Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLVO / S80 / 1999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 004031949 Incident Date: Aug, 16 2004
Consumer's City: FLORENCE Consumer's State: AL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volvo Car USA, LLC
Model Name: S80 Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: YV1TS97D6X1 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 01 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jul, 16 2002
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I own a 1999 volvo s80 which i drive for business purposes. on august 17, 2004 the vehicle stalled at highway speed. would barely run, even with full throttle. had vehicle towed to nearest volvo dealer, volvo of louisville, ky. they replaced throttle body . approx. 2 weeks later, had same occurrence. car stalled at highway speed. had vehicle towed to local dealer, century volvo huntsville, al. they examined it and could not find any problem. it was not malfunctioning for them. they kept vehicle for several days trying to duplicate problem. i had a similar occurrence again approx. 5 days later. instead of having vehicle towed again, the service rep suggested that the car might "reset" if left for 2-3 hours. i left car on roadside overnight and had my wife come pick me up. the next day i went back and the car drove fine. i had another occurrence at highway speeds on october 26, 2004. vehicle towed to royal volvo in birmingham. by the time they examined it, vehicle was no longer malfunctioning. they kept it running under load for several hours. there were no computer fault codes found that could have contributed to the problem. this is the same information that centrury volvo had found and advised me of earlier. i continued to drive the car with a lot of concern through the winter. it went several months with no problems. i had another occurrence in may 2005. i was able to make it home by allowing the car to sit for 20-30 minutes and then it would drive for a short distance before going bad again. at this time i parked the car and began driving my secondary vehicle (a 94 volvo 960). unfortunately, i was involved in an accident with this vehicle on july 29, 2005 which forced me to drive the 99 s80 again. it stalled out again today (second day driven). i've had it towed to century volvo in huntsville again. my salesman showed me an article in today's newspaper regarding this problem. *jb