2001 Volvo S60 Speed Control & Cruise Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 VOLVO S60. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A FAILURE IN WHICH THE THROTTLE BODY FAILED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE WHEN MAKING A TURN OR WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INDICATED THAT THE TIME FRAME HAD EXPIRED FOR THE VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 06V441000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 VOLVO S60. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ON CRUISE CONTROL, THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AS THE SERVICE ENGINE URGENT WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE SERVICE ENGINE URGENT WARNING ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE REPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 06V441000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL) IN 2011. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 205,000.

DESPITE SEVERAL SERVICE BULLETINS AND RECALL, THE VOLVO DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO HONOR THE RECALL #155 CAMPAIGN CHARGING ME $1,120.92 FOR A NEW ELECTRONIC THROTTLE. WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE WE CAN SEND THIS INVOICE FOR REIMBURSEMENT. WE ALSO WOULD LIKE THE ADMINISTRATION TO TRIPLE FINE VOLVO CARS FOR ITS BLATANT DISREGARD OF THE LAWS GOVERNING RECALLS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 VOLVO S60. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE FROM A COMPLETE STOP. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE THROTTLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 131,000.

2001 VOLVO S60. ATTORNEY WRITES ON BEHALF OF CONSUMER IN REGARDS TO PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE AS DESCRIBED IN NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE05-041*TGW THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER REGARDING THE RECALL. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT EXHIBITING THE CHARACTERISTICS AT THE TIME. THE DEALER CLAIMED THEIR DIAGNOSTIC TEST DID NOT INDICATE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE ETM, BUT THERE COULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING WRONG WITH AN OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE SENSOR, WHICH THEY SUGGESTED MIGHT BE A PART OF THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER WAS CHARGED $103 FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST, AND THEY INDICATED IT WOULD COST $270 TO REPLACE THE SENSOR. THE CONSUMER DECLINED THE REPAIRS. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR FACILITY AND THEY REPLACED BOTH TEMPERATURE SENSORS. FOLLOWING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SENSORS, THE TECHNICIAN REPORTED THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED SYMPTOMS OF SURGING, IDLE FLUCTUATING AND LOSS OF POWER. CLEARLY, THE SENSORS WERE NOT THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST.*JB

INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF ELECTRONIC THROTTLE IN 2001 VOLVO S60. FORTUNATELY OCCURRED IN PARKING LOT WITH VEHICLE AT REST. VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED RESPONDING TO THROTTLE. TURNED OFF VEHICLE AND DID VISUAL AND TACTILE SURVEY OF THROTTLE PEDAL AREA. RESTARTED VEHICLE AND PROBLEM DISAPPEARED. COULD HAVE BEEN VERY SERIOUS SITUATION HAD VEHICLE BEEN AT SPEED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 VOLVO S60. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SURGE ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO STALL INTERMITTENTLY AND EXHIBIT AN ABNORMAL INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE BOTH NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

I GOT THE ETM VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL RECALL FIXED BUT MY CAR IS DOING IT AGAIN. IS IT NORMAL FOR THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN AND CAN I GET IT FIXED FOR FREE AGAIN? PLEASE LET ME KNOW BECAUSE MY CAR IS STARTING TO STALL OUT ON ME AND I'M AFRAID OF GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT. THANK YOU *TR

I HAVE A 2001 VOLVO V70. ENTERING INTERSTATE 95 THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE FORCING ME TO MAKE A STOP AND SHUT OFF THE CAR. THE SAME HAS HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES MORE DURING THE NEXT DAYS. *CN

