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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004031715 | Incident Date: Sep, 11 2004 |
| Consumer's City: AURORA | Consumer's State: OR |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Volvo Car USA, LLC |
| Model Name: TOW HITCH | Model Year: 9999 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Equipment |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: YV1LZ56D2X2 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 01 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jul, 07 2004 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 5 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: "service engine soon" (ses) light came on recently purchased this car with 55000 miles on odometer. call to volvo indicated that this usually meant that the etm (electronic throttle module) needs cleaning. call local independant volvo mechanic. he had me check the color of the label on etm. said that i had the original etm and that claing does no good, etm needs replaced as he has seen this issue many times. had independent mechanic replace etm at a cost of ~$800. further investigation on internet found that this is a very common occurance. also noted that i had purchased an extended warranty with car and that the warranty explicitly exluded etm....coincidence? i think not.....the etm failure is not only a safetly hazzard (car can not go > 20mph when ses comes on..) but for a car of the alledged quality of a volvo to have a prt such as a throttle module go bad at 55000 miles is crazy. in addition it appears that the replacement etm will be subject to the same problem in the future...note that the vin of this vehicle is [xxx], 1999 volvo v70-xc. updated 07/19/2012 *js information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6) |
