Volvo V70 Complaints

934 consumer complaints on file.

#10131428August 3, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DT: VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLYSTALLED AND LOST POWER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131436August 3, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DT: VEHICLE STALLED AND LOST POWER TALKED TO MECHANIC HE WARNED CONSUMER OF STALLIN GPROBLEM. TOOK VEHICLE TO A VOLVO FOR REPAIRS. DEALER PAID FOR PARTS AND CONSUMER PAID FOR THE REPAIR WORK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131445August 3, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DT: CONTACT STATED ON TWO OCCASIONS VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE FIRST TIME THERE WAS A COMPUTER MESSAGE THAT DISPLAYED REDUCED PERFORMANCE. THEN VEHICLE STALLED, BUT IMMEDIATELY STARTED UP. THE SECOND TIME WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 40-45 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE REDUCED PERFORMANCE LIGHT WAS DISPLAYED AGAIN, BUT THE CAR DID NOT IMMEDIATELY START UP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131453August 3, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH FOLLOWED BY LOSS OF ACCELERATION THEN STALLING. CAR STALLED IN TRAFFIC CAUSING TRAFFIC JAM. SUBSEQUENTLY RESTARTED AND DRIVEN TO DEALER FOR REPAIR. PARTS REPLACED WERE THROTTLE CONTROL BODY, GASKET AND ETM RELOAD AT A COST OF $942. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131460August 3, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
11/12/04 MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR REPLACED 12/16/04 MAP SENSOR & SHUT OFF VALVE REPLACED 3/15/05 SHUT OFF VALVE REPLACED AGAIN! 1/18 05 MASTER WINDOW SWITCH PACK REPLACED - 5/31/05 MASTER WINDOW SWITCH PACK REPLACED AGAIN!! 3/17/05 ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE REPLACED!!! 5/9/05 OXYGEN SENSOR AND ABS CONTROL UNIT REPLACED. WHEN THE THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE FAILED IN MARCH 2005, MY 1999 VOLVO V70 HAD ONLY 55,000 MILES ON IT! I WAS ON THE EXPRESSWAY WHEN MY CAR LOST POWER AND HAD NO WAY TO GET BACK ONTO THE ROAD SAFELY.....I HAVE SPENT OVER $4000 IN THE PAST YEAR REPLACING ELECTRICAL CONTROL UNITS IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS CAR SAFE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE PAST YEAR. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR FOR FEAR OF SOMETHING ELSE GOING WRONG WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. I HAVE FOUR SMALL GRANDCHILDREN WHO ARE WITH ME AT LEAST THREE DAYS A WEEK. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131477August 3, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DT: THE CONTACT OWNED A 2001 VOLVO V70. THE NHTSA ACTION NUMBER WAS PE05041. VEHICLE STALLED/LOST POWER DUE TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131494August 3, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
THE CAR COULD BE RUNNING JUST FINE AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN IT WOULD START LURCHING AND THE RPMS WOULD VARY BY AS MUCH AS 500 - 600 RPMS. WHEN YOU STOPPED THE CAR IT HAD TO BE PLACED IN NEUTRAL TO KEEP IT FROM STALLING-OUT. AFTER YOU GOT OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SWITCHED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT, IT WOULD BE FINE FOR SHORT DISTANCES. I CHECKED AT AN AFTER MARKET REPAIR SHOP FOR VOLVO'S TO GET AN ESTIMATE OF NECESSARY REPAIRS. THE MECHANIC KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR AS SOON AS I EXPLAINED THE SYMPTOMS TO HIM. HE SAID WAS THE "ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY MODULE." I ASKED IF WE COULD FIND A USED MODULE. HE LAUGHED AND STATED THAT THE MODULE HAD TO BE PROGRAM FOR THAT SPECIFIC CAR. HE STATED IT WAS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM OCCURRING ON NUMEROUS 2000 MODELS AND NEWER V70'S AND S70'S. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE VOLVO DEALERSHIP AND HAD THE MODULE REPLACED FOR A TOTAL COST OF $1036. ALTHOUGH NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN MY CASE, IT COULD HAVE!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131503August 3, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
