2000 Volvo S80

SWAPPED BATTERY AT O'REILLY'S AUTO PARTS. ALL MANUFACTURER SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOLLOWED. AFTER SWAPPING OUT W/NEW BATTERY: CLIMATE CONTROL MODULE NOT WORKING- SRS AIRBAG 'SERVICE URGENT' ERRORS. VOLVO QUOTING $2500 TO REPLACE CCM, $800 FOR REBUILD-PROCESS. DIM IS ALSO FRIED. NO HEAT OR A/C- AIRBAG ACCIDENTAL DEPLOYMENT RISK. QUICK SEARCH ONLINE SHOWS THIS IS A VOLVO ISSUE SPECIFIC TO S60, S80 & XC70 MODELS (ALL YEARS) FILED COMPLIANT W/VT STATE AG- CAP 2020-07438 ORIGINAL REPAIR ORDER ATTACHED

WHILE DRIVING MY 2000 VOLVO S80 ABOUT 20-25MPH ALL THE SUDDEN LOST POWER TO ALL MY GAUGES, DASHBOARD LIGHTS, POWER WINDOWS, & POWER LOCKS. THE RADIO WAS THE ONLY DEVICE THAT WAS WORKING. THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED SRS-AIRBAG SERVICE URGENT. I HAVE NOTICED A DIFFERENCE ON MY BRAKE PEDAL THAT IT DOES NOT RESPOND AS WELL AS IT USE TOO THERE IS A SHORT DELAY WHEN STEPPED ON. BEFORE THIS INCIDENT I HAD NOTICED A CLICKING NOISE ON THE DRIVER SIDE WHEN A CAME TO A STOP LIKE A RELAY CHATTERING & ALSO THE AC WOULD COME ON WHEN THE CAR IS TURNED OFF. AT TIMES THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE WOULD APPEAR FREQUENTLY ALARM NEEDS SERVICING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING THIS MALFUNCTIONS BUT IF ITS A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM VOLVO SHOULD BE LIABLE ON CORRECTING THE PROBLEM & PROVIDE US WITH A SAFE VEHICLE. *TR

MY 2000 S80 T6 STALLS IN TRAFFIC AND LOSES POWER WHILE DRIVING. WHENEVER I STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, I'LL HAVE TO STEP HARDER ON THE ACCELERATOR IN ORDER TO AVOID THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME FROM HITTING MY CAR.SOMETIMES IT JERKS SO BAD I FEEL THAT ENGINE MAY FALL OFF.THERE'S NO ENGINE LIGHT ON OR ANYTHING. I HAVE CALLED VOLVO AND WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM IS ETM BUT HAS BEEN REPLACED ON MY CAR ACCORDING TO THEIR RECORDS. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD DIFFERENT COMPONENTS TESTED OUT AND FIXED BUT THAT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ALONG A BUSY STREET, WHEN I CAME TO A STOP SIGN THE BRAKES WHERE HARD TO PUSH, WHEN I FINALLY STOPPED THE CAR, YOU COULD STILL FILL THE CAR TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD I TOOK MY FOOT OF THE BRAKES AND THE CAR SPED UP ON IT'S ON REACHING CLOSE TO 40 MPH AGAIN I WAS BARELY ABLE TO STOP THE CAR DO TO A STIFF BRAKE PEDAL. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND SHUT IT OFF, ONCE I RESTARTED THE CAR IT WAS SPUTTERING AND WOULDN'T IDLE CORRECTLY EVERY TIME I PUT THE CAR IN GEAR IT WOULD SHUT OFF NOW I'M GETTING AN ERROR MESSAGE THAT SAYS SERVICE ENGINE SYSTEM URGENT. *TR

