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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005049914 | Incident Date: Nov, 02 2005 |
| Consumer's City: DARNESTOWN | Consumer's State: MD |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Volvo Car USA, LLC |
| Model Name: V70XC | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Electrical system |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: YV1LZ56D4Y2 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Dec, 14 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Sep, 12 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 5 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Car began to run in an uncontrollable manner, speeding up then loosing power while shaking violently. my wife was driving with my daughter in the car. they were terrified. i drove it after she called for help it was a terrible ride. had this occurred in traffic on one of the many high speed roads around here, this could have been a tragic event. the following morning it acted the same and i drove it to the nearest volvo repair shop. it was determined that it was a failed electronic throttle body. the repair cost as over $1100. it was not covered by the extended warranty i had purchased for the car. i had the car repaired. the shop told me that they had seen many such failures in volvos at about 50k . they joked it was a serious mid-life crisis for volvos. i did not find it funny. it was a devastating, unplanned cost. i called volvo, they were not interested in cost sharing or any sort of help. *jb |
