general problems of the 2001 Volvo V70 - part 1

Tl-the contact owns a 2001 Volvo V70. The contact stated that while driving 60 mph the front driver and passenger seats were melting, and black smoke was emerging from the seats. Additionally,,there was an abnormal burning smell emerging from the vehicle. The contact stated that the battery was replaced in the vehicle prior to the failure. The contact disconnected the circuits to the seats. There were no warning lights illuminated. There were no injuries. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who was unable to determine the failure. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 105,000. Ap.

The contact owns a 2001 Volvo V70. The contact stated that the key fob would not function intermittently, the door locks worked intermittently, and the turn signals worked independently. Also, various other electrical systems began experiencing issues. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was contacted and stated that there were no recalls on the vehicle. The failure mileage was approximately 135,000.

The contact owns a 2001 Volvo V70xc. While driving approximately 35 mph, the vehicle hesitated until the accelerator pedal was engaged forcefully. In addition, the engine warning indicator illuminated. The failure occurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who stated that the electronic throttle module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was in the process of being repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The approximate failure mileage was 98,000.

2001 Volvo V70. Consumer writes in regards to repairs under recall notice ea05021 the consumer stated the problem of the vehicle surging forward had been undiagnosed several times by mechanics. The consumer also stated at the time of purchasing the vehicle, the dealership did not disclose the recall and she never received a notice about the recall. The vehicle was also taken to the dealer due to a malfunction with the security system.

While driving our car home from 4th of July vacation on interstate, car shut down by itself and could only do about 7 mph, with a near miss of traffic I was to pull the car over to the shoulder of the road. This same problem has happened 2 additional times until we decided to not drive the car at all due our concern for getting into a accident. The local dealership could not see us for 3 weeks we were told, the car was towed to the dealership and we are still waiting to find out what they will tell us.

I recently began having problems with my 2001 Volvo V70 station wagon. It turns out that the pcv system had become clogged as a result of problems with the etm. When they tested the vehicle at the dealership they did not find any computer codes related to the etm so they are refusing to cover the damage done to the pcv by the faulty etm under warranty. When they clean or replace the etm they service the pcv as part of the repair they have indicated to me that until the etm fails completely they are unwilling to cover the pcv problem under the extended warranty.

I have intermittent failure of the dipped beams in my 2001 Volvo V70 t5. I see an error report on the dash: bulb failure. Dipped beams. But there is nothing wrong with my bulbs. There is an electrical problem that is totally unpredictable leading to loss of low beams. Volvo service managers say they don't know what causes the problem. Am I the only person to report this defect? it started about 2 years ago in the winter of 2003 but is now more regular but not always.

1. Wife was driving on a highway @ approximately 45 mph. 2) engine idled roughly, stalled then message showing "performance reduced" showed in the car information screen. Car was able to restart, then driven to dealer for repair. It is believed to be an etm failure.

Volvo, 2001 V70 - VIN yv1sw58d111019707 this specific vehicle is unreliable and unsafe. Since purchased new, car has had multiple system failures leading to various unsafe driving conditions including brake system failure and engine failure (including loss of braking and steering systems). Manufacturer has acknowledged unusual nature of this particular vehicle quality defects - concerned that car must be taken off road to avoid serious crash. Please advise.

The contact stated while driving at any speed the vehicle stalled. The computer showed reduced performance. The vehicle was taken to a mechanic ,and they were unable to diagnose the problem.

The contact stated vehicle surged forward after placing it into gear. She tried to stop the vehicle by applying the brakes, but they would not work. She lost control of the vehicle and struck a pole. The vehicle has not been inspected to determine the cause of the problem. Updated 11/29/2005 - the few weeks prior to this accident the vehicle had a computer problem and the passenger door, window and turn signal were inoperative. These problems were fixed by the dealer.

I was in heavy commute traffic, going about 60 mph, when my Volvo cross country [2001] suddenly lost power. After towing, I was told that my electronic throttle module had failed. The replacement cost was about $1100. Subsequently, I was made aware that this is under investigation and a class action is filed in CA. I had no earlier problems of this nature, and have always maintained my car. I hope that your investigation is fruitful, as this is a serious safety risk. My situation could have resulted in one or more fatalities.

Volvo V70 2001 hesitating to change gear, problem occurs more frequently during slow commute at aprox. 20-40 miles/hr. One day driving through I-285 in atlanta, GA car suddenly stopped. Thank god I was at an exit area and was able to slide car to a non traffic area. Car was able to start engine again aprox. Within 5-10 minutes. Car problem was reported to north point Volvo, alpharetta, GA. The car had a "sensor problem" and was "corrected", per the dealer. . Today car is still having problems - hesitant to change gear. I am worried it will turn off again one day. Researching in the internet found a lot of people with same problems. Volvo company should be investigated.

