Consumer Safety Complaints
Search 2,215,138 safety complaints filed by vehicle owners with NHTSA — including 138,663 crashes, 56,255 fires, and 8,561 deaths.
What is a NHTSA consumer complaint?
A consumer complaint is a free-form report filed by a vehicle owner directly to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) describing a safety concern about their vehicle. NHTSA collects these reports through its Vehicle Owner Defect Report (VOQ) system and publishes them publicly. Each complaint includes the affected component, the date and circumstances of the incident, whether the failure caused a crash or fire, and any reported injuries or deaths. The owner's full narrative description is included verbatim — NHTSA does not edit or moderate the descriptions.
The database below contains over 2,215,138 individual complaints. NHTSA's investigators monitor it for clusters of similar reports — when enough owners describe the same failure mode on the same vehicle, NHTSA may open a Preliminary Evaluation that can lead to a recall. Many of the largest recalls in U.S. history, including the Takata airbag recall and the Hyundai/Kia engine fire recalls, started as patterns visible in this complaint database years before they became formal recalls.
How to interpret what you read
A few principles for reading consumer complaints usefully:
- One complaint is anecdote; a hundred similar complaints is data. NHTSA does not investigate the truthfulness of any individual report — that's the job of the Office of Defects Investigation, which looks at the full pattern. When evaluating a vehicle, look for whether multiple owners describe the same chain of events.
- Crash, fire, injury, and death flags are owner-set. They are not verified by NHTSA. They are still useful as a filter, because owners who tick those boxes are typically reporting more serious incidents than those who don't.
- Component categories are NHTSA-assigned, not owner-assigned. NHTSA standardizes the component field so that complaints can be aggregated. The owner narrative often goes into more detail than the component category captures.
- Complaint volume scales with sales volume. A best-selling model will accumulate more raw complaints than a niche model even at the same defect rate. To compare across vehicles, look at complaints per 100,000 units sold, not raw counts.
If you've experienced a defect
File a complaint. NHTSA's investigators rely on this database to detect emerging defects, and useful complaints — specific, concrete, with dates and mileage and clear descriptions of what happened — feed directly into the agency's pattern detection. The form takes about 10 minutes and is at nhtsa.gov/recalls under "Report a Safety Problem." Your complaint becomes part of the same public record that this page is built from. Owners filing detailed VOQs are how recalls get triggered.
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Showing 15,069 complaints for VOLVO
Incident date: Dec 3, 2005
ON DECEMBER 3, 2005, THE CAR (A VOLVO V50 2006 WITH APPROXIMATELY 2000 MILES) WAS BEING DRIVEN IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA OF WASHINGTON DC. THE CAR WAS STOPPED FOR A LIGHT, AND THEN, UPON ATTEMPTING TO MOVE FORWARD, THERE WAS NO POWER TO THE WHEELS IN ANY GEAR. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER (MARTEN'S VOLVO, BETHESDA, MD). THE DEALERS REPRESENTATIVE INFORMED THE OWNER LATER THAT EVENING THAT A LINK... Read more
Incident date: Nov 21, 2005
THE FUEL RAIL BEGAN LEAKING FROM PLUG IN FRONT END OF RAIL. I WAS ABLE TO SMELL THE LEAK IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AND WAS ABLE TO AVOID A FIRE OR OTHER DAMAGE. LOCAL INDEPENDENT PARTS STORE INDICATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 960. BOUGHT A NEW, REDESIGNED FUEL RAIL FROM LOCAL VOLVO DEALER. IT WAS IN STOCK AND THEY INDICATED THAT THEY SELL A FAIR NUMBER OF THESE. THEY INDICATED TH... Read more
