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Replying to: jonasrb (Sep 27, 2005 3:18 pm) Thx for response and good luck as well.
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Hi, It's been one hell of a long journey struggling with this problem for the past year. My car started to idle low and occasionally stall. I took it in, they said replace throttle body or clean it and hope that fixed things. I opted for $60 cleaning over $1,000 replacement. The problem came back worse and about 2 mos after the cleaning. I decided to inquire more about the issue and discovered that the NHTSA is performing a formal investigation on this and has received almost 500 complaints. Volvo states that they expect conclusion by the end of October and the representative said that she predicted a recall. With that info, I decided to wait it out and see if I could make it to the end of the investigation. But I couldn't- the stalling became worse and the car would now stall when I took my foot off the accelerator... which made for super safe driving. I called the dealer to ask about pricing and he said that because my car was only at 74K that it might fall under a goodwill warranty. I took it in today, and he called to say that it did and it was being replaced free of charge. Wow. Totally unexpected and totally appreciated. I wanted to share this in case someone else is going through it. And if you are, please be sure to contact NHTSA and file a complaint- the more info they have the better the chance of a recall. Here is the info for that: 1.800.986.9678 U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Office of Defects Investigation Room 5326-B 400 7th Street S.W. Washington, DC 20590
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Replying to: clana (Sep 29, 2005 8:37 am) I hear you on this- my previous Volvo was a 1984 240 DL. It's a tank- never a problem and is still in use by my family today. You can bet I won't be saying the same thing about my 99 S70 in 20 years!!
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Replying to: volvos70 (Sep 29, 2005 12:36 pm) 
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Replying to: volvos70 (Sep 29, 2005 12:35 pm) |
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1999 S70 GLT - 67,000 mi. bought about 8 weeks ago Occasionally stalls, and I'm aware of the whole ETM fiasco. The ETM on this car was replaced last June, with the redesigned one, but there is still something funky going on. This car idles fine in Park or Neutral, but as soon as the transmission is engaged, even with brake pedal on, it idles rough. And then at certain RPMs or throttle positions, it seems to run even rougher. It stalls fairly frequently, and I am trying to isolate all sorts of relevant data about the different input parameters that might help someone diagnose. When it goes into 'stall mode', the RPMs drop fairly abruptly. If I catch it, I can kind of 'rev' through it, and about half the time it does not completely stall. Two observations that might help: - I swear it seems connected to times when the car is either on a grade or if the car has just gone over a little rise or dip in the road. Not a severe bump, but one of those soft up-and-down floater type of bump. Certainly not every time I go over one of these, but almost every time it has stalled while driving, i seem to recall one of these types of mild bumps. - The only time that it would not restart within a few seconds, I noticed that the instrument cluster was flashing IN UNISON with my emergency flashers, but only with the headlights in the middle position. I know that is weird, but it is true as I am sitting here. I have never been able to recreate that occurrence, but I've never been in permanent non-starting mode other than that one time. I may have a combination of issues here, but I'd really appreciate anyone's insight. THROTTLE BODY HAS BEEN REPLACED, DOUBT IT IS THAT. WHY THE ROUGH RUNNING ONLY WHEN TRANSMISSION ENGAGED? WHY WOULD SLIGHT CHANGES IN GRADE CAUSE RPM DROP OR STALLING?
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Replying to: davecampbell (Oct 11, 2005 9:05 pm) |
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Replying to: volvos70 (Sep 29, 2005 12:35 pm) I have had the same issues with my C70 and my dealer says they will NOT pay for it. Could you tell me the name and location of your dealer and any other information you would like to provide. I will be filing a complaint Marie Murray |
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Replying to: lancerfixer (Jul 30, 2005 5:26 am) I just happen to Google the problem and here I am learning a lot. I am supposed to pick it up in two days. What should I make the dealer do? Thanks in advance. This is clearly a critical known problem which he said he would fix but if disconnecting the battery will reset it for a while (as I read in a prior posting) how can I be sure that whatever needs to be done gets done (i.e. ABS replacement module?)?
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Replying to: s70owner (Sep 28, 2005 4:38 am)
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