Two problems related to cruise control have been reported for the 2000 Volvo V70. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2000 Volvo V70 based on all problems reported for the 2000 V70.
Why aren't you doing anything about Volvo building crap? they should be in jail. Etm - design was unacceptable from a day one. The etm is causing surging, stalling and many other symptoms. Once Volvo started to replace some of them, they used new ones with exactly the same flawed design. Abs module - is known for causing loss of braking power, early brake pads wear and damaging transmission. Front brake calipers - rust on calipers is squeezing rubber boots around sliding pins. Damage to rotors, pads and wheel bearings. Front lights low beams - unacceptable light output. Front seat belts - are cutting into side trim and side trim is cutting into seat belts. Wind shield wipers - highest speed is useless in heavy rain. Cruise control - rpm surges while going 55mph and turning on the cruise control. Do something!.
My 2000 V70 Volvo's ets system broke down this summer, having been on the road for approx. 5 hrs. I was traveling home on 95 from NY, & I was on the DC beltway (495) when the incident occurred. I was in the center lane, going with the pace of traffic (or a little slower - I had my 23-month-old son in the car with me), when the car started buckling a little bit. About . 10 mile later, the cruise control wouldn't work, & I could no longer accelerate. I was quickly decelerating from 60+ mph down to 20. The shoulders were not available to me as there was construction on the sides, but I was fortunate enough that the car would just go fast enough & traffic was just light enough that I could move to the closest exit - about a . 5 miles from the breakdown. My car only has 75k miles - nearly brand new for a Volvo - so you can imagine my shock when I found myself broken down in the middle of DC with a 5-year-old car. A 107-mile tow back to richmond ($300), plus the $1000 for the fix which included the heavily recommended computer upgrade, & I am still leary of the car's future performance. (apparently the dealer knows that this problem can happen again if you don't upgrade the computer system). This situation turned out to be a relatively safe one for my family, but it could have easily turned disastrous - if not deadly. I could have easily been rear-ended by a fast-moving vehicle on the beltway since shoulders of the road were not an option. Cars were whizzing past me at 70 mph - I cannot bear to imagine what would have happened if impacted at such high speeds - especially with my son in the car. This ets problem needs to be addressed immediately - especially since so many parents bought Volvos to transport their precious babies based on their reputation of safety. Also: the car had not had its 60k service at the time of the incident (completed mid- August, as well as the 75k service). We are the 3rd owner of the car. We bought at auction in PA.