Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLVO / V70 / 2001

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005044904 Incident Date: Oct, 20 2005
Consumer's City: LOUISVILLE Consumer's State: KY
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volvo Car USA, LLC
Model Name: V70 Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Vehicle speed control
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: YV1SW58D811 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 31 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Oct, 10 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 5 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Initially noticed erratic acceleration, then my wife was accelerating from a stop light and the vehicle actually lost acceleration and she was hit behind by a pickup truck. the dash readout showed the message "performance reduced". our insurance paid for the $2600 in damages. our volvo mechanic determined that the problem was in the electronic throttle module and said that this was a fairly common occurrence in this year model. *nm