Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLVO / V70 / 2001

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006061233 Incident Date: Mar, 15 2006
Consumer's City: CLAREMONT Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volvo Car USA, LLC
Model Name: V70 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#: YV1SW53D012 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 30 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 5 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Electronic throttle module failed on 2001 volvo v70 t5 at 75,400 miles. failures of this component are common due to poor design of etm. vehicle goes into "limp home" mode at unpredictable times. most recent failure was as my wife was merging with traffic onto freeway. from 55 mph vehicle suddenly lost power and reduced speed to 20 mph in traffic!. my wife crept over to the shoulder and called a tow truck. *nm