Vehicle Speed Control Related Problems of the 2002 Volvo V70

Table 1 shows three common vehicle speed control related problems of the 2002 Volvo V70. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle speed control (13 problems). The second most common problem is related to the car accelerates on its own (one problem).

Table 1. Vehicle Speed Control related problems of Volvo V70


Recently reported Vehicle Speed Control problems of the 2002 Volvo V70

The Vehicle Speed Control problem

In April 2021 I drove my newly acquired Volvo V70 wagon from mississippi to my home in ri. Once I reached in and around nyc, the car began to surge forward as I applied the brakes at stop lights/signs. This became most pronounced at the gw bridge toll area, in high slow-moving traffic.   Read details...

The Car Accelerates On Its Own problem

Over the past three years or so, I have had four or five incidences involving sudden acceleration of my 2002 Volvo station wagon v-70. All have occurred in city driving not on the open highway. Once when parking, I almost rammed another parked vehicle because, after applying the brake, my Volvo   Read details...

The Accelerator Pedal problem

Upon approaching an intersection brakes were applied to slow the vehicle down. Suddenly, while the vehicle was slowing down engine revved, and the vehicle accelerated. Consumer immediately depressed the brake pedal to stop the acceleration, but it failed to do so.   Read details...


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