LOSS OF POWER ON HIGHWAY CAR SLOWED TO 20 MPH ON HIGHWAY, REPLACED ETM MODULE ALSO HAPPENED IN JAN 2005 HAD ETM CLEANED AS PER SERVICE BULLETIN. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130960August 2, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
VEHICLE QUIT RUNNING UNEXPECTEDLY. (1) NO WARNING. (2) ENGINE QUIT IN TRAFFIC. (3) CLEANED IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130961August 2, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WE HAVE A 2000 VOLVO V70 STATION WAGON. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED STALLING IN TRAFFIC, ESPECIALLY FROM IDLE (MADE A LEFT TURN IN INTERSECTION AND ENGINE STALLED AND CUT OUT) AND OTHER STALLING AND IDLING PROBLEMS OVER LAST TWO - THREE YEARS. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO OUR DEALERSHIP; THEY HAVE CLEANED OUT THE THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE TWICE AT APPROX. $200 PER TIME; A NEW UNIT COSTS $500; DEALERSHIP BLAMES PROBLEM ON TODAY'S FUEL QUALITY. LAST STALL IN ONGOING TRAFFIC WAS JULY 21, 2005. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130957August 2, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, AFTER TRAVELING 1000 MILES FROM CONNECTICUT TO FLORIDA WE STOPPED. WHEN WE STARTED AGAIN AS SOON AS WE PULLED OUT OF THE PARKING LOT THE ENGINE LOST POWER. WE WHERE ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO THE NEXT PARKING LOT AND CALL VOLVO SERVICE. THEY CAME AND TOWED THE CAR 80 MILES TO JACKSONVILLE FL. THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130963August 2, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
DT: CALLER STATED THAT THREE TIMES VEHICLE HADIED WHILE DR. IT HAS HAPPENED EACH TIME ABOUT 5 WEEKS APART. GOT IT STARTED AGAIN WHILE ITS WAS ROLLING. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130970August 2, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
1999 VOLVO V70R AWD, 56958 MILES 1. NO NOTICEABLE EVENTS LEADING UP TO NEAR CRASH EXCEPT FOR WHEN USING CRUISE CONTROL VEHICLE HAD A TENDENCY TO NOT HOLD STEADY SPEED. IT SEEMED TO WANT TO HUNT ABOVE AND BELOW SET SPEED IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN SET SPEED. 2. STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN WAITING TO CROSS A BUSY HIGHWAY, STARTED TO PROCEED WHEN CLEAR AND VEHICLE HESITATED FOR 2 OR 4 SECONDS AND THEN REGAINED NORMAL ACCELERATION. NEARLY HIT BROADSIDE BECAUSE OF HESITATION OF ENGINE. WITHIN 20 MILES ETM LIGHT WENT ON AND CAR WENT INTO LIMP-IN MODE. VEHICLE REQUIRED SEVERAL MINUTES TO ACCELERATE TO 30 MPH AND WOULD NOT EXCEED THAT SPEED. I WAS 130 MILES FROM HOME AND WAS REQUIRED TO HAUL IT BACK ON A FLAT BED BECAUSE IT IS AN AWD. 3. REPLACED THROTTLE BODY #8644347, SOFTWARE #9438298-3 2518 AND GASKET #8636753 TO CORRECT PROBLEM. COST WAS APPROXIMATELY $1200 NOT INCLUDING TOWING. YES THE OLD PART IS AVAILABLE FOR YOUR INSPECTION. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130975August 2, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
I HAVE A 2001 VOLVO V70 T5. THE CAR SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING SIMPLY STOPPED RUNNING WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON THE INTERSTATE. NO POWER STEERING, NOTHING. IT WAS SHOCKING. THE REPAIR SHOP SAID THAT IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED... FOR A LOT OF MONEY. HE ALSO SAID THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS, AND THAT THE PART INSTALLED BY THE FACTORY WAS "ENGINEERED TO FAIL" DUE TO THE DESIGN. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130977August 2, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
STALLING IN 2000 VOLVO V70. SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND POWER STEERING ASSIST. FAILURE CREATED DANGEROUS TRAFFIC OBSTRUCTION AS DISABLED VEHICLE BLOCKED ROADWAY. REPAIRING MECHANIC DIAGNOSED DEFECT IN ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY AND STATED THIS IS A WELL-KNOWN PRODUCT DEFECT IN THESE VEHICLES. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130989August 2, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