On September 7, 2005, my wife was driving our 2001 Volvo V70xc in the left lane of a busy four-lane street during rush hour. Without warning, the car suddenly lost power. Fortunately, my wife was able to maneuver the car across the lanes of on-coming traffic into a parking lot. In idle, the car was shuddering. Once turned off, the care would not initially restart. After a few attempts, the car did restart and we were subsequently able to drive it to the local Volvo dealership (pederson Volvo). In the interim, my wife talked with a service manager who said he was almost certain this was a problem with the electronic throttle module (etm). Subsequent analysis at the service department confirmed that the etm had failed and would require replacement. When questioned, the service manager admitted that the failure of etms was under investigation. He also indicated that we would be reimbursed should a recall be issued.

My vehicle stalls with no warning. 1. No warning, seemingly no events leading up to the failure. 2. Failure manifests itself in a complete shut-down of car. The car becomes a hazard wherever failure occurs, especially on the freeway. No power steering or power brakes. 3. The car has been serviced for this problem on 6 occasions. Dealer replaced throttle body twice, abs control module three times, and a wire harness, with no guarantee that the problem is remedied.

My 2001 Volvo V70xc (purchased less than two months ago from a Volvo dealer) suddenly warned "performance reduced" and lost all acceleration -- was probably going only several mph. The dealer determined etm failure and replaced the part, fortunately under warranty as this was a "Volvo certified" pre-owned care. Luckily this happened on a quiet road -- but only a short time after I had been driving on the mass pike.

Warning lights had been coming on, but without symptoms. Now "performance reduced" light comes on, car will only go about 20-25 mph, non-responsive to gas pedal. Dealer diagnosis - etm failure.

Low beam headlight failure. Message indicated low beam failure. Inserted new bulb in left low beam holder. Did not function. To be certain that I had a good bulb, I removed the right low beam bulb and inserted it into the left low beam holder. This bulb, which had worked previously, now failed and I was left with no low beam headlights. The same problem occurred with my 2000 Volvo cross country.

2001 Volvo V70 2. 4 t 1. Power loss under normal operational conditions. Several trips to dealership. Service light coming on and off. 2. Died in traffic with my wife and or she and our children in the car on several occasions. Would sit, then be fine again. I thought bad gas or something. Researched symptoms/conditions on the web and found that what we were experiencing sounded like prelude to catastrophic failure of etm. We took it to an independent mechanic instead of the dealerships which found nothing wrong and asked them to check the etm. Couldn't get codes of about it because it resets itself even after codes come on and clears the codes. Finally got right in when it happened and sure enough, etm was failing 3. We had to replace it out of our own pocket for $800 to $900. We were told by the mechanics that it wasn't fixed forever, that it would likely start to fail again at some point because it's a design flaw. The incident date is not correct. . . It was several months ago when we got it fixed but I can't find the repair slip atm for exact date.

Car surged periodically without gas pedal engaged. When coming to a stop or slowing down in traffic. Idle was erratic and sometimes car stalled causing safety concerns. When car stalled it was difficult to restart due to idle dropping. Car has stalled when pulling into traffic.

Recently, the message center in my vehicle indicated that the emissions systems experienced a failure. I took the car in and the dealer said that the etm needed to be replaced. I own 2001 Volvo V70 t5 wagon.

While driving with my 6 year old daughter at 70 mph on highway 58 in golden, CO my 2001 Volvo xc wagon suddenly lost power and I could only go 10 mph on July 20, 2005. I was able to exit and parked the car for an hour. It restarted and ran normally for about 5 minutes when I had a second sudden loss of power while driving 65 on 6th avenue in golden. The message center on my dash said service was urgent, so I stopped the car on the exit ramp for 1. 5 hrs. Until a tow truck arrived which towed the car to rickenbaugh Volvo in denver for a cost of $142. 50. The next day, I paid rickenbaugh Volvo in denver $982. 53 to replace the throttle unit and gasket, and remove, clean and replace the crank case ventilation nipple and $272. 68 for emissions service.

I own a 2001 Volvo cross-country. I was driving at 65 miles per hour on interstate 95 between baltimore and washington when my car starting shaking violently and stopped driving. Suffice to say, this incident was extremely scary. The car was towed to a Volvo dealer. The mechanic advised that the electronic throttle was defective. The repair cost me $1,300. I was unhappy to learn that Volvo is well aware of this problem, but will not issue a recall or reimburse consumers for this repair.

Traveling on montana highway 93 at 65 mph my 2001 Volvo V70 awd suddenly lost power. I pulled off the side of this heavily traveled 2 lane highway causing traffic behind me to swerve into the oncoming lane of traffic. The car was towed to the nearest mechanic, where it was diagnosed with an electronic throttle module problem. Volvo recommends cleaning the module which was done. I picked up my car on Saturday July 2, 2005 and on Monday July 4, 2005, the car died suddenly on a busy 2 lane county road. Once again I pulled off to the side of the road. Now the only option is to replace the electronic throttle module at a high cost, $1000. 00 plus. My car only has 57,000 miles on it. I have been made aware that Volvo knows of this potentially harmful situation and has done nothing to repair this defective etm. The thought of causing and accident on a busy road when a Volvo suddenly looses power is frightening. If you could please help in letting Volvo know that they have a responsibility to keep our roadways safe. A sudden loss of power should not be a normal operating method. Thank you allison beougher.

