| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005047772 | Incident Date: Aug, 26 2005 |
| Consumer's City: PATEROS | Consumer's State: WA |
| 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#: YV1SZ58D211 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Nov, 26 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Apr, 11 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 5 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Our 01 volvo v-70 xc had been acting a little off, kind of surging a little while at highway speeds, dealer couldn't find a problem.. so we tried to ignore it. one day a few months ago my wife (8 mo. pregnant) took the car to the city. along the way, she was going up a hill on a two-lane highway, when the car started loosing power and finally just quitting right there on the road....no shoulder...cars whizzing by. by the time i got there, the car started fine, so i switched her vehicle and she continued on. upon calling the dealer, i was informed that i'd probably need to have the "etm throttle" replaced. car stalled out two more times before we were able to get it to dealer. $900 later, the car works fine now. upon looking into this problem, it sounds like it's happening to all the volvos like ours! this can be a very dangerous problem! what can nhtsa do about making volvo replace these faulty throttles with better ones? *jb |