I OWN A VOLVO S60 AND HAVE EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE FAILURE. AS THE VOLVO DEALER HAS TOLD ME. "OH YEAH, WE KEEP THOSE IN STOCK. MANUFACTURING FLAW. THEY ARE BURNING OUT LIKE CRAZY." THE REPAIR IS GOING TO COST ME $900 USD AND I AM ABSOLUTELY LIVID. SOME RESEARCH HAS YIELDED THAT AN EXCESS OF 200,000 VEHICLES COULD BE AFFECTED AND SO FAR TENS OF THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED AND CLEANED, OR REPLACED. MY VEHICLE HAS RECEIVED THE "SOFTWARE UPGRADE 'RECALL'", BUT CLEARLY TO NO AVAIL. MY CAR HAS ONLY 60,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS TO HAVE A FAULTY MANUFACTURED PART REPLACED. I BOUGHT VOLVO FOR THE RELIABILITY AND SERVICE AND THUS FAR, HAVE RECEIVED NEITHER. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT RESULTS IN EXCESSIVE AND SUDDEN STALLING IN TRAFFIC, OPEN ROAD, AND PARKED CONDITIONS. AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THIS DEFECT, I WAS ALMOST SANDWICHED AND NO DOUBT WOULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED, IF NOT KILLED, BY TWO TRACTOR TRAILERS ON A MERGE ON ROUTE 295. I'M AFRAID THAT VOLVO AND THE US GOVERNMENT IS AWAITING FATALITIES OR FORD'S SALE TO A FOREIGN COMPETITOR (BMW) BEFORE ISSUING THE RECALL. THIS IS DIRTY POOL AND I AM REQUESTING THIS ASSOCIATION TO MAKE A ONCE GOOD COMPANY REMEMBER THEIR ROOTS IN SAFETY AND RESPONSIBILITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER NHTSA RECALL #06V441000 CONCERNING THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE, IT STALLED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. IT WAS MANEUVERED OFF THE ROAD AND RESTARTED. HOWEVER, IT WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO SUGGESTED THE VEHICLE BE TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. *AK

I HAVE APPROXIMATELY 80,000 MILES ON MY VEHICLE AND ON INTERMITTENT OCCASIONS I HAD EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH IDLE FLUCTUATION AND SLIGHT ERRATIC ACCELERATION AND POWER BEHAVIOR. ON ANOTHER OCCASION I WAS ENTERING THE FREEWAY AND AS I ACCELERATED INTO POSITION ON THE FREEWAY THE CAR FELT SLOW TO RESPOND AND SLUGGISH, THEN I RECEIVED AN URGENT ENGINE SERVICE REQUIRED MESSAGE ON MY DASH DISPLAY. AS SOON I HAD THE CHANCE I PULLED OVER TO CHECK ENGINE VITALS, OIL, COOLANT ETC, EVERYTHING WAS GOOD AND I HADN'T NOTICED ANY SERIOUS DRIVABILITY ISSUES BUT RELUCTANT TO TRAVEL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON THE FREEWAY. I INQUIRED WITH THE VOLVO DEALER AT MY NEXT SERVICE WHICH COINCIDED WITH THIS MOST RECENT ISSUE. IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THE FAULT CODE INDICATED PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE/SYSTEM (ETM/ETS), AND THAT I COULD EITHER HAVE IT CLEANED WHICH WOULD BE A TEMPORARY FIX, OR REPLACED WHICH WOULD COST OVER $1000.00. THE SERVICE REP CHECKED TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS FOR MY VEHICLE AND THERE WERE NONE THAT APPLIED TO MY VEHICLE AND AS FAR AS TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS WERE CONCERNED THERE WERE TWO THAT APPLIED BUT EVEN THOUGH, MY VEHICLE STILL WOULD NOT QUALIFY UNDER ANY EXTENDED WARRANTY BECAUSE MY VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN EUROPE AND SHIPPED IT BACK TO THE U.S. WHAT IS THAT? I THOUGHT ALL VOLVO'S INEVITABLY COME FROM THE SAME PLACE. WHAT SETS MY VEHICLE APART FROM ANY OTHER, ITS STILL U.S. SPEC AND ITS STILL A VOLVO AND WE ARE ALL EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS IT APPEARS. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET, I HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM EFFECTING SEVERAL MODEL VEHICLES RANGING FROM YEARS 1999-2002 AND IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING PROBLEM UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES AND WHICH VOLVO HAS REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE AND REFUSES TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THE PROBLEM PART THAT IS NOT MECHANICAL AND IN MY OPINION DOES NOT QUALIFY AS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. *JB

