Certified previously owned vehicle stalled due to butterfly valve within throttle body not opening fast enough when going around a corner and too much load on the engine. Example: exited freeway and was turning left while braking due to upcoming red light. The engine stalled in the middle of an intersection while the vehicle was in motion at approximately 10 MPH. Lost steering and braking power. The problem was first noticed when making right turns and having to suddenly brake for a pedestrian, bicyclist, or other traffic hazard and the engine stalling or fluttering at much lower speeds. As it worsened over the course of a week it was ultimately the worst with the mid-intersection stall. At this point we were afraid to drive the vehicle for fear of crashing. Vehicle was purchased from a dealer as certified pre-owned 68,735 miles on 05/02/2008 and was taken to dealer for stalling at 76,678 miles on 08/15/2009. Dealer reported this as a maintenance issue not covered under warranty. Repairs for cleaning the throttle body, resetting valve, and installing new gaskets was $402.93. Vehicle originally purchased in southern california. Vehicle moved to washington in february of 2009.
2004 Volvo S60 fuel system complaints
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Volvo s60, 2004 recall letter dated january 15, 2010.
2004 volvo s60 regularly serviced by volvo. Bought new, well maintained, exc cond, & oil changed ever 3000 miles. Only 68k miles presently but many problems since bought new. #1) replacing burned out rear/front headlight bulbs constantly. #2) check engine light came on before 40k miles. Wasn't too concerned at first because only issue I seemed to have was hesitation somewhat when accelerating after being parked. Until one day veh wouldn't accelerate beyond a roll after being stopped for red light. A few days later driving approx 50 MPH uphill car stopped accelerating and stalled. Both times I was able to roll to side of road, restart & make it home. Scared me enough though to take to volvo next day. Fuel sensor gauge needed to be replaced. When I checked if covered under recall - found my car wasn't based on VIN, another fairly costly repair. #3 - AC fan wouldn't go off one day - fan running full blast & control switch wouldn't regulate or work. Fan continued to run even when I turned off ignition. Dead battery next morning needed jump start. Ac fan modular bad - modular repair done & then fan somehow burned out due to new modular when mechanic testing repair - now fan needed to be replaced. Very costly repair once again. #3 - check engine light came on. After months to several mechanics, checking oil, etc. Told light probably just faulty. Then check oil light blinks - car had less than 1/2 qt oil & I had major engine damage. Had complete engine rebuilt & very expensive. Engine running great. Now 2 mos later & I hear a metal to metal noise/sound when making turns - preferably right hand - & coming from rght front side of car. Mechanic can't see safety issues when up on rack. Has no clue. Noise annoying and concerning. It sounds like wheel is going to fall off car. I am sure it will cost another fortune . However once repaired - trading in. I loved my car...however no longer feel veh is safe or depen.
2004 volvo s60 r awd with less than 65,000 miles started leaking fuel that is running down the passenger side of the gas tank and there is a very strong pungent gas odor emitted from the passenger side of the rear of the vehicle. Took the car to volvo of georgetown and local volvo mechanic who both told me that the vehicle needed a new fuel pump but I was not covered under the s60 fuel pump recall a few years prior. Big safety hazard and concern!
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 volvo s60. While driving approximately 25 MPH, there was no response when the accelerator pedal was depressed. Suddenly,the engine stalled. There were no warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel. Roadside assistance was called to the scene and the vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic for inspection. The technician started the engine, but was unable to duplicate the failures. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic on a separate occasion for identical failures and the contact was informed that the fuel pressure sensor failed. The VIN was excluded from the federal safety agency campaign id number 07v226000 (engine and engine cooling), although the failures were identical. The vehicle was repaired at the contact's expense. The failure and current mileages were 77,000.
2004 volvo s60 fuel pressure sensor. Volvo issued a recall for this for 2003-2004 models. My car had this problem and its symptoms (car stalling). Volvo dealership said my car did not fall into recall due to VIN # break. Volvo corporation never bothered to return my calls. I feel that I should be reimbursed for this repair as it clearly meets the recall description.
Tl*the contact's spouse owns a 2004 volvo s60. On approximately twenty occasions, the vehicle would completely shut off and need to be restarted intermittently. The failure occurred while braking or turning the vehicle. The dealer was able to duplicate the failure, but could not get an error code from the diagnostic machine. Recall number 07v226000 is regarding the same issue; however, the VIN is not included. The current mileage was 92,000 and failure mileage was 91,000.
I was driving about 65 miles an hour in the left hand lane of an interstate yesterday when my car stalled and died. The volvo dealership states it is not subject to recall, yet the incident is identical to problem described in the federal safety agency campaign number 07v226000.
While fueling the vehicle, gasoline bubbles up and out through the filler neck, leaving a large puddle of gasoline on the ground. This generally happens when the tank is less than half full.
I own a 2004 volvo s60. I recently found out that there is a recall on my vehicle after my mechanic told me my check engine light was due to this recall. Volvo says there is no such recall at first, but upon calling the customer service number I found out that there is. However, they say it is VIN specific and that mine is not covered. My mechanic says that this needs to be taken care of, for this problem can cause my engine to stall out at anytime and cause my steering wheel to jerk around on the highway. To me, this is a huge problem, sounds like that it could potentially kill me on the road. How can something that can be this potentially dangerous not be volvos responsibility to fix? Just because my VIN number is different does not mean the problem is any less serious, though volvo seems to think it is.
I have had the same problem of the car stalling around turns and on abrupt stops. It seemed to first be resolved by the recall of the pressure sensor. Recently though the car has been stalling sometimes 5 times per day when doing the same. The dealer claims it is a pvc problem that needs to be cleaned and wants to charge $1000 dollars to do it.
Strong fuel smell coming from inside vehicle. Fuel pump leaking. The defect was noted on 2001-2002 model years but needs to be extended to 2004 for vehicles in nevada.
Strong fuel odor emitting from passenger side of vehicle. Observed gas stains covering outside of gas tank. Returned to dealer and dealer replaced fuel pump. Since then, no odors. However, auto continues to hesitate when driving. In one instance, car stalled in heavy traffic and was nearly rear ended.
I have a volvo s60 2004. Around january 2007, it started stalling without warning in the middle of the highway at 60 MPH. It did this about 3 times in 2 weeks, so I took it to the volvo dealer. They couldn't reproduce the problem, but supposedly upgraded the software and cleaned the throttle intake, and returned the car to me. The car was fine until march 6, when the same problem occurred. The car is currently back at the shop where they have told me they have found nothing wrong and are going to return the car to me. I would not like to get killed on the highway, and as I have seen that this has been reported before on other internet sites, its worth reporting here.
On september 18 I was traveling down interstate 10 when my 2004 volvo s60 completely stopped running while going 70 MPH. I was unable to get the car out of the traffic (no power to drive to the shoulder). My car was completely useless. I called 911 and roadside assistance to get help before I was hit (I was unable to exit the vehicle due to moving traffic on either side of me). After 50 minutes I was hit in the rear. The vehicle was towed to bergeron volvo. I was informed that the fuel pump had failed. There was no warning and the vehicle had just been in for service 1 month before. It only has 24,000 miles.
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