| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005034826 | Incident Date: Aug, 15 2005 |
| Consumer's City: LANCASTER | Consumer's State: PA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Volvo Car USA, LLC |
| Model Name: S70 | Model Year: 1999 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Vehicle speed control |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: YV1LT56DXX2 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 18 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: May, 31 2002 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 5 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 1) i was driving alone along state highway 283 in pa, which is a 4 lane (2 each direction) highway in a rural area with a posted speed limit of 65, between lancaster and harrisburg. most traffic was trucks (tracter trailers). 2) the car (volvo s70 awd), travelling smoothly on cruise control at about the speed limit, suddenly lost power. engine was still running, but at a much lower rpm, and running badly. fortunately i was in the far right lane. i pulled off the road almost immediately to avoid being hit by the truck behind me. i noticed the ets yellow warning light was on. the vehicle seemed able to operate, albeit roughly, at about 30-35mph. being in a rural area, i drove in this off the highway lane up to the next exit. i took the ramp off the highway, got to the top of the ramp, and the car seemed to be reasonable. being in a rural area with nowhere seen for reparirs, i accelerated down the ramp to the highway, with the car seeming a bit sluggish, but otherwise ok. then it lost power again at the bottom of the exit ramp. i pulled over, to the sound of the horn of another truck which was behind me. i shut off the car; waited a few seconds; and restarted the car. it ran much better, but the ets light was still on. after pulling back onto the highway, everything was ok for awhile, but i ran into problems when i hit some slowing traffic. when i tried to accelerate from the slowdown the car did not respond. it was as if i hadn't just pressed the pedal. i nursed it to a volvo dealership as soon as possible that day. 3) the throttle body was replaced after dealership first performed a diagnostic on the engine. the diagnostic showed 5 line items for the "throttle unit, internal fault..." i have a copy of the print out of this report. i have driven the car about 150 highway miles since the repar. the problem has not been observed during this time. |
