| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005043202 | Incident Date: Oct, 17 2005 |
| Consumer's City: GREER | Consumer's State: SC |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Volvo Car USA, LLC |
| Model Name: S80 | Model Year: 2001 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Fuel system, gasoline |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Oct, 17 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Mar, 14 2001 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Week of 10/10/05 as traveling uphill, my car sputtered and loss power. after nearly being rear ended on the busy road, i was able to limb my car into a parking lot and turn off the engine. after a few minutes, i was able to restart my car and continue driving. today, 10/18/05, as i was entering i-85, my car once again sputtered and stalled. the entrance ramp was downhill, so i was able to coast into the emergency lane as tractor trailers and cars whizzed by me. i restarted the car after a few minutes of being turned off. i went to a mechanic friend and he told me that it was probably the etm and if it was not, it would be the next time the car breaks down. he could not repair it. he estimated the dealership would charge me $1200.00. he reported that he sees this at least once a month in volvos. i took the car to the dealer. an hour and a half later, i was informed my etm needed to be replaced and the cost would be $1150.00. i relunctantly agreed to the repair. i have researched the etm problem over the internet and have learned that volvo knew of this problem years before they sold the car to me. at a personal level, i had to pay for a defective part that volvo has known it has a 94%-100% failure rate! at a much higher level, volvo is risking people lives by not informing or voluntarily recalling this defective part. cars stall unexpectively. i was fortunate that i was not on the interstate yet. otherwise, the outcome could have been deadly. |
