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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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Replying to: volvos70 (Sep 29, 2005 12:35 pm) |
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Replying to: 98s70wannabe (Oct 31, 2005 9:28 pm) Did both the CEL and ABS light come on at the same time? What about the TRACS light? Are you sure it was the check engine light and not the TRACS light? IF both ABS and TRACS, then, yes, a new ABS module is in order. Thisis an expensive fix. There is a cheap fix, which you can find by reading this board, but I certainly wouldn't want to buy a car that already had the problem. I would ask the dealer what they did to fix it and see if they say they replaced the module. If they didn't, then the problem will definitely come back. As far as the CEL, that could be any number of things. They can find out what by pulling the code.
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