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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006081483 | Incident Date: Sep, 09 2006 |
| Consumer's City: LEOMINSTER | Consumer's State: MA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Volvo Car USA, LLC |
| Model Name: S80 | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Fuel system, gasoline:fuel injection system |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: YV1TS90D2Y1 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Oct, 09 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Aug, 24 2001 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: In july i was traveling in traffic at idle speed when my car started to surge then stalled. i was able to restart it, however i had to keep one foot on the gas and the other on the brake to keep it running. i was able to limp it home using this method to keep the rpms up. when the codes were read it said the 4 oxygen sensors were out of range. i tuned up the car, cleaned the throttle body and oxygen sensors and reset the codes. (65,000 miles) after this the car seemed alright until around 79,000 miles. my wife and i were on rte. 1a on the maine coast in traffic . while going around a sharp curve the car stalled. i lost control of my steering and brakes and the car nearly went over the cliff into the ocean. i was able to get it under control and the car restarted with the idle surging. i limped the car home using the gas and brake method. at intersections if i let the car idle the car would surge forward then stall. my mechanic read the codes and told me the map sensor and o2 sensors were bad and replaced them. this seemed to work for a while, however the car reverted back to the same problems. i finally called gallo volvo who had serviced my car under warranty until 60,000 miles and the service manager told me that this was a known problem covered under a hidden recall. once a customer complained they could fix it. i brought my car to them and they reprogrammed the computer to "repair" the problem. my car no longer stalls, however it surges and hesitates upon acceleration nearly causing people to hit me in traffic. i am still trying to resolve this problem after over $1800 dollars in expenses, multiple near accidents and numerous hours of my time. *nm |
