Volvo S80 Complaints

954 consumer complaints on file.

#10131215August 3, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
RE:1999, S-80,T-6 VOLVO. SAW AN AP ARTICLE IN MY LOCAL PAPER TODAY RE COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION. I EXPERIENCED VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE SAME PROBLEMS CITED IN THE ARTICLE. NAMELY STALL W/O WARNING, FROM A STOP,STEP ON GAS AND BARELY WOULD MOVE(LIKE SLIPPING CLUTCH ON A MANUAL TRANSMISSION) , HAD NUMEROUS INCIDENTS WHERE I FELT VULNERABLE AND UNSAFE IN TRAFFIC, LOSS OF POWER STEERING ETC. SOUNDS VERY MUCH LIKE THESE OTHER COMPLAINTS. AT SAME TIME I HAD LOTS OF INCORRECT "READOUTS" ON DASH PANEL. I COMPLAINED TO DEALER WHO SAID THIS ALL COULD BE RELATED TO THE ABS CONTROL MODULE WHICH WAS REPLACED AT COST OF $825.00. OLD PART WAS NOT GIVEN BACK TO ME. OF NOTE IS THAT DURING THE SAME REPAIR A BELT WAS REPLACED WHICH THEY DID GIVE BACK TO ME, BUT NOT THE MODULE. MILEAGE WAS ONLY 61,376. THIS MODULE DID SOLVE THE PROBLEM HOWEVER I AM NOW GETTING ANOTHER GOOFY READOUT THAT DEALER SAYS COULD BE A DEFECTIVE MODULE. CURRENT MILEAGE IS 61779. I DID NOT THINK THAT FAILURES OF THIS TYPE SHOULD OCCUR AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE. AT THE TIME I ASKED IF THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS AND WAS TOLD NO. I AM NOT HAPPY WITH THIS SITUATION AND II DO SUSPICION THAT A DEFECT EXISTS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131220August 3, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2000 VOLVO S80 STALLING WHILE DRIVING SEVERAL EPISODES, ALL AT LOW SPEED THE EPISODE BELOW WAS THE LAST. *JB
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131234August 3, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
DT: CONTACT STATES OWNED A 2000 VOLVO S80, AND THE VEHICLE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES. WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEEDS ,SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A LEFT TURNAND VEHICLE STALLED THE FIRST TIME. THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEEDS WHEN VEHICLE STALLED. A COUPLE OF TIMES THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL SERVICE DEALER WHEN THIS HAPPENED. CONSUMER STATED SAW ON TELEVISION WHERE THERE HAD BEEN SEVERAL CASES WITH VOLVO MODELS WHO WERE HAVING STALLING PROBLEMS. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, BUT THE CONSUMER CCOULD NOT REMEMBER WHAT REPAIRS WERE DONE. CONSUMER NO LONGER HAD THE VEHICLE BECAUSE SHE DID NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131256August 3, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CRANKCASE (PCV)
DT;VEHICLE STALLED/LOST POWER, AND OPERATED ON REDUCED SPEED. PCV FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131338August 3, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
VOLVO S80 NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE05041 SAW THAT NHTSA RECENTLY OPENED AN INQUIRY INTO ISSUE OF ETM IN VOLVOS AND WANTED TO ADD MY CAR TO LIST OF COMPLAINTS RECEIVED. I HAD MANY INCIDENTS OF CAR SUDDENLY KILLING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC OVER THE COURSE OF FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS. FORTUNATELY I DID NOT HAVE AN ACCIDENT, BUT ONLY DUE TO EXTREME DEFENSIVE DRIVING: AVOIDED RUSH HOUR, STAYED TO OUTSIDE LANES, WAS ABLE TO COAST TO SHOULDER, ETC. DEALER WAS AWARE THAT ETM WAS ISSUE, BUT EXTENDED WARRANTY REFUSED TO COVER BECAUSE ERROR CODES DID NOT STAY IN CAR COMPUTER. ONCE ETM WAS REPLACE EARLIER THIS YEAR, CAR HAS BEEN WORKING FINE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131356August 3, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DT:VEHICLE STALLED/ LOST POWER AND DIED. THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131361August 3, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
DT: VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY STALLED/LOST POWER. THERE WERE NO ACCIDENT. THE MASS AIR FLOW WAS REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131371August 3, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
I SHOULD HAVE KNOW THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH MY USED 2000 VOLVO S80 T6 TWO WEEKS AFTER PURCHASED IT WHEN THE ENGINE CUT OFF ON ME WHILE I WAS GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. I JUST THOUGHT THAT MY CAR WAS STILL WARMING UP AND THAT IS WHY THE ENGINE CUT OFF. THEN A COUPLE WEEKS LATER MY AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS WOULD WORK INTERMITTENTLY SO MUCH SO THAT I HAD TO USE MY REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY JUST TO UNLOCK MY DOORS WHILE I AM SITTING INSIDE MY CAR! BUT THIS ISN'T THE WORST OF IT. WHILE I AM ON MY WAY TO A HAIR APPT IN HEAVY LOS ANGELES TRAFFIC, MY CAR STARTING STALLING. I WAS DOING 30 - 50 MILES PER HOUR GOING DOWN THE FREEWAY AND MY CAR WOULD JUST CUT OFF. IMAGINE IF MY 3 YEAR DAUGHTER WAS IN THE CAR AT THE TIME. I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT I WAS HAVING ENGINE PROBLEMS WITH THE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED VOLVO. