Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLVO / C70 CONVERTIBLE / 2001

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 005034493 Incident Date: Aug, 15 2005
Consumer's City: TEMPE Consumer's State: AZ
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volvo Car USA, LLC
Model Name: C70 CONVERTIBLE Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Vehicle speed control
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: YV1NC53D81J Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 16 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jan, 15 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 5 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Nhtsa #pe05041. i own a volvo c70 with the 2.3l hpt. on tuesday, august 16th while driving, the check engine light iluminated. i then, after making a stop was going to proceed to the dealer to have the code checked. on my way there i went to pull out into traffic from a side lot and when i pressed down the accelerator virtually nothing happened. the car almost stalled pulling into fast moving traffic. it then recovered, and from that point on i noticed that the throttle response was very sluggish. the dealer could not look at the car on the 16th but looked at it on the 17th and found that the code indicated a throttle module failure. they then replaced the throttle module. it should be noted that my car although being a 2001 only has 26,000 miles on it and shows no sign of corrosion or mechanical obstruction of the thottle module. after reading reviews of other complaints i felt i should add mine as it could have turned out differently with such unpredictable performance. also it may help determine if a manufactuing defect is the cause of such throttle module failures. *ak