Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLVO / V70 / 1999

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 004031960 Incident Date: Dec, 02 2004
Consumer's City: OAKDALE Consumer's State: NY
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Volvo Car USA, LLC
Model Name: V70 Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: YV1LW55A8X2 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 02 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Dec, 22 1998
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 5 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Incidence 7 of 7 similar. as reported on service invoice: "customer states: ever since throttle was done a couple of months ago, feels like it is going in and out of gear while driving- feels for a micro second at various times going in and out of gear. nino can call for more info if necessary. refer to ro 435245 09/17/04 78697 miles - found defect in throttle unit assembly replaced -- technician found codes for etm internal malfunction. replaced etm and performed download." this incident was the 7th of 7 similar problems occurring later that ultimately lead to having the throttle body cleaned twice & then replaced twice. i have reported all the previous incidents in sequence of occurrence on this nhtsa complaint site as well. note that this particular incident seems to be consistent with already-recognized nhtsa action number pe05041 "failure of the electronic throttle control module (etm) in the subject vehicles." previously reported incidents: 1) odi #10131200 2) odi #10131206 3) odi #10131207 4) odi #10131208 5) odi #10131209 6) odi #10131213. *jb