Incident date: Nov 30, 2005
THE ANGEL GEAR FAILED (ALSO KNOWN AS THE BEVEL GEAR) CAUSING A LOSS OF THE AWD SYSTEM. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE EXCESSIVE TORQUE STEER AND EXCESSIVE FRONT WHEEL SPIN. >$2300 REPAIR. DEALER INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC REASON FOR THE FAILURE AND THAT THERE WAS NO PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE ON THIS PART. *JB
Incident date: Oct 27, 2005
DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ON WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP ,AND THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. SHE RECEIVED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FROM VOLVO, AND IT STATED SHE NEEDED TO CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER FOR REIMBURSEMENT. *AK
Incident date: Nov 28, 2005
I OWN A 2000 VOLVO S70 AND THE THROTTLE MODULATOR (?) FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AT JUST OVER THE 100K MILE MARK. THE CAR IS SERVICED REGULARLY AND NOT MISHANDLED. I FELT VOLVO SHOULD HAVE REPLACED THIS PART WITHOUT COST TO ME. HOWEVER, THEY DID NOT AND IT COST ME ALMOST $1,000 FOR THE REPAIRS. I HAVE A FRIEND WHO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH HER VOLVO AND SHE GAVE ME THIS WEB SITE. HENCE MY ... Read more
Incident date: Dec 2, 2005
DT: THE CONTACT STATES WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE CAR COMPLETELY STALLED, RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER. THE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON PRIOR TO THE CAR STOPPING. SHE REPORTED HAVING NO PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY STATED TO CONTACT THE NHTSA HOT LINE SERVICES AND FILE A COMPLAINT. THE CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED.*AK
Incident date: Nov 28, 2005
I OWN A 2001 VOLVO S-80. THERE IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR . IT INVOLVES THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE (ETM). THE CAR AT TIMES WILL NOT MOVE EVEN THOUGH THE ENGINE IS RUNNING AND THE CAR IS IN GEAR. IT JUST WILL NOT MOVE. PARTICULARLY WHEN TRYING TO MOVE INTO TRAFFIC. I AM AWARE THROUGH MY READING OF THE FACT THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. VOLVO K... Read more
Incident date: Nov 21, 2005
(YOUR WEBSITE DOESN'T LIST VOLVO S-80 TYPES) WE HAVE REPEATEDLY RECEIVED BULB FAILURE INDICATOR(I BELIEVE ITS THE BRAKE LIGHT. ITS BEEN REPAIRED /REPLACED 3 TIMES IN THE 3 YEARS WE'VE HAD THE CAR. SOMETIMES ITS INTERMITTENT. VOLVO SAYS THIS IS COMMON. IF SO, WHY NOT A RECALL? (NO OTHER CAR I'VE OWNED HAS FREQUENT BRAKE LIGHT FAILURE) . *NM
Incident date: Nov 26, 2005
VOLVO V70 1998 - FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT - CAR DESTROYED DURING ROUTINE DRIVING, ENGINE STOPS. DRIVER NOTICES SMOKE COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS (LIGHTS) BLINKING. IN A FEW MINUTES THE CAR IS TOTALLY DESTROYED BY FIRE. WHEN I VISITED THE WRECKER'S YARD I FOUND A VOLVO 850 WAGON THAT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE IN THE SAME WAY! *NM
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Incident date: Nov 26, 2005
CAR STALLS AT ANY TIME. *JB
Incident date: Nov 6, 2005
MY 2000 XC V70 VOLVO BEGAN 'CHOKING' AND THEN STALLING ONE DAY. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AND GET TO MY DESTINATION. INCIDENT DATE NOTED BELOW IS WHEN THE INITIAL PROBLEM OCCURRED. HOWEVER THE STALLING OCCURRED REPEATEDLY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, RESULTING IN REPLACING THE THROTTLE, WHICH I NOW FOUND OUT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR POSSIBLE DEFECT AND VOLVO KNOWS ABOUT IT, YET FAILS TO WARN IT'... Read more
