Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLVO / V70 / 1999

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004295636 Incident Date: Aug, 26 2004
Consumer's City: RALEIGH Consumer's State: NC
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: Fuel system, other:delivery
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: YV1LW55AXX2 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 29 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 09 2002
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 5 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Regular maintenance was performed on the vehicle (1999 volvo v70). aty 67000 miles, the ets light came on, and two days later the electronic throttle failed, resulting in almost no acceleration, and an inability to maintain a safe speed. research indicates that this is well documented as a vehicle design flaw, and a common occurance at 70k miles. this seems to be a highly hazardous flaw, and should be acknowledged and repaired as a manufacturing defect. instead, it is a dealer only repair, and is costing consumers $700-1500 for the repair. i believe it should be investigated. volvo should be responsible to repair a noted design flaw at their expense.*ak