Dashboard Failed Problems of Volvo XC70

The car was going 60-63mph down the highway there was a sudden hard clunk in the transmission and my guage cluster went dead and lost all power options. Was almost hit as I tried to pull over with no blinkers, flashers, etc. After about 10 minutes I tried to start the car again and the dash came back but srs warning was up on the info cluster. Took my car to the repair shop (authorized Volvo repair) and was told there were no codes present. They drove the car for a week and same thing happened to them. They suggested that the cem Volvo part number 30657629 was no good. To replace it would be 1300$ after some research I found that there are a lot of other Volvo owners who have had this same occurrence, and even been in accidents due to this failure at different intervals in mileage ranging from 50k and up. Seems to me there should be a recall and some repairs made to the cem on the v70, Xc70, s90, s40 etc as they all seem to do it.

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On 6/29/2005, I was driving my 2004 Volvo c70 on a four lane road when suddenly the engine raced and then all gauges went dead. The steering wheel locked, the brakes locked and I had absolutely no control of my vehicle. Fortunately, at that moment there were no cars around me and somehow after 5-10 seconds, I was able to get my car off the road. I was very frightened that serious injury and or death to myself or someone else might have been caused. I contacted road service and had the car towed to Volvo of tampa, florida. The following day I received a call from the service department stating that they had checked the computer and then test drove the vehicle about 20 miles, but found nothing wrong. I was told I could pick up my car. I had a discussion with chris in the service department stating that I was petrified to get behind the wheel again. I questioned how the problem was resolved and received no acceptable explanation. I told him I would be out of town until 7/5/05 and that he needed to discuss the situation with the service manager. Today, 7/6/05 I received a call from eric, a manager and was told the same thing. I again explained how frightened I was and told him that I would like another vehicle to drive while this situation was being resolved. Eric told me absolutely not. He stated that there is "no defective component". He told me that he would test drive the car and call me back. I have not spoken with him again at this time. I had complained previously about shaking and engine racing and the problem still has not been resolved. Because of all the problems I have had with this vehicle I have not driven it more than absolutely necessary. With this most recent, possible life threatening situation I want Volvo to buy this vehicle back. I will not risk my life or the life of others. I believe this Volvo contains serious defects that pose the potential for loss of life and/or serious injury to myself, my family and anyone else on the highway.