My 2001 Volvo V70 spontaneously lost power and died. I was stranded far from home with my daughter on a Friday night. After supposedly being repaired at the dealership, several months later on a road trip, again far from home, my car all of a sudden started coughing and losing power, on the highway at highway speed, putting me and my passengers at risk. I was able to cripple it on, and the dealership eventually replaced the throttle body and related computer module, but I understand that it could possible happen again. I live in a remote area and need to be able to depend on my car. I cannot be stranded on the open road at any hour and in any weather.

Please add me to the growing list of people who had their electronic throttle module fail on them while driving in heavy traffic. It failed on me( with no prior hint of failure ) causing the car to go into idle speed while crossing a very busy intersection. I called the dealer and they told me I could reset the computer buy a combination of door lock turns which I did. It then failed again in a very dangerous condition (sitting at a red light with a long line of traffic behind me) while driving to the dealer to be replaced two days later. It failed at about 94,000 miles but I don't consider this a part which should have such a design flaw. And if it is going to fail - the cars' computer should not cause the car to go into limp home mode. It was replaced by the dealer at a cost of around $900 with a one year warranty.

: the contact stated while driving the vehicle traveling 30- 40 mph the vehicle idles roughly. Also while stopped at stop signs the vehicle lurched forward. The vehicle started having different error codes illuminate in the vehicle. It has been taken to the dealership a total of three times. After diagnostics were ran on the vehicle the problem was the electronic throttle body module. All problems with the vehicle are due to the throttle body module failing. The dealership will clean the module but they will not replace it until it completely fails. The manufacturer has been alerted.

2001 V70xc Volvo . Car started to loose power unexpectedly. When you needed to pull out into traffic it might hesitate. I had it repaired by Volvo and they replaced the electronic throttle module at 82,899 miles.

Recently purchased Volvo V70xc and was driving across the country when the etm failed south of austin. I was on the highway south of austin traveling about 70 mph when the car stalled out, leaving me with little control over steering or breaks. Luckily was able to get to the side of the road. After a few minutes was able to start the car and limped to the local Volvo dealer, where they told me the etm had failed and which they replaced.

1) electronic throttle module (etm) shuts down the gas pedal where you have no control on acceleration 2) etm shutdown could cause a major accident 3) replace the etm at $1100 the owners should have been notified under warranty to clean the etm.

Driving on expressway at approx. 60 mph, car lost speed and power steering. Towed into Volvo dealership in oklahoma city. Repairs costing approx. $1,200 were made to electronic throttle or transmission. I can provide the statement indicating the repairs.

In August of 2004 while traveling at highway speed, my 2001 Volvo V70 xc began to buck violently and slowed to a crawl. This was sudden, with no preliminary hint that anything was wrong. The incident could very well have caused a serious accident had there been any other traffic on the highway at the time. Subsequently, the problem was diagnosed at Smart motors Volvo in madison, wisconsin, as a failed throttle body. The replacement part and labor cost $934. 25. The highly experienced Volvo mechanic suggested that such throttle body failures were, in his experience, more common in colder climates where fuel additives to prevent ice in the fuel line were present. He also said that other makes of car that used the same throttle body were having the same very high rate of failure.

Initially, I took my 2001 Volvo V70 station wagon to the dealer because the cruise control function was not working and the "check engine" light came on. They ran a diagnostic computer check and told me that everything came back fine -even though it was obvious that the cruise control was not working when we drove it around the lot. They said that if the computer did not detect an error they were not able to fix anything, although they suspected that the electronic throttle control might be causing the problem. They reset the computer so that the "check engine" light went off. A month later, I was pulling out into traffic from my driveway with my three-year old in the back seat and lost all power. The max speed I could go was about 10 mph. Fortunately, I was able to pull off to the side of the road. It is a very busy uncontrolled access - I was fortunate that there wasn't more traffic as an accident would have occurred. There was no warning lights or indication that this was going to occur - it just stopped. I had the car towed to the Volvo dealer who diagnosed a malfunctioning electronic throttle module. The car had 72,000 miles on it. I expressed my disappointment that a car with a reputation for safety would fail in such a way that could cause a terrible accident. I also lodged a complaint with Volvo customer service. Recently, I heard about the investigation on this same issue. I was directed to your website when I searched for additional information on the internet.

The contact stated the electronic throttle module (etm) failed. The engine idle dropped, and surged upon starting the vehicle. While driving the vehicle it surged and then lost power. The vehicle stalled while at a stop light and would not immediately start back. The vehicle started again after the fourth attempt. The etm was replaced approximately a year ago, but now the vehicle experienced the same problems again. After the repairs the consumer continued to experience problems. Updated 01/04/06.

2001 Volvo xc70 cross country wagon sputters and stalls signals fail etc. . . We bought this car used from a Volvo dealer 1 year ago and have had trouble since cant get any help from Volvo the car only has about 40,000 miles we feel very unsafe in this vehicle especially with our small kids in the car thank you.