Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLVO / XC70 / 2001

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005031843 Incident Date: Jul, 15 2005
Consumer's City: FORT COLLINS Consumer's State: CO
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volvo Car USA, LLC
Model Name: XC70 Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Fuel system, gasoline:delivery
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: YV1SZ58D111 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 01 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: May, 30 2001
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I was driving on the interstate at roughly 70 mph in moderate traffic with my wife and 2 young boys when the accelerator no longer responded. the vehicle would surge when i stepped on the gas then "stall". the check engine light appeared with a message "performance reduced". fortunately we rolled off the highway over the median and onto the frontage road and into a parking lot where we stopped the car and restarted it. we called the dealer who instructed us to bring it in right away to have it diagnosed. this was actually the second occurrence of this failure the first being a week early on july 9th with similar circumstances. in the first one our steering wheel locked up as we entered a gas station. we were told we needed a new throttle body approximately $900 to replace. we only had the vehicle for 6 weeks so were obviously unhappy. although no one was harmed in the case of our failures there certainly was the potential given the high speed of travel and traffic surrounding us. we are fortunate to have been driving in the right hand lane in both instances. the volvo dealer retained the old etm. *jb