Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLVO / V70XC / 2001

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 005027251 Incident Date: Jun, 28 2005
Consumer's City: WHITEFISH Consumer's State: MT
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volvo Car USA, LLC
Model Name: V70XC Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: YV1SZ58D711 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 04 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 30 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Traveling on montana highway 93 at 65 mph my 2001 volvo v70 awd suddenly lost power. i pulled off the side of this heavily traveled 2 lane highway causing traffic behind me to swerve into the oncoming lane of traffic. the car was towed to the nearest mechanic, where it was diagnosed with an electronic throttle module problem. volvo recommends cleaning the module which was done. i picked up my car on saturday july 2, 2005 and on monday july 4, 2005, the car died suddenly on a busy 2 lane county road. once again i pulled off to the side of the road. now the only option is to replace the electronic throttle module at a high cost, $1000.00 plus. my car only has 57,000 miles on it. i have been made aware that volvo knows of this potentially harmful situation and has done nothing to repair this defective etm. the thought of causing and accident on a busy road when a volvo suddenly looses power is frightening. if you could please help in letting volvo know that they have a responsibility to keep our roadways safe. a sudden loss of power should not be a normal operating method. thank you allison beougher