Incident date: Nov 6, 2005
MY 2000 XC V70 VOLVO BEGAN 'CHOKING' AND THEN STALLING ONE DAY. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AND GET TO MY DESTINATION. INCIDENT DATE NOTED BELOW IS WHEN THE INITIAL PROBLEM OCCURRED. HOWEVER THE STALLING OCCURRED REPEATEDLY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, RESULTING IN REPLACING THE THROTTLE, WHICH I NOW FOUND OUT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR POSSIBLE DEFECT AND VOLVO KNOWS ABOUT IT, YET FAILS TO WARN IT'... Read more
Incident date: May 15, 2004
DT: THE CONTACT STATED ENGINE SPUTTERED AND CHOKED, THEN IT EVENTUALLY STALLED. THE ELECTRICAL THROTTLE SYSTEM ( ETS ) LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR SERVICE. THE ETS AND EXHAUST/CRANKCASE EMISSION CONTROL MODULE (ECM) WERE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING CORRECTLY. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FIVE TIMES SINCE SEPTEMBER 2005. *AK
Incident date: May 15, 2004
DT: THE CONTACT STATED ENGINE SPUTTERED AND CHOKED, THEN IT EVENTUALLY STALLED. THE ELECTRICAL THROTTLE SYSTEM ( ETS ) LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR SERVICE. THE ETS AND EXHAUST/CRANKCASE EMISSION CONTROL MODULE (ECM) WERE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING CORRECTLY. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FIVE TIMES SINCE SEPTEMBER 2005. *AK
Incident date: Nov 8, 2003
DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE CAR SURGED UP AND DOWN WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY ONCE AND TWICE. THEY HAVE DOWNLOADED SOFTWARE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THESE REPAIRS WERE DONE AT THE CONSUMER'S EXPENSE.. THE PROBLEM RECURRED AND WAS GETTING WORSE. THE DEALER TOLD THE CONTACT TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY AT HIS EXPENSE. *AK
Incident date: Aug 27, 2005
OUR 01 VOLVO V-70 XC HAD BEEN ACTING A LITTLE OFF, KIND OF SURGING A LITTLE WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, DEALER COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM.. SO WE TRIED TO IGNORE IT. ONE DAY A FEW MONTHS AGO MY WIFE (8 MO. PREGNANT) TOOK THE CAR TO THE CITY. ALONG THE WAY, SHE WAS GOING UP A HILL ON A TWO-LANE HIGHWAY, WHEN THE CAR STARTED LOOSING POWER AND FINALLY JUST QUITTING RIGHT THERE ON THE ROAD....NO SHOULDER.... Read more
Incident date: Nov 16, 2005
WHILE DRIVING IN HIGHWAY TRAFFIC, THE CAR HAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF SPEED & STEERING & COMPLETELY STALLS. 1ST TIME 3/17/04 THROTTLE BODY CONTROL UNIT WAS REPLACED. 2ND TIME 11/26/05 MASS AIR FLOW METER WAS REPLACED. BOTH TIMES WAS ABLE TO RESTART CAR AFTER COASTING TO SHOULDER. ONE OTHER TIME AS WELL, DATE NOT NOTED. THESE ARE THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS REPORTED UNDER COMPLAINT PE05041 INVOLVING THE ELECTRO... Read more
Incident date: Nov 16, 2005
WHILE DRIVING IN HIGHWAY TRAFFIC, THE CAR HAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF SPEED & STEERING & COMPLETELY STALLS. 1ST TIME 3/17/04 THROTTLE BODY CONTROL UNIT WAS REPLACED. 2ND TIME 11/26/05 MASS AIR FLOW METER WAS REPLACED. BOTH TIMES WAS ABLE TO RESTART CAR AFTER COASTING TO SHOULDER. ONE OTHER TIME AS WELL, DATE NOT NOTED. THESE ARE THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS REPORTED UNDER COMPLAINT PE05041 INVOLVING THE ELECTRO... Read more
Incident date: Nov 16, 2005
I JUST BOUGHT A 2000 S80 VOLVO WITH 125K MILES ON IT AND IT HAS BEEN SURGING UP AND DOWN WHEN I SLOW DOWN AND SOMETIMES WHILE I DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE. JUST THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS WHILE SLOWING TO TURN INTO WORK IT DIED NEARLY CAUSING ANOTHER CAR TO REAR END ME. I HAS HAS ALSO DIED A COUPLE OF MORE TIMES TODAY, LUCKILY ON A SIDE STREET, BOTH TIMES WHILE SLOWING DOWN. I CAN SEE MY TACHOMETER ... Read more
