| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005037296 | Incident Date: Sep, 05 2005 |
| Consumer's City: WICKATUNK | Consumer's State: NJ |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Volvo Car USA, LLC |
| Model Name: S70 | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Vehicle speed control |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: YV1LS56D4Y2 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Sep, 05 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Dec, 13 1999 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 5 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I just read on your website an action summary regarding "failure of the electronic throttle control module (etm)". i did experienced the same problem in sept. 2003 on my 2000 s70glt. the car suddenly lost power on the highway and slow down. i got honked by so many other drivers when i was trying to pull over to the road side. luckily i did not get hit by any other car. the symptom disappeared after i shut and restarted the engine. when it happened for the second time later during the same week, i decided to drive to the dealer's shop for an emergency checkout. i shut and restarted the engine but still the car is shaking and could not accelerate to normal speed. so, i had to turn on emergency lights and drove very slowly to the dealer's shop. that day i spent $1,111 for them to replace the motor throttle module and it is not covered with manufacturer warranty since the car already has 78k miles on the meter. the problem goes away after the repair. however, since that time it has starting problem from time to time. it always start okay but sometimes the engine speed drop and stop after a few seconds of running. they could not find out what is wrong in the car and it is hard to reproduce the problem when i brought the car to them. the funny thing is that i just had a 105k miles maintenance fully tuned at the dealer's shop two weeks ago and they said the checking and maintenance went well and the car runs nicely. in this morning it happened again when i was rushed to work. i got stuck at my garage for 15 minutes before i finally started the engine. i suspect these symptoms are still related to this etm defect. *nm |
