2000 Volvo C70 Convertible: sudden loss of power

Filed Nov 1, 2005 · Acceleration · 68,000 miles · IL

The car suddenly lost power and decelerated when passing another vehicle. It began to happen the rest of the way home with the rpms fluctuating. The dealer reported the issue as a broken throttle control module. This is unsafe and happened at 69k miles.

Filed Sep 20, 2005 · Acceleration · 30,693 miles · PA

We sold vehicle to retail customer on july 23, 2005. Customer complained soon after that they experience loss of power at times. We then had the vehicle serviced at bobby rahal volvo on 08/11/05 and they replaced the etm module.

Filed Aug 10, 2005 · Electrical · 60,500 miles · MN

2000 volvo c70 06/28/03. Cross country trip from az to mn. Complete loss of power at highway speed- 1st through narrow canyon with loss of braking power and steering control resulting in dangerous emergency stop. I contacted volvo 24hr assistance- volvo tech advised me how to reset vehicle computer (turning door lock cylinder 3 times). Failure recurred throughout journey home (remaining occurrences were anticipated and I was able to execute controlled stop). Throttle body replaced by volvo on 06/30/05 at a cost of $896.76. I am aware from a recent news article that there are several complaints regarding this type of failure in this model volvo. I have retained volvo repair order from incident.

Filed Aug 4, 2005 · Acceleration · 55,500 miles · IL

While going approximately 60 MPH the ets (electronic throttle control system light on the dashboard went on, the cruise control system went off and the car started losing power. I was able to reach home (approximately 200 miles, but the car's performance was seriously compromised. The next day the light was off, but the following weekend it went back on with similar results. Brought it into volvo dealer who replaced the entire ets system costing me $975.

Filed Aug 3, 2005 · Electrical · 54,000 miles · IL

Driving home from northern wisconsin at 60 MPH with the cruise control on. Suddenly the ets (electronic throttle system) light of my 2000 volvo c70 went on, the cruise control went off and the car would intermittently lose power. I managed to get home and have a local mechanic look at it. He could not find anything and only replaced the gas filter. The following (last) weekend, making the same trip, the ets light went on and stayed on most of the trip. The cruise control would not work and the car performance declined dramatically. The day after I got home (mon, aug1) I took it to a volvo dealer who charged me $975 (!!) for a new ets. The car has only 55,000 miles on it.