Incident date: Jun 1, 2005
DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE (ETM ) LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP ,AND THEY REPLACED THE ETM. THE MANUFACTURER ASSISTED WITH THE COST OF THE REPAIRS. *AK UPDATED 01/04/06.*JB
Incident date: May 25, 2004
DT: 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 EXPERI... Read more
Incident date: May 25, 2004
DT: 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 EXPERI... Read more
Incident date: Oct 15, 2005
ETM (ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE) FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE ABRUPTLY STALLED IN TRAFFIC, CAUSING A NEAR MISS REAR END COLLISION. ETM REPLACED. *JB
Incident date: Nov 14, 2005
DT: X REF 10142625, 2 REPLACEMENTS, SMCH. THE CONTACT'S WIFE WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND VEHICLE SPEED SLOWED DOWN TO ALMOST NO SPEED . SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF THE RAMP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO VOLVO DEALERSHIP IN JUNE 2005 TO BE CHECKED. HE WAS TOLD AT THAT TIME THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE CLEANED. THE VEHICLE RAN FINE UNTIL SEPTEMBER, 22,005. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A... Read more
Incident date: Nov 20, 2005
2001 VOLVO S80 T6 1. FAILURE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL/ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE 2. TRANSMISSION FAILURE - GM TRANSMISSION. *JB
Incident date: Nov 20, 2005
2001 VOLVO S80 T6 1. FAILURE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL/ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE 2. TRANSMISSION FAILURE - GM TRANSMISSION. *JB
Incident date: Nov 23, 2005
CAR ENGINE SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. *JB
Incident date: Nov 16, 2005
DURING ACCELARATION OR A DOWNSHIFT TO ACCELARATE THE ON-BOARD COMPUTER READS "PERFORMANCE REDUCED" AND THE CAR LOOSES ALL POWER. YOU MUST PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SINCE THE CAR LOOSES ALL POWER AND SHUT THE CAR OFF. ONCE IT IS OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES YOU CAN START AGAIN AND RESUME DRIVING AS NORMAL. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. NO REPAIR HAS YET BEEN MADE. *... Read more
Incident date: Sep 15, 2005
WHILE DRIVING ON I-695 NEAR BALTIMORE EXPERIENCED SIX EPISODES OF SUDDEN DECELERATION ,AND A ALMOST STALLING. ALSO, WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY A DUMP TRUCK ON ONE OCCASION ,AND ON ANOTHER OCCASION BY AN 18-WHEELER BEFORE THE CONTACT COULD CROSS SLOWLY THROUGH LANES TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, DUE TO ROAD CONSTRUCTION, DURING TWO OF THESE UNPLANNED STOPS, THERE WAS NO SHOULDER ... Read more
Incident date: Oct 30, 2005
CAR'S CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE ON INTERSTATE AT 65 MPH. DROVE CAR ADDITIONAL 15 MINUTES TO GET HOME. FOLLOWED ON-DASH & OWNER'S MANUAL INSTRUCTIONS TO GET CHECKED AT EARLIEST CONVENIENCE. CAR BROKE DOWN NEXT DAY ON WAY TO MECHANIC. CAR BUCKED AND SURGED, DECELERATING AND ACCULTURATING WITHOUT ANY WARNING. CEL CAME ON. DISPLAY READ "PERFORMANCE REDUCED". COULD GO NO FASTER THAN 20-2... Read more
Incident date: Nov 20, 2005
2000 VOLVO C70 WHILE DRIVING AT 40-45 MPH, THE ETS LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE ENGINE CONTINUED RUNNING, BUT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY MISSING AND PROVIDED NO POWER. HAD TO ENGAGE EMERGENCY FLASHERS AND COAST OUT OF TRAFFIC. AFTER TURNING CAR OFF AND RESTARTING, THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY. THE CAR WAS FINE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY, DRIVING ~100 MILES. *JB