I READ IN OUR LOCAL PAPER THAT THE NHTSA WAS INVESTIGATING THE LOSS OF SPEED AND STALLING OF THE ENGINE IN VOLVO WAGONS IN THE 2001 MODEL YEAR. I TOO HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. THE VEHICLE WOULD LOOSE POWER AND SLOW TO VERY LOW SPEEDS AND OPERATE IMPROPERLY. THE REASON FOR THE PROBLEM WAS THE COMPUTER MODULE THAT REGULATES THE FUEL FLOWING TO THE ENGINE. I HAD TO HAVE IT REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $1000. THAT HAS APPEARED TO SOLVE THE ISSUE. VERY EXPENSIVE PART TO HAVE GO BAD AND VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR WHEN IT FIRST OCCURRED. THE CAR SLOWED UNEXPECTEDLY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND A LARGE TRUCK ALMOST RAN UP ON THE CAR FORTUNATELY SHE WAS ABLE TO TURN OFF THE ROAD AND THE TRUCK WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN IN TIME SO NO INJURY OCCURRED. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131053August 2, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WE HAVE A 1999 V70 VOLVO STATION WAGON THAT ABOUT 1 YEAR AGO BEGAN LOSING POWER AND/OR STALLING WITHOUT WARNING WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. IT WOULD RE-START IF I WAS ABLE TO GUN IT AND GET THE CAR MOVING. VOLVO REPLACED THE THROTTLE SYSTEM AND THE ISSUE SEEMED TO BE RESOLVED. IN MAY 2005, THE ENGINE AGAIN BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AS I DECELERATED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY (E.G. WHEN APPROACHING A TOLL OR IN TRAFFIC) AND THEN WOULD COMPLETELY STALL ONCE I EXITED THE HIGHWAY ONTO THE LOCAL ROADS AND WAS DRIVING AT A SLOWER SPEED. IT APPEARED TO HAPPEN MORE FREQUENTLY WHEN I HAD A FULL TANK OF GAS AND/OR THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ON. IT WOULD RE-START FAIRLY EASILY. THE VOLVO DEALER WHERE WE PURCHASED THE CAR (SUMMIT, NJ) LOOKED AT THE CAR IN MAY AND COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG, AS THE COMPUTER DID NOT REGISTER ANY FAILURE; THEY RETURNED THE CAR TO US AS IS. IT CONTINUED TO HAPPEN PERIODICALLY AND EVENTUALLY WOULD NOT RE-START. ON MONDAY, JUNE 13 I HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP IN JERSEY CITY WHO COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG; THEY RETURNED THE CAR TO US AS IS. ON FRIDAY, JUNE 17, WE THEN BROUGHT IT TO ANOTHER VOLVO DEALER (MONTCLAIR, NJ) WHERE THREE MECHANICS LOOKED AT IT OVER THE COURSE OF ONE WEEK AND COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG, AGAIN CITING THAT THE COMPUTER DID NOT REGISTER ANY FAILURES. IT HAS HAPPENED A FEW MORE TIMES, SO NOW IT IS AT ANOTHER LOCAL REPAIR SHOP (GARWOOD, NJ) WHERE THE MECHANIC CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG. I HAVE NOT DRIVEN THE CAR SINCE MID-JUNE AS I HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN AND DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING A CAR THAT CAN STALL WITHOUT WARNING IN HIGHWAY TRAFFIC AND BE SLAMMED FROM BEHIND. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131093August 2, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
DT: A 2001 VOLVO V70. THE ENGINE STALLED ON 7-30-04 WHILE DRIVING. THE PERFORMANCE DECREASED AND WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD HER NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT SINCE THERE WAS NO PERFORMANCE DECREASE AT THAT TIME. THE NEXT DAY VEHICLEWOULD START BUT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE ENGIN STUTTERED AND THEN STALLLED. WITHIN A WEEK THIS OCCURRED AT LEAST 6 TIMES. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT, SHE DID NOT REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID. SERVICE RECORDS WERE AVAILABLE. THERE WERE NO MORE PROBLEMS AGAIN UNTIL 1-2005. THIS TIME THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THEY DID NOTHING TO ALTER THE VEHICLE. AT THIS POINT THERE HAVE BEEN NO OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131127August 2, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131200August 2, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
INCIDENCE 1 OF 7 SIMILAR. AS REPORTED ON SERVICE INVOICE: C/S CAR STALLS OUT WHILE DRIVING, MAKING A U-TURN, START RIGHT UP. CHECK CAR FOR CODES, ACCESS, NO CODES ON ANY SYSTEM. NO CODES ON FUEL SYSTEM, CHECK FUEL PUMP CONNECTOR UNDER REAR PANEL, ALL OK. PER ABOVE, THOUGH SERVICE DEPT COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG, THIS INCIDENT WAS THE 1ST OF 7 SIMILAR PROBLEMS OCCURRING LATER THAT ULTIMATELY LEAD TO HAVING THE THROTTLE BODY CLEANED TWICE & THEN REPLACED TWICE. I WILL BE REPORTING ALL THE OTHER SUBSEQUENT INCIDENTS IN SEQUENCE OF OCCURRENCE ON THIS NHTSA COMPLAINT SITE AS WELL. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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