Six problems related to fuel injection have been reported for the 1999 Volvo V70. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Car stalls at any time.
1999 Volvo V70 etm (electronic throttle module) failure - my wife and 3 year old daughter were driving the car on a major four lane avenue, in heavy traffic, when the etm failed. The car started idling rough. When she came to a stop light, she had to press the brake extremely hard to prevent the car from lunging into the vehicle in front of her. When she accelerated to proceed, the car would only go a maximum of 30 mph, even with the accelerator pressed to the floor. Luckily, the crown Volvo dealership (greensboro, nc) was on the same stretch of avenue. She managed to get to the dealership and get it repaired. We were devastated when they told us the repair would cost $934. 00. We were able to get that reduced to $836. 24, because we just happen to have a $100 discount coupon in the glove compartment. We had just had a 60,000 mile service performed on the car a couple months ago. The actual mileage when the etm failed was 64,284. The repair included replacing the faulty etm, a gasket, and a etm program reload.
Sirs - I file this compliant to add to those already filed by others that document malfunctioning electronic throttle modules in 1999 to 2001 Volvo 60/70/80-series vehicles. My 1999 V70 t5 currently exhibits the conditions indicative of etm malfunction (e. G. , rough starting, uneven acceleration, and intermittent surging when driving at steady state highway speeds). The ets dash panel light is illuminated. Only once has the car completely stalled (and it occurred in the Volvo of irvine, CA parking lot as I was departing). The car just turned 90k miles. It has not left me stranded on a highway but I'm very concerned that it will stall and go into "20-mph limp home" mode and make me a target.
Mileage approx 115,000 when purchased now 120,000 within 8 months. Hardly hard use. Failure of ecm and O2 sensors, on two occasions the second within 1000 miles and 1 month of first repair. Caused the car to surge, if restarted might stall and generally become dangerous to drive. No warning of failure. Volvo dealerships well aware of problem and offered immediate and correct diagnosis prior to checking the computer codes, without needing much investigation. 2 dealers worked on the car one don bayer in washington and independence Volvo in charlotte. Instructed independence Volvo dealer to make car safe and roadworthy. Uploaded faults and downloaded onto vehicle, new software. Within 1 month new symptoms appear. At various times these lights show and reset abs warning, engine warning, traction control warning, speedo failure, check engine, service warning (even though service is just carried out). Symptoms include lack of throttle response when pulling away, when speedo fails. No warning of change in status means this happens during turning maneuvers with potentially dangerous or lethal consequences. Checking various sources note that abs module failure is common making the car potentially unsafe in emergency, not only for braking but during acceleration as the cars ability to pull at its normal rate is vastly reduced, adding throttle does nothing, but if the system turns back on again no warning, the speedometer just comes back to life ) this can cause unneeded fierce acceleration. I noted one death on the highway of a young woman who appeared to accelerate off the road during a benign maneuver and am concerned that this on/off speedometer/abs transmission problem might have been the cause rather than the ecm currently the focus of the investigation.
My 1999 Volvo V70's engine unexpectedly stopped running while I was driving on I -95 in heavy traffic. I was fortunate to be able to pull off the highway, as this was a very dangerous situation. The ets warning light was on and the engine would not restart. No "limp home" mode was available. The car was towed to an independent shop. They got the car running but cruise c. Still inop. Incident occurred 4-12-05.
My 1999 Volvo V70 xc with 76,000 miles had flutuating idle and stalled occaisionally when coming to a stop, losing control ( power steering and acceleration). On 8 April 2004 we had to replace the throttle body (cost ~$1000). This month (August 2005) with 99,000 miles on the car, the same symptoms occured again. We have just replaced the throttle body again at a cost of $1000.