THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK THE DOOR LATCH WAS BROKEN. A LOOSE BALL JOINT WAS REPLACED. THE DRIVERS WINDOW WOULD NOT GO UP. UPDATED 01/25/06. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10144944December 12, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
MY 1999 VOLVO V70'S ENGINE UNEXPECTEDLY STOPPED RUNNING WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON I -95 IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY, AS THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE ETS WARNING LIGHT WAS ON AND THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. NO "LIMP HOME" MODE WAS AVAILABLE. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP. THEY GOT THE CAR RUNNING BUT CRUISE C. STILL INOP. INCIDENT OCCURRED 4-12-05. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10144481December 5, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY VOLVO V70 WILL SUDDENLY DE-ACCELERATE. I UNDERSTAND THIS MAY BE DUE TO A FAULTY ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SYSTEM. I HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR REPLACEMENTS PARTS THAT ARE ALSO FAULTY. THIS HAS OCCURRED TWICE SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR IN 1999. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10143972November 29, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
CAR STALLS AT ANY TIME. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10143234November 18, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
1999 VOLVO V70 WAGON. VEHICLE STALLED/LOST POWER AND DIED WHILE DRIVING DUE TO ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE (ETM) FAILURE. THE ETM WAS REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10143177November 9, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
STALLING AT LOW SPEEDS. THE ETM HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE, XREF 10137600. *AK THE MASS AIR FLOW UNIT WAS REPLACED, THE BULBS BURNED OUT, THE BLOWER MOTOR FAN WOULD RUN CONSTANTLY, THE CHECK ENGINE AND ABS LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE. THE CONSUMER SOLD THE VEHICLE IN MAY 2005. UPDATED 01/09/06. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10142196November 8, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I OWN A 99 VOLVO V70 WAGON, PURCHASED USED. VEHICLE HAS DEVELOPED DRIVABLILITY PROBLEMS RELATING TO THE ETM, (ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE) AND WILL SUDDENLY STOP OR CUT OUT WHILE DRIVING, OFTEN RESULTING IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHWAY. DEALER SAYS THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR VOLVO AND ESTIMATES COST TO REPAIR AT $800-$1200 BUT ALSO NOTES THAT PROBLEM OFTEN RETURNS BECAUSE REPLACED PARTS OFTEN FAIL ALSO. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT IS AFFECTING LARGE NUMBERS OF VOLVO CARS, AND IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY NHTSA!*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10141732November 4, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE THROTTLE ON OUR 1999 VOLVO V70 HAS FAILED. THE PROBLEM WAS NOTICED BY UNUSUAL THROTTLE BEHAVIOR ON THE FREEWAY AT 60 - 70 MILES PER HOUR. AFTER THIS BEHAVIOR HAD OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES OVER A PERIOD OF MONTHS, THE ETS LIGHT CAME ON INDICATING A THROTTLE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM CAUSED AN UNUSUAL FEELING TO DRIVING THE CAR AS IF THERE WERE SOME RESISTANCE OR IMPEDIMENT TO THE ENGINE RUNNING PROPERLY. THE ETS WARNING LIGHT CAME ON THE DATE BELOW LISTED AS "INCIDENT DATE," BUT THE PROBLEM WAS OCCURRING OVER A FEW MONTH PERIOD BEFORE THAT DATE. THE ETS LIGHT DID NOT STAY ON, BUT THERE IS CLEARLY A PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER, LEE VOLVO IN WELLESLEY, MA AND WAS TOLD THE THROTTLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS WORRISOME, BECAUSE THE MANUAL SAYS TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON WHEN THE ETS LIGHT COMES ON, BUT THE ETS LIGHT WILL NOT CONSISTENTLY INDICATE A PROBLEM, WHEN THE THROTTLE IS DEFECTIVE AS OURS IS. WE OWN A 2000 VOLVO S70, WHICH I UNDERSTAND MAY HAVE THE SAME THROTTLE, AND THAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING A RECALL FOR VOLVO THROTTLES. IT IS EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE $1,000+, AND DANGEROUS AS IT IS A PROBLEM WHICH MAY ARISE AT 70 MILES AN HOUR WITH NO WARNING. