2001 Volvo V70XC

PLEASE ADD ME TO THE GROWING LIST OF PEOPLE WHO HAD THEIR ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE FAIL ON THEM WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. IT FAILED ON ME( WITH NO PRIOR HINT OF FAILURE ) CAUSING THE CAR TO GO INTO IDLE SPEED WHILE CROSSING A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME I COULD RESET THE COMPUTER BUY A COMBINATION OF DOOR LOCK TURNS WHICH I DID. IT THEN FAILED AGAIN IN A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION (SITTING AT A RED LIGHT WITH A LONG LINE OF TRAFFIC BEHIND ME) WHILE DRIVING TO THE DEALER TO BE REPLACED TWO DAYS LATER. IT FAILED AT ABOUT 94,000 MILES BUT I DON'T CONSIDER THIS A PART WHICH SHOULD HAVE SUCH A DESIGN FLAW. AND IF IT IS GOING TO FAIL - THE CARS' COMPUTER SHOULD NOT CAUSE THE CAR TO GO INTO LIMP HOME MODE. IT WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER AT A COST OF AROUND $900 WITH A ONE YEAR WARRANTY. *JB

OUR 2001 XC 70 VOLVO HAS HAD A STALLING PROBLEM THAT REPEATS PERIODICALLY BUT THAT THE DEALER CAN'T REPLICATE. IT BEGAN WITH A SURGING AND THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTING ERRATICALLY. THIS WAS FIXED WITH A SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD BUT STALLING CONTINUED. IT IS RANDOM OCCURRING WHEN WE ACCELERATE AT INTERSECTIONS AS WE TURN OR BEGIN. IT IS QUITE ANXIETY PROVOKING SINCE IT COULD HAPPEN WHEN WE ARE TURNING AND IF A CAR WAS COMING IT COULD STRIKE US AND CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. IT IS NOW OFF WARRANTY BUT ON EXTENDED WARRANTY AND WHEN THE DEALER IS CONTACTED THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO. RECENTLY, THE LOCAL SERVICE REP FOR VOLVO HERE IN FAIRBANKS, ALASKA REPLACED A TURBO LINK VALVE. IT WAS REPLACE ONLY TODAY SO WE DO NOT KNOW IF IT WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A PROBLEM. IT HAPPENS ABOUT ONCE A MONTH. *NM

I GOT MY CAR BACK FROM THE VOLVO DEALER YESTERDAY AFTER HAVING THEM LOOK AT IT YESTERDAY BECAUSE IT WASN'T RUNNING WELL. THEY TOLD ME THAT I MIGHT NEED TO REPLACE THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE, BUT NOT TO DO IT YET. TODAY I WENT TO DRIVE THE CAR, WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON SAYING "CHECK ENGINE" AND "PERFORMANCE REDUCED" THE CAR WOULD NOT IDLE AFTER DRIVING LESS THAN TWO MILES AND HAD TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE DEALER (PORTLAND VOLVO, SOUTH PORTLAND, ME). *NM

MY 2001 VOLVO V70XC W/APPROX 91,000 MILES STALLED WHILE I WAS ACCELERATING FROM A STOP LIGHT IN HEAVY TRAFFIC -- NEARLY RESULTING IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AS THE TRUCK BEHIND ME NEARLY REAR-ENDED ME. ALSO, BECAUSE THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN THE POWER STEERING NO-LONGER WORKED, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY. MY VOLVO DEALER TOLD ME I HAD A "BROKEN" ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE" (ETM) WHICH COST ME OVER $750 TO REPLACE. SINCE THEN, I LEARNED ON LOCAL CT NEWS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 160 COMPLAINTS INVOLVING 1999-2001 VOLVOS OF VARIOUS MODELS (INCLUDING THE V70XC) FOR THE SAME THROTTLE FAILURE PROBLEMS - WHICH POSES A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. I INTEND TO RAISE HELL WITH VOLVO ABOUT THIS SAFETY ISSUE AND SEE IF THEY STAND UP TO THEIR REPUTATION FOR MAKING SOME OF THE SAFEST CARS IN THE WORLD BY RECALLING THESE VEHICLES AND REPLACING THESE DEFECTIVE ETMS! *NM

I BEGAN HAVING TROUBLE AT ABOUT 22,500 MILES IN MY NEW 2001 V70XC VOLVO. I NOTICED THE CAR RAN ROUGH AND SHIFTED ERRATICALLY AND STALLED. THEN I NEXT HAD A SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE WITH A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS OUT OF TOWN AND WAS FORCED TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED AND OBTAIN A RENTAL CAR AND ACCOMMODATIONS. I HAD THE CAR IN AND OUT OF THE SHOP WITH STALLING PROBLEMS AS WELL AS "INTAKE" VALVE PROBLEMS RESULTING IN ERRATIC SHIFTING AND ROUGH RUNNING OF THIS VEHICLE. IT TOOK SEVERAL YEARS AND NUMEROUS TRIPS TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. I RECENTLY HAD A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR DONE ON THE VEHICLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. I SUBMITTED ALL MY DOCUMENTATION TO VOLVO CUSTOMER SERVICE AS WELL AS THE BILLS AND EXPENSES INCURRED WITH THIS PROBLEM. BY THE TIME THE ISSUE WAS RESOLVED MY NEW CAR WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED ( HOW TIMELY!) THE VOLVO PEOPLE WERE NOT WILLING TO REIMBURSE ME FOR ANY OF THE REPAIRS NOR ADMIT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL EVEN THOUGH I HAD HEARD OF OTHER OWNERS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *JB

RECENTLY PURCHASED VOLVO V70XC AND WAS DRIVING ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHEN THE ETM FAILED SOUTH OF AUSTIN. I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY SOUTH OF AUSTIN TRAVELING ABOUT 70 MPH WHEN THE CAR STALLED OUT, LEAVING ME WITH LITTLE CONTROL OVER STEERING OR BREAKS. LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER A FEW MINUTES WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR AND LIMPED TO THE LOCAL VOLVO DEALER, WHERE THEY TOLD ME THE ETM HAD FAILED AND WHICH THEY REPLACED. *JB

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT FAILURE. MESSAGE INDICATED LOW BEAM FAILURE. INSERTED NEW BULB IN LEFT LOW BEAM HOLDER. DID NOT FUNCTION. TO BE CERTAIN THAT I HAD A GOOD BULB, I REMOVED THE RIGHT LOW BEAM BULB AND INSERTED IT INTO THE LEFT LOW BEAM HOLDER. THIS BULB, WHICH HAD WORKED PREVIOUSLY, NOW FAILED AND I WAS LEFT WITH NO LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS. THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED WITH MY 2000 VOLVO CROSS COUNTRY. *NM