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. I HAD TO LITERALLY DRIVE ON THE SHOULDER OF THE FREEWAY JUST TO KEEP GIVING MY CAR POWER. I HAD NEVER BEEN SO AFRAID WHILE DRIVING. I WAS UPSET AND PISSED OFF THAT MY CAR WAS STILL CONSIDERED SAFE TO DRIVE. ALL OF THESE MODELS SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE STREETS. I EVENTUALLY HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE VOLVO DEALER AND LUCKILY I STILL HAD THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT IT WAS A FAULTY ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE AND THEY REPLACED IT. MY CAR WAS WORKING FINE UNTIL TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN THE SAME ISSUE HAS STARTED TO OCCUR WITH THE AUTOMATIC LOCKS. I CAN'T UNLOCK THE AUTOMATIC LOCKS FROM INSIDE OF MY CAR, I HAVE TO USE THE REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY. I HAVE TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE CAR THAT I AM DRIVING IN IS A DEATH TRAP AND THAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED FOR ALL THE HEADACHES THAT THIS CAR HAS GIVEN ME. VOLVO'S MOTTO IS "FOR LIFE", I AM STARTING TO TELL PEOPLE, IF YOU VALUE YOUR LIFE, THEN DON'T PURCHASE A VOLVO.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131424August 3, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I AM THE OWNER OF A 2000 VOLVO S80. I PURCHASED IT UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY "CERTIFIED" USED CAR PROGRAM FROM CLAYTON VOLVO IN KNOXVILLE TENN. IN APRIL 2001. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, WHILE THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, THE CAR DIED IN THE MIDDLE ON AN INTERSECTION. AFTER TOWING IT TO THE DEALER IT WAS DISCOVERED THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE WAS FOULED UP WITH CARBON. THAT UNIT WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. A COUPLE YEARS LATER, THE CAR AGAIN DIED. THIS TIME IT HAPPENED IN A PARKING LOT. THANKFULLY, IN BOTH CASES IT HAPPENED IN A "SAFE" SITUATION. AGAIN, THE ETM WAS DETERMINE TO BE THE PROBLEM. BUT BY THIS TIME, THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE PROBLEM WAS AN ON-GOING ISSUE. THIS TIME I WAS FORCED TO PAY NEARLY $1000 IN REPAIRS. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU ARE COLLECTING INFORMATION ON THIS PROBLEM, SO I FELT COMPELLED TO ADD MY COMPLAINT. ALTHOUGH I DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC DATES AVAILABLE TO ME HERE, I CAN CHECK MY RECORDS AND PROVIDE THEM IF NECESSARY. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131456August 3, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
IN OCTOBER 2001 WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT MY LIGHTS WENT OFF. THE FOLLOWING DAY WHILE I WAS CROSSING THE STREET MY CAR STALLED. APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES LATER I WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR AT THE SAME TIME LIGHTS WENT ON. CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY-REPAIR THROTTLE BODY & GASKET. IN JUNE 2004 CAR STALLED AGAIN. REPLACED SWAY LINKS AND PROGRAM DOWNLOAD-$338.19. IN DEC 2004 CAR STALL ON THE ROAD AGAIN. IT WAS TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP- REPLACED:THROTTLE BODY, MASS AIR FLOW, MFI MODULE- COST 2098.96. I DO NOT TAKE THIS CAR ON ANY LONGER TRIP. DO TO FEW STALLS ON THE ROAD AND FREQUENT LOSS OF HEAD LIGHTS AND NUMEROUS OTHER MECHANICAL PROBLEMS I BELIEVE THIS CAR IS UNSAFE TO BE ON THE ROAD. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131465August 3, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CAR CUTS OFF UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY. LOSES ALL POWER AND SHUTS DOWN. I HAVE TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND START ENGINE AGAIN. CAR WILL ALSO CUT OFF WHEN PULLING INTO PARKING LOTS WHILE TRYING TO PARK. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE CAR WAS PURCHASED IN MARCH OF 2005. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131474August 3, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
VOLVO S80... STALLS WHEN IDLING. I ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT WHEN IT STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130945August 2, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
WHILE DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AT 65-70 MPH, MY 2001 VOLVO S80 T6 DISPLAYED A MESSAGE INDICATING "REDUCED POWER". I WAS ABLE TO STEER THE CAR, BUT PUSHING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAD NO EFFECT. I WAS FORCED TO MANEUVER TO THE SHOULDER AND HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO MY LOCAL DEALER. THE CAR WOULD START AND CONTINUE TO RUN, BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT "GO". IT WAS AS IF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAD BEEN DISCONNECTED. THIS WAS ACTUALLY THE SECOND TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO THIS CAR. THE FIRST OCCURRED A MERE 20 MONTHS EARLIER. THE VOLVO MECHANIC INDICATED - DURING BOTH INCIDENTS - THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE HAD FAILED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. MY CAR WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY EITHER TIME - HAD JUST EXCEEDED WARRANTY MILEAGE WHEN THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED. IN ADDITION TO BEING PUT INTO A DANGEROUS SITUATION ON A CROWDED INTERSTATES HIGHWAY, I WAS FORCED TO PAY MORE THAN $1000 TO HAVE THE PART REPLACED EACH TIME. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130941August 2, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130955August 2, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
