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: 005033871 Incident Date: Jul, 30 2005
Consumer's City: LILBURN Consumer's State: GA
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: Electrical system
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: YV1LW55A3X2 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 12 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: May, 24 2000
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 5 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I was driving south on i-85 in duluth, ga. this stretch of metro atlanta interstate has six lanes in either direction and traffic was flowing at speeds of around 75 mph. the ets light came on when we were in the far left (fast) lane, the car began losing power. i moved to the right as best i could and got off at the next exit. by the time i got to the exit ramp, the car was skipping and missing badly. my daughter looked up ets in the owner's manual and, based on what the manual said, i cut the car off and waited a few minutes for it to reset. i cranked it back up and we limped the rest of the way home. since then i have only started it once, but it was running rough so i did not go anywhere. considering what we have learned about etm failures since this happened and the amount of traffic in atlanta, i have been scared to drive it. having to cross five lanes of fast-moving traffic in a car rapidly losing power is not a safe situation. *jb