Throttle Control Warning Light On Problems of Volvo S80

Volvo S80 owners have reported 1 problem related to throttle control warning light on (under the vehicle speed control category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Volvo S80 based on all problems reported for the S80.

1 Throttle Control Warning Light On problem of the 1999 Volvo S80

Failure Date: 12/07/2003

My 1999 Volvo s-80 t-6 suffers from a design flaw associated with the throttle body and engine warning light. The light is on all of the time. Servicing does not clear the light, so I have begun to simply ignore the light. The throttle body has a problem where the engine runs properly for 20,000 then begins to oscillate upand down by 200-300 rmps at idle. This seems minor, but it almost caused a major accident yesterday. When slowing to a stop at a major intersection, the engine slowed to idle and then sped up just as I was about to come to a stop. The higher rpm caused the car to move into the intersection. If another car had been approaching, it would have struck my car. I asked my wife (this is her primary car)if she had experienced the same problem and she said she had several times. I went on the web and found that many Volvo owners are experiencing the same rpm and engine light problems. I do not know if they have had the same near accident I did, but I must assume they have. Have you received other complaints about this problem and has Volvo been notified? I contacted Volvo and they denied any problem. The words on the internet tell me they are mistaken. Some one could get killed by this design flaw.

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