SPEED CONTROL PROBLEM. MY 2001 VOLVO S60 LOST POWER LAST NIGHT, WHILE I WAS IN THE FAST LANE DRIVING 70 MPH ON INTERSTATE 5! I RAPIDLY LOST SPEED AND BY SOME MIRACLE WAS ABLE TO WEAVE THROUGH TRAFFIC TO THE ROADSIDE. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN BUT IT WAS AS IF THE GAS PEDAL WAS NOT CONNECTED TO THE ENGINE. I MANAGED TO PROCEED AT FAST IDLE SPEED TO AN OFF RAMP AND FOUND A PARKING LOT, WHERE I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. I CONTACTED THE COMPANY I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM AND THEY SUGGESTED THAT I TRY TO RE-START THE ENGINE, WHICH I DID AND THE PROBLEM HAD CORRECTED ITSELF. I HAVE SCHEDULED MY VOLVO FOR SERVICE. THE IRONY IS THAT MY WIFE HAS A 2001 VOLVO XC STATION WAGON AND THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED WITH HER VEHICLE LAST SEPTEMBER. THE VOLVO DEALER CORRECTED THE PROBLEM BY REPLACING AN ECM AND RE-PROGRAMMING IT. THE PROBLEM WITH HER VOLVO XC HASN'T RE-OCCURRED. THE REAL CONCERN IS THAT IN BOTH INSTANCES, WE WERE TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE FREEWAY AT HIGH SPEED WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AND ONLY BY PURE LUCK DIDN'T CAUSE AN ACCIDENT!!*JB

2001 VOLVO S60 2.4T WITH 88,000 MILES AND RECORD OF REGULAR MAINTENANCE BEGAN SPUTTER AND SHOW A PERFORMANCE REDUCED MESSAGE, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STOP ACCELERATING AND SLOW DOWN TO A CRAWL. THIS HAPPENED ONCE ON A MAJOR STREET, AND THEN AGAIN ON THE INTERSTATE. BOTH TIMES I WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC QUICKLY, THANKFULLY PREVENTING ANY POTENTIAL INCIDENTS. THE MECHANIC, WHO HAS IT NOW, INDICATED THE COMPUTER RECOGNIZED A THROTTLE PROBLEM, BUT NOTHING FROM THERE. VARIOUS OUTLETS MENTIONED A PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MECHANISM, THAT WAS NOT BEING PUBLICLY REPORTED BY VOLVO.*AK

SEVERAL EPISODES OF SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING. EPISODE 1/28/06 NEARLY RESULTED IN COLLISION AT INTERSECTION WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE THROUGH TURN. ENGINE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, INDICATING: "REDUCED POWER" MAX SPEED 18 MPH, UPHILL 5 MPH. ENGINE ROUGH, ETM FAILURE.*AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING 30-40 MPH EACH TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER; THE BATTERY WAS DISCONNECTED, AND THEN RECONNECTED. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AFTER THE COMPUTER RESET. ALSO, THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAD BEEN RELEASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE ECM MODULE WAS REPLACED. THERE HAVE BEEN NO FURTHER PROBLEMS.