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10141623November 3, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
1999 VOLVO V70 ENGINE STARTS AND THEN STOPS SUDDENLY. SOMETIMES WILL HAVE TO RESTART ENGINE 3 OR 4 TIMES BEFORE IT CONTINUES TO RUN. DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIND AND/OR REPAIR THIS PROBLEM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10139374October 11, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
1999 VOLVO V70 ETM (ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE) FAILURE - MY WIFE AND 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WERE DRIVING THE CAR ON A MAJOR FOUR LANE AVENUE, IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, WHEN THE ETM FAILED. THE CAR STARTED IDLING ROUGH. WHEN SHE CAME TO A STOP LIGHT, SHE HAD TO PRESS THE BRAKE EXTREMELY HARD TO PREVENT THE CAR FROM LUNGING INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER. WHEN SHE ACCELERATED TO PROCEED, THE CAR WOULD ONLY GO A MAXIMUM OF 30 MPH, EVEN WITH THE ACCELERATOR PRESSED TO THE FLOOR. LUCKILY, THE CROWN VOLVO DEALERSHIP (GREENSBORO, NC) WAS ON THE SAME STRETCH OF AVENUE. SHE MANAGED TO GET TO THE DEALERSHIP AND GET IT REPAIRED. WE WERE DEVASTATED WHEN THEY TOLD US THE REPAIR WOULD COST $934.00. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT REDUCED TO $836.24, BECAUSE WE JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE A $100 DISCOUNT COUPON IN THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT. WE HAD JUST HAD A 60,000 MILE SERVICE PERFORMED ON THE CAR A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. THE ACTUAL MILEAGE WHEN THE ETM FAILED WAS 64,284. THE REPAIR INCLUDED REPLACING THE FAULTY ETM, A GASKET, AND A ETM PROGRAM RELOAD. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130851October 6, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DT: WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE LOST POWER AND DIED ON THE HIGHWAY. CALLER SAID THE ELECTRIC THROTTLE SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT CAME ON WHEN THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. HE WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE RESTARTED BUT IT WOULD NOT IDLE RIGHT AND COULD NOT BE DRIVEN. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE ELECTRIC THROTTLE NEEDE TO BE REPLACED. MANUFACTURER SAID SOMETIMES THESE THINGS FAILED. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10138495October 4, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DT: WHILE DRIVING ON 09/10/2005 THE VEHICLE HESITATED/LOST POWER AND DIED. ALSO ETS LIGHT APPEARED. IN ADDITION, BRAKES WERE NOT HOLDING. THIS STARTED IN 2002. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10138594October 4, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
SIRS - I FILE THIS COMPLIANT TO ADD TO THOSE ALREADY FILED BY OTHERS THAT DOCUMENT MALFUNCTIONING ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULES IN 1999 TO 2001 VOLVO 60/70/80-SERIES VEHICLES. MY 1999 V70 T5 CURRENTLY EXHIBITS THE CONDITIONS INDICATIVE OF ETM MALFUNCTION (E.G., ROUGH STARTING, UNEVEN ACCELERATION, AND INTERMITTENT SURGING WHEN DRIVING AT STEADY STATE HIGHWAY SPEEDS). THE ETS DASH PANEL LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED. ONLY ONCE HAS THE CAR COMPLETELY STALLED (AND IT OCCURRED IN THE VOLVO OF IRVINE, CA PARKING LOT AS I WAS DEPARTING). THE CAR JUST TURNED 90K MILES. IT HAS NOT LEFT ME STRANDED ON A HIGHWAY BUT I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT IT WILL STALL AND GO INTO "20-MPH LIMP HOME" MODE AND MAKE ME A TARGET. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10137802September 27, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
