Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLVO / V70 / 1999

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004051449 Incident Date: May, 31 2004
Consumer's City: LAKE TAPPS Consumer's State: WA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volvo Car USA, LLC
Model Name: V70 Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Vehicle speed control
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: YV1LV62D2X2 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Dec, 30 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jan, 02 2000
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 5 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Failure of the electronic throttle module resiulted in erratic throttle response. surging on idle was causing problems if brake was not applied strongly enough. cruise control was also erratic in function. took to the dealer for replacement @ $1200.00. they gave no indication that this was a chronic problem. i only discovered the chronic nature of the problem on a bulletin board web site for volvo's. *nm