Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLVO / S40 / 2000

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0 Injured
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 007095246 Incident Date: Feb, 12 2007
Consumer's City: RACINE Consumer's State: WI
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volvo Car USA, LLC
Model Name: S40 Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Vehicle speed control
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 13 2007 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 17 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Tl* the contact owns a 2000 volvo s40. while driving under wet conditions at 25 mph the vehicle began to accelerate. the driver was able to stop the vehicle. however, the engine continued to accelerate. without accelerating the vehicle continued to move forward. in an attempt to park the vehicle, the engine began to redline and the driver turned the ignition off. the vehicle was towed to the dealer to diagnose the failure. the vehicle and failure mileage was 73,000. *ak