Incident date: Nov 16, 2005
VEHICLE REPEATEDLY STALLS AT LOW RPMS, DECELERATING, OR COMING TO STOP AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS, OFF-RAMPS, TOLL BOOTHS ETC. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTANT, AND DOESN NOT YIELD DIAGNOTICS ON CONSISTANT BASIS. DEALERS REFUSE TO FOLLOW-UP ON PROBLEM AS DIAGNOSTICS ARE INCONSISTANT. ONE INJURY AVOIDING ONCOMING VEHICLE UPON EXITING STALLED VEHICLE. INJURY MINOR, AND TREATED LOCALLY. *NM
Incident date: Nov 21, 2003
DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO A DEALERSHIP WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES. THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS AGAIN. THE REPAIRS WERE BEING DONE AT CONTACT'S EXPENSE. *AK
Incident date: Nov 16, 2005
IDLE TO SURGE DURING VEHICLE TESTING; SERVICE STATION CLEANED THROTTLE AND REPLACED GASKET. *JB
Incident date: Nov 1, 2005
MY 2001 VOLVO C70 ETM MODULE MALFUNCTIONED....
Incident date: Nov 1, 2005
MY 2001 VOLVO C70 ETM MODULE MALFUNCTIONED....
Incident date: Jul 3, 2003
DT: 2001 VOLVO S80. VEHICLE STALLED/DIED AND LOST POWER DUE TO THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. *AK. THE THROTTLE BODY AND GASKET HAVE BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES TO ALLEVIATE THE STALLING PROBLEM. *NM X-REF 10132057, SECOND ETM, SMCH. *AK
Incident date: Feb 24, 2003
THE CONTACT OWNS 2000 VOLVO S80. PURCHASED IT UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY CERTIFIED USED CAR PROGRAM FROM CLAYTON VOLVO IN KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE IN APRIL 2001. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, WHILE THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, THE CAR DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. AFTER TOWING IT TO THE DEALER IT WAS DISCOVERED THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE WASFILLED WITH CARBON. THAT UNIT WAS REPLACED UNDER ... Read more
Incident date: Feb 24, 2003
THE CONTACT OWNS 2000 VOLVO S80. PURCHASED IT UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY CERTIFIED USED CAR PROGRAM FROM CLAYTON VOLVO IN KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE IN APRIL 2001. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, WHILE THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, THE CAR DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. AFTER TOWING IT TO THE DEALER IT WAS DISCOVERED THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE WASFILLED WITH CARBON. THAT UNIT WAS REPLACED UNDER ... Read more
Incident date: Sep 8, 2005
1999 VOLVO V70 WAGON. VEHICLE STALLED/LOST POWER AND DIED WHILE DRIVING DUE TO ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE (ETM) FAILURE. THE ETM WAS REPLACED. *AK
Incident date: Nov 4, 2004
X REF 10131066, 2 ETMS, SMCH. 8-26-5 E-MAIL THAT IS THE UNIT THAT HAS CAUSED THE CAR TO TO BE TOWED TWICE. ONCE WHILE DRIVING, AND ONCE WHILE STARTING IN A PARKING LOT. THE ELECTRICAL THROTTLE MODULE (ETM) FAILED. *AK
Incident date: Sep 6, 2005
WELL, WELL - LET'S SEE, I BOUGHT A 2001 VOLVO S-80, T-6 IN FEBRUARY 2005 TO REPLACE MY 1996 740 IL BMW - I THOUGHT I WOULD GET A MORE ECONOMICAL AND SAFE CAR. BOY WAS I WRONG! TO MY DISGUST I PAID ALMOST $20,000 FOR THIS USED CAR AND WITHIN WEEKS IT STARTED ACTING UP. IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE MASS AIRFLOW SENSOR AND THE THROTTLE BODY. I FINALLY - 9 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR - HAVE HAD TO... Read more
Incident date: Sep 6, 2005