1999 VOLVO V70 W/61,000. ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE FAILURE (ETS AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS: ROUGH IDLE ON START (SURGING);SLOW SPEED ONLY. DEALER SERVICE MGR. INDICATED THEY REPLACE MANY, BUT NOT AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE. NO INDICATION THAT FAILURE WAS IMMINENT EXCEPT SLIGHT, OCCASIONAL HESITATION AFTER STARTUP. TRIP LENGTH OF 3 MILES. SUBSEQUENT STARTUP AND COMMUTE TO DEALER UNEVENTFUL EXCEPT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS LIT. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10137600September 26, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I'VE HAD NUMEROUS ELECTRONIC PROBLEMS WITH MY VOLVO V70 SINCE I BOUGHT IT IN 1998. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN BROUGHT BACK TO THE VOLVO REPAIR DEALER FOR MANY REPAIRS (I HAVE ORGANIZED DOCUMENTS OF ALL THE REPAIR ORDERS) CLEARLY IDENTIFIED AS "LOST OF POWER" WHILE DRIVING. MOSTLY ON SMALL ROADS AND ONLY ONCE ON AN INTERSTATE. ORIGINALLY STARTED UNDER WARRANTY, I WAS TOLD THAT THE SAME PROBLEM WAS NOT COVERED OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY WHEN I SPOKE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF VOLVO NORTH AMERICA'S SECRETARY. I HAVE HAD MANY PARTS REPLACED TRYING TO CORRECT THE SITUATION INCLUDING TWO ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL UNITS (TOTALING THREE IF YOU INCLUDE THE ONE THAT CAME WITH THE CAR). "LOSS OF POWER", "STALLING AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS", "HESITATION WHEN PRESSING ON ACCELERATOR", AN OTHER COMMENTS ARE ALL DOCUMENTED IN THE VOLVO REPAIR SHOP REPAIR ORDERS. THE PROBLEMS CONTINUED UNTIL THROUGHOUT MY OWNERSHIP OF THE CAR. I FINALLY GAVE UP AND SOLD IT JUNE 05. THE REPAIRS THAT VOLVO DID TO MY V70 WOULD WORK FOR A WHILE AND THEN THE LIGHTS WOULD SOON COME BACK ON. I'D PUT UP WITH IT FOR A WHILE UNTIL THE CAR STARTED TO BECOME TO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE (HESITATION) AND THEN I'D BRING IT IN FOR REPAIR. VOLVO TRIED DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS AND TOLD ME THAT THE COMPUTER CODES INDICATED DIFFERENT REPAIRS, BUT TO ME IT WAS ALWAYS THE SAME SYMPTOMS. I WOULD BE GLAD TO SHARE THE ENTIRE BOOK OF REPAIR ORDERS OVER THE 7 YEARS (AND 167,000 MILES) THAT I OWNED THE CAR. AGAIN THEY WERE ALWAYS DONE AT A CERTIFIED VOLVO DEALERSHIP. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10137439September 23, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DT: THE CONTACT STATED BASICALLY THE WARNING LIGHT WAS COMING ON IN THE LATTER PART OF 2003. IT HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THE DEALER TOLD HIM THAT HE COULD HAVE IT CLEANED, BUT THE WARNING LIGHT COULD STILL COME ON. HE WOULD EVENTUALLY HAVE TO REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE (ETM). THE CONTACT HAD IT REPLACED IN 2-04, AND JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH THE VALVES. HE CALLED THE DEALER STATING HE WOULD LIKE HIS MONEY BACK FROM VOLVO. BECAUSE THE CAR WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AT THE TIME HE HAD THE ETM REPLACED, AND BECAUSE THE MILEAGE WAS 64,495, THEY COULD NOT REIMBURSE HIM. THE CALLER WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10137173September 21, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CARS STALLS WITHOUT WARNING AT VARYING SPEEDS. SOMETIMES I JUST LOSE ACCELERATION WITHOUT WARNING- HAS CAUSED TWO NEAR CAUSES. I HAVE WRITTEN IN THE DATE OF MY LAST INCIDENT -BUT IT HAS OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY FOR THE PAST YEAR. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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