AS WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER POSTINGS ON THIS SITE, I HAVE A 2000 VOLVO S80 T6 AND HAD A FAILURE OF THE THROTTLE BODY UNIT AT ABOUT 72,000 MILES ON THE CAR. I WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE IN ATLANTA WHEN I GOT THE WARNING MESSAGE THAT PERFORMANCE HAD BEEN REDUCED. I CALLED THE VOLVO DEALER, THEY STATED TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND THE PROBLEM MAY CORRECT ITSELF. (THEY DID SAY THAT I NEEDED TO BRING THE CAR IN FOR THEM TO LOOK AT.) THE PROBLEM THEN WAS FIXED FOR ABOUT 80 MILES BEFORE I HAD FAILURE AGAIN AND HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED. THEY REPLACED THE PART AND SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED AS A PART OF THE "CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED" WARRANTY. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130968August 2, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DT: THE VEHICLE CUT OFF. WHEN GETTING READY TO PARK THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. DID THE SAME THING WHEN SITTING AT A LIGHT IF LET TING UP FROM THE BRAKES. THE ENGINE REVVED. WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL TO MAKE A LEFT OR RIGHT HAND TURNS ITS WA SHARD TO GET IT TO GO BACK FORWARD. THIS STARTED BACK IN 2000 BUT IT BECAME WORSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130974August 2, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE SMALL CHANGES IN SPEED OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL MONTHS THE CAR BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND THEN STALL AT SPEED BETWEEN 50-75 MPH. THE CAR RESTARTED BUT SPEED WAS INCONSISTENT EVEN WITH CRUISE CONTROL. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED THAT IS WAS PROBABLY THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE, THIS WAS WITHOUT FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE. THE SERVICE WORK WAS DONE AND SO FAR THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN CORRECTED. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130976August 2, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DT: 2001 VOLVO S80. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION ON HER VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH CAR STALLED, THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED. THE FIRST TIME WAS IN MAY AND THE MECHANIC SAID IT WAS A COMPUTER GLITZ. I HAD THE CAR TOWED INTO THE DEALER, AND THEY IT WAS THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE. THIS WAS REPAIRED AT THE COST WAS $902.09. ICALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THIS INVESTIGATION. BUT DID GET THIS INFORMATION OFF THE INTERNET. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131001August 2, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON A BUSY 4 LANE HIGHWAY WHEN THE CAR STALLED WHILE IN MOTION. SHE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART IT WHEN IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. SHE CAME VERY CLOSE TO AN ACCIDENT AS IT WAS A VERY BUSY STREET. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO VOLVO OF FIFE AND THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. SAID NOTHING REGISTERED ON THE COMPUTER. I TOLD THEM THIS HAD HAPPENED TO ME ONCE AND SEEMED LIKE A VAPOR LOCK. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A PART THAT HAS GONE OUT ON SOME OF THE EARLY MODEL S80'S BUT IT'S $1,300.00 TO REPLACE AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT UNLESS THEY KNEW FOR SURE. THE PART HASN'T BEEN REPLACED AND MY WIFE IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF IT STALLS WHEN SHE'S DOING 65 MPH DOWN THE FREEWAY. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131009August 2, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DT: BEGINNING LAST YEAR, WHILE DRIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD RPMS WOULD GO WAY UP AND FALL BACK DOWN OVER AND OVER FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES. THEN ,THE ENGINE CUT OFF. THE VEHICLE STARTED RIGHT BACK UP. THEN, RIGHT AWAY THE PROBLEM WOULD OCCUR AGAIN. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE AIR INTAKE VALVE WAS REPLACED. THE PROBLEM STOPPED FOR A WHILE. THEN, THE EXACT PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN ON JUNE 15 2005. THE CAR WOULD STOP IN TRAFFIC. THE RMPS WOULD GO UP AND DOWN FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES, AND TTHERE WAS ELECTRICAL POWER. THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES WHEN THE CAR SHUT COMPLETELY DOWN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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