WELL, WELL - LET'S SEE, I BOUGHT A 2001 VOLVO S-80, T-6 IN FEBRUARY 2005 TO REPLACE MY 1996 740 IL BMW - I THOUGHT I WOULD GET A MORE ECONOMICAL AND SAFE CAR. BOY WAS I WRONG! TO MY DISGUST I PAID ALMOST $20,000 FOR THIS USED CAR AND WITHIN WEEKS IT STARTED ACTING UP. IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE MASS AIRFLOW SENSOR AND THE THROTTLE BODY. I FINALLY - 9 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR - HAVE HAD TO... Read more
Incident date: Aug 1, 2005
DT: THE CONTACT STATED VEHICLE STALLED AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THE ENGINE DID NOT DIE BUT OPERATED AT A REDUCED SPEED. THE THROTTLE LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHEN THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER DETERMINED IT WAS A THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM. THE DEALER REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY AT A DISCOUNTED PRICE. SINCE THE REPAIR THERE HAVE BEEN NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. UPDATED 06/05... Read more
Incident date: Nov 1, 2005
DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE ELECTRICAL THROTTLE MODULE ( ETM) FAILED. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT THE VEHICLE HESITATED WHILE DRIVING AT LOWER SPEEDS. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS, INDICATING A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ETM. THIS REPLACEMENT SEEMED TO HAVE CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. *AK
Incident date: Nov 17, 2005
DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE VEHICLE WAS HAVING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED THE DEALER FOUND A BEND IN THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THIS BEND COULD CAUSE THE DRIVESHAFT TO CRACK. THE DEALER SAID THE CONTACT MUST HAVE HIT SOMETHING TO CAUSE THE DAMAGE. BUT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE HE HIT ANYTHING. THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALER WAITING FOR AN INVESTIGATION. AT THIS POINT THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BE... Read more
Incident date: Nov 17, 2005
DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE VEHICLE WAS HAVING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED THE DEALER FOUND A BEND IN THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THIS BEND COULD CAUSE THE DRIVESHAFT TO CRACK. THE DEALER SAID THE CONTACT MUST HAVE HIT SOMETHING TO CAUSE THE DAMAGE. BUT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE HE HIT ANYTHING. THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALER WAITING FOR AN INVESTIGATION. AT THIS POINT THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BE... Read more
Incident date: Nov 15, 2005
ETC FAILURE ON A 2000 VOLVO S70 ( SEE ACTION #PEO5041). *NM
Incident date: Feb 14, 2005
I WAS DRIVING AT APPROX 50 MPH ON A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE UP A HILL WHEN MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER. THE COMPUTER DISPLAYED A "REDUCED POWER" MESSAGE. I PULLED TO THE RIGHT, AND CONTINUED TO DRIVE ABOUT 1/8 MILE AT SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED POWER UNTIL I COULD PULL COMPLETELY OFF THE ROAD (MY CHILDREN WERE WITH ME AND I WANTED TO BE OFF THE ROAD). I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT, TURNED OFF MY VEHICLE... Read more
Incident date: Feb 14, 2005
I WAS DRIVING AT APPROX 50 MPH ON A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE UP A HILL WHEN MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER. THE COMPUTER DISPLAYED A "REDUCED POWER" MESSAGE. I PULLED TO THE RIGHT, AND CONTINUED TO DRIVE ABOUT 1/8 MILE AT SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED POWER UNTIL I COULD PULL COMPLETELY OFF THE ROAD (MY CHILDREN WERE WITH ME AND I WANTED TO BE OFF THE ROAD). I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT, TURNED OFF MY VEHICLE... Read more