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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004032463 | Incident Date: Jul, 04 2004 |
| Consumer's City: SANTA MONICA | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Volvo Car USA, LLC |
| Model Name: V70XC | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Electrical system |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: YV1LZ56D3Y2 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 11 2005 | Complaint Type: LETR |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Oct, 05 2001 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 5 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I would like to add my name to the number of people complaining about their volvo's engine stalling repeatedly without warning. i believe this might be from the unit that regulates the amount of air into the vehicles engine. i purchased my 2000 volvo v70xc from santa monica volvo in october 2001 and it is still under warranty. over the last year and a half my engine has stalled over 20 times while driving without any warning. several times this occurred while i was driving 65 miles an hour on a freeway that almost resulted in serious car accidents. sometimes i can restart the car immediately, other times the car has to sit for a while, but four times i had to have the car towed. the first time the engine died on july 5, 2004 i had the car towed to a volvo repair shop in valencia, california. the next morning the repair shop called and told me the car started for them without any problems. so i drove to santa monica volvo on july 7, 2004 and their service department replaced the battery. two months later (september 1, 2004) when the cars engine died again while i was driving, the car was towed to santa monica volvo and the service department told me that nothing was wrong with my car. i told the service department that i did not want the car back until they found what was wrong with it. the service representative then spoke to a manager and called me back to say that my alternator was putting out low voltage and they replaced it. then on june 30th my volvo lost all power again while i was driving and wouldn't start. the car was towed back to santa monica volvo where i was told they needed to do a throttle body cleaning and then replace the mass air flow meter for a total of $708. i bought my volvo for safety reasons and i have never felt more unsafe driving a car. i sincerely hope that your investigation leads to a recall of my volvo. it is the biggest lemon that i have ever owned! *jb *sc *tr |