ON APRIL 21,2011 APPROXIMATELY 7:45AM, MY VEHICLE FAILED IN ACCELERATING POWER SUDDENLY WHILE DRIVING. IN ADDITION, MY VEHICLE JERK, SKIP, AND SHOOK UNCONTROLLABLY. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO MY PERSONAL REPAIR SHOP (REPUTABLE VOLVO SERVICE, INC.) MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME AFTER A DIAGNOSTIC, THAT THE THROTTLE MODULE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. HE TELLS ME THAT ONLY THE VOLVO DEALER WOULD BE THE ONLY REPAIR SERVICE TO REPLACE THIS PART DUE TO THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM THAT INCLUDED. SO, ONCE AGAIN, THE CAR WAS TOWED THE AUTHORIZE VOLVO DEALER. THE DIAGNOSTIC HERE IS THE SAME, THE THROTTLE MODULE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS PART, ALONG WITH OTHER PARTS. I WAS NOT INFORMED ABOUT THIS THROUGH THE DEALER BUT THROUGH RESEARCH OF MY OWN. THE SERVICE MANAGER TELLS ME THAT I WOULD HAVE TO CONTACT VOLVO MANUFACTURER TO SEE RATHER THEY WOULD HONOR THE RECALL OF THE REPLACEMENT OF THIS PART. I CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER AND SPOKE WITH MRS. MARILYN AND MRS. JAN AND I WAS TOLD THAT THIS PART WAS PAST THE WARRANTY BUT THEY WOULD HONOR THE SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR THIS PART. ALSO THE ENGINE COOLING FAN RECALL IS STILL OPEN BUT I HAVE ALREADY HAD THIS PART AND LABOR DONE AT MY OWN EXPENSE DUE TO THE FACT THAT I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE RECALLS. THE THROTTLE MODULE IS ABOUT $700.00, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE LABOR OR ANOTHER SOFTWARE PROGRAM. FOR MY TOTAL REPAIR COST IS $1185.00 AND STRONGLY FEEL THAT THIS IS NOT FAIR BECAUSE NONE OF MY PARTS WERE REPLACED THROUGH THE RECALL. IN OTHER WORDS I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR A PART PLUS LABOR THAT WAS DEFECTIVE IN PRODUCTION. I SHOULD BE EXTENDED THE SAME RECALL CONDITIONS THAT OTHER VOLVO OWNERS WERE ABLE TO RECEIVED. VOLVO INC KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT CARS RECEIVED THEIR RECALL PARTS REPLACEMENT AND ALSO WHICH CARS DID NOT THROUGH THEIR VIN NUMBER. OF COURSE THEY WOULD EXTEND THE SOFTWARE UPDATE PROGRAM BECAUSE IT'S LESS EXPENSIVE. PLEASE ASSIST ME. THANKS

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 VOLVO S80. WHEN THE CONTACT ARRIVED HOME, SHE NOTICED SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. FLAMES WERE PRESENT SOON AFTER. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. EVERYTHING UNDER THE HOOD WAS MELTED. A FIREFIGHTER STATED THAT IT APPEARED TO BE AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. A REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WILL CALL VOLVO AND FILE A CLAIM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,300.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 VOLVO S80. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE AND PULLED THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. HE OPENED THE HOOD AND NOTICED FLAMES. HE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AT EXTINGUISHING THE FIRE AND CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHO STATED THAT THE COOLING FAN CAUSED AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. THE CONTACT'S MECHANIC INFORMED HIM OF A RECALL REGARDING THE COOLING FAN. THE VIN AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER WERE UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 78,000.

AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE (ETM) ON MY 2000 VOLVO S80 IS IN THE PROCESS OF FAILING. TWO YEARS AGO, I HAD MY VEHICLE SERVICED WHEN IT BEGAN SURGING FORWARD WHEN IDLING, EVEN WHEN I WAS BRAKING. AN ETM SOFTWARE UPGRADE WAS DONE AT THAT TIME AND THE ETM WAS CLEANED. NOW, JUST SHORT OF TWO YEARS LATER, I AM HAVING EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. AS I AM COMING TO A STOP, MY VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY SURGE FORWARD, EVEN WHEN MY FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE. I AM PETRIFIED THAT I AM GOING TO STRIKE THE BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE BEFORE I CAN ARRANGE TO GET MY CAR IN FOR SERVICE. FURTHER, WHEN I PUT MY CAR IN PARK OR USE THE AC SYSTEM, MY CAR COMES TO A NEAR STALL AND JUST LURCHES ALL OVER THE PLACE. IT SIMPLY CANNOT MAINTAIN AN EVEN IDLE WHEN IN PARK. LAST WEEK, FOR THE FIRST TIME, I BECAME AWARE OF THE NOVEMBER 2006 RECALL CONCERNING ETMS. THIS LED ME TO LOOK AT MY OLD SERVICE RECORDS, SINCE I WAS HAVING THE SAME FRIGHTENING PROBLEM THAT I HAD TWO YEARS AGO. SURE ENOUGH, THERE IT WAS AGAIN - "CUSTOMER STATES AT IDLE REVS UP AND SURGES." I HAVE ALREADY PAID FOR THIS REPAIR ONCE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS MATTER AND MY VEHICLE SIMPLY IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 VOLVO S80. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES. THE INSURANCE AGENCY AND VOLVO INVESTIGATORS DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE OF FAILURE WAS DUE TO A SHORT IN THE WIRE HARNESS. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 40,000.