(1) AT AROUND 6:30AM, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 2006, I WAS DRIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO GOING DOWNHILL. ONCE I HIT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL, I BEGAN TAKING A LEFT TURN. (2) IN THE PROCESS OF CONDUCTING MY LEFT TURN, MY CAR COMPLETELY STALLED AND ALL POWER STEERING WAS LOST. HAD THERE BEEN PARKED CARS ON THE ROAD THAT MORNING, I WOULD HAVE DIRECTLY HIT THEM DUE TO THE LACK OF POWER STEERING AS I SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES TO STOP FROM HITTING THE SIDEWALK. IMMEDIATELY, THE "REDUCED PERFORMANCE" LIGHT CAME ON AND FORTUNATELY, AFTER 10 MINUTES OF LEAVING MY CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT START, I WAS ABLE TO START IT AGAIN AND DRIVE IT BACK TO MY HOME. (3) I TOOK THE CAR TO ROYAL MOTORS, 1525 HOWARD STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ASSOCIATED WITH THE ETM FAILURE. HOWEVER, VOLVO HAD INSTRUCTED THEM TO FIRST ATTEMPT TO CLEAN THE ETM AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY FAILURES AFTER CLEANING. I TOLD THE REPRESENTATIVE THAT IF THIS HAPPENS AGAIN, I MAY NOT BE IN SAN FRANCISCO AS I COMMUTE ON THE FREEWAY TO WORK IN PALO ALTO EACH DAY. THEY SAID THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO HAVE VOLVO PAY FOR THE ETM FAILURE. SO, I SIMPLY SAID OKAY AND RECEIVED MY CAR BACK THE NEXT DAY. *NM

DT*:THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY LOST POWER AND LURCHED FORWARD. THIS HAPPENED WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AFTER DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THEN, THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD WITH FORCE. THE PROBLEM BECAME CURRENT AND HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES A DAY. *AK

I WAS ON A LONG TRIP BACK HOME ON 11/29/05 WHEN I NOTICED MY 2001 VOLVO STARTED SURGING AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES OF THIS IT SHOWED ME A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND A MESSAGE APPEARED SAYING " PERFORMANCE REDUCED ". THE CAR WAS BASICALLY SHUTTING DOWN. I WAS DOING 75 MPH AT THE TIME AND HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER FROM THE LEFT LANE 4 LANES OVER TO THE RIGHT. THIS WAS A LITTLE SCARY DOING 75 MPH. I SAT ON THE SHOULDER FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTES AND TRIED RESTARTING THE CAR. I SEEMED FINE SO I CONTINUED ON. THE SAME THING HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES ON THE TRIP HOME. THE FOLLOWING MONDAY 11/1/05 I BROUGHT THE CAR TO A RAMSEY VOLVO TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. THEY TOLD ME THE ETM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I HAD THEM REPLACE IT. THE PROBLEM I HAVE IS THAT IT SEEMS AS IF THIS IS VERY COMMON AMONG VOLVO'S WITH THE ETM AND IT IS QUITE DANGEROUS WHEN THEY FAIL. IF AS MANY FAIL AS I SEE ON THE INTERNET I FEEL VOLVO SHOULD RECALL THE ETM AND FIX IT.*JB

I OWN A 2001 VOLVO S60 WITH A LITTLE OVER 18,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. ON 10-19-2005, I WAS STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION WAITING FOR THE LEFT LANE TURN SIGNAL. WHEN THE SIGNAL TURNED GREEN, I PROCEEDED INTO THE INTERSECTION AND NOTICED THAT MY CAR STARTED TO LOSE POWER EVEN THOUGH MY FOOT WAS ON THE ACCELERATOR THROTTLE. I APPLIED MORE PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR THROTTLE, BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO LOSE SPEED, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD AS IF TO KICK IN AND THE ACCELERATION RESUMED. IT WAS ALARMING, BECAUSE IF I HAD BEEN ON A FREEWAY OR HAD BEEN IN A SITUATION WHEREBY I HAD TO PASS A SLOW DRIVER ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY, I COULD HAVE BEEN IN SOME SERIOUS TROUBLE. AGAIN, MY CAR HAS VERY LOW MILEAGE FOR A 2001 VEHICLE. I WOULD APPRECIATE BEING INCLUDED IN ANY INVESTIGATION THAT MAY UNCOVER A POSSIBLE DEFECT IN THE VEHICLE REGARDING THIS MATTER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. SINCERELY, TERRY W. MORRIS. *NM