Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLVO / XC70 / 2001

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005043926 Incident Date: Oct, 20 2005
Consumer's City: BUTLER Consumer's State: MO
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volvo Car USA, LLC
Model Name: XC70 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#: YV1SZ58D611 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 24 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 27 2005
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 5 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 2001 volvo stalled without warning leaving my wife and 3 children stranded on the side of a very busy highway. when vehicle stalled a "reduced power" message was received on vehicle display. after letting vehicle sit for 10 minutes, vehicle restarted without error message. drove for approx 15 minutes and vehicle stalled/cut-out again; again stranding my family on the side of the road. had towed to dealership; volvo diagnosed a failed "electronic throttle module". the etm was replaced at a cost of $1016 to me. this incident occurred at approx 58,000 miles. thank god nothing happened to my family as a result of this serious safety hazard. *nm