2000 Volvo S70: engine stalls while driving

Filed Aug 14, 2020 · Electrical, Engine · CA

The ets light came on intermittently. The car ended up stalling after being parked upon trying to restart it. Thia is am issue that only the volvo dealership can fix since it involves reprogramming or replacing and programming a new ets module. Fortunately it happened to me in a parking lot and I was able to get it rowed to a shop twice. Now it is going to the dealer.

Filed Jun 11, 2015 · Electrical · 131,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2000 volvo s70. While driving at approximately 20 MPH, the vehicle accelerated. When making a left or right turn, the vehicle stalled and the ets light illuminated. The failure recurred several times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 131,000.

Filed Oct 2, 2014 · Electrical, Engine · GA

Tl* the contact owns a 2000 volvo s70. The contact stated that the service engine warning indicator illuminated. In addition, the vehicle stalled on several occasions when coming to a stop. The vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop. The technician stated that the software needed to be updated and the code was showing that the throttle body displayed an invalid error code. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 06v441000 (vehicle speed control). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unavailable.

Filed Jun 25, 2013 · Acceleration · 153,000 miles · TN

Purchased vehicle used several weeks ago. While performing fine during test drive, within hours vehicle developed issue where it attempts to surge forward while braking (at stop light, in driveway, etc.) which has almost caused numerous accidents. Other times, when pressing the gas pedal, the car hesitates and almost stalls before accelerating, causing dangerous conditions at highway speeds. Brakes inspected and are perfect as is fuel pump, fuel injectors, engine, etc.; mechanic suggested that this is related to a recall volvo issued in 2006 regarding the electronic throttle module. Volvo informed me that it is no longer honoring this recall.

Filed Jan 31, 2013 · Acceleration, Electrical · 85,000 miles · FL

I have a 2000 volvo s70 with ets light and check engine light on. The car stalls and surges/lunges at all rates of speed and is very unsafe. After doing research I found out there was a recall on this part. I called my local dealer and ran the VIN#. They stated the recall was done in 2009. I called volvo corp. Customer care line and they stated that my car was too old and no longer covered under the warranty/recall. I don't understand how I am responsible for paying for a faulty part by the oem manufacture when they replaced the faulty part with faulty parts. In my research I found out if my electronic throttle body was replace it would have a yellow label on it. Mine does not. It has the original white label on it. I believe that it may have had the software upgrade and cleaned but I do not believe the actual unit was replaced. I took my car into the local volvo store in winter park fl where I was charged a total of $127 and some change to tell me that I needed a new electronic throttle body and would require a new software upgrade. Total cost to repair $880.00 and quote does not say that the software update is included. I am not the original owner of the car. I bought it with 75,000 miles and currently have 92,000 miles. Volvos efforts to fix this problem is not working and if it does work it does not fix the car for very long. Why is it that the warranty for the recall part is based on the total vehicle mileage and age instead of the age and mileage of the replacement part or from the time the recall was issued? I do not have any faith that spending the money to fix the car will solve the problem only delay it from recurring with in months or few thousand miles. This is still an on going problem with this model car and volvo does not seem to care that they are putting lives in danger.

Filed Jun 1, 2010 · Acceleration · 80,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2000 volvo s70. While driving at 30 MPH, the vehicle lost power and stalled. The contact moved the vehicle off the roadway and allowed it to sit for five minutes before restarting. The vehicle continued normal operation and was taken to a local mechanic where he was advised of a recall relating to the failure. The contact confirmed that the federal safety agency recall campaign id number: 06v441000 (vehicle speed control) repairs had previously been performed on the vehicle and he had been experiencing the failure since. The vehicle was not further repaired. The failure mileage was 80,000 and the current mileage was 115,000.

Filed Aug 17, 2009 · Fuel system · 100,018 miles · NY

2000 volvo s70 4 door, awd, turbo sedan stalled out in traffic, nearly causing a serious accident. Car was on a hill when it happened in upstate new york. Took 6 tries to get it restarted in heavy traffic.

Filed Oct 13, 2008 · Fuel system · 99,000 miles · WA

I have a 2000 volvo s70 with the electronic throttle module problem. My car exhibits the classics symptoms already noted in the federal safety agency's findings. I just want to add my name to the list of complaints that volvo is not doing enough to fix the problem. The volvo dealership I have been taking my car to (in fife, wa) for chronic ets light coming on, car running rough, stalling, etc. Will not replace the electronic throttle module even though the light keeps coming on, the car keep stalling and running rough, and going into limp mode while driving at high speeds. I have asked them if it not the etm then what is it? And they only told me to change the air flow sensor which I did and the problem keeps coming back over and over. I am beyond frustrated and concerned for mine and my children's safety because the car will lose throttle power on the freeway going 60 MPH. When are they going to just recall the darn thing. What can I do. I called 1800-volvo customer service and they routed me right back to the same dealership who won't fix anything in the first place! Elizabeth larson

Filed Jul 22, 2008 · Acceleration · 102,838 miles · GA

**approx. Incident date is actually ongoing for past four years.*** I have a 2000 volvo s70 which I purchased new in may 2000 from volvo athens, ga. Dealer. I currently have 190,000+ miles. Over the past eight years I have owned the vehicle I have had consistent problems with the etm situation. At first, being new to volvo cars and repair situations, volvo denied the etm problem and stuck it on me to be repaired in nov. 2004. Not until I described my issues with engine failure to an independent mechanic, was I warned about the ongoing problems in my model vehicle. Since my initial repair I have encountered four other time periods when the same etm situation begins occurring, typically 20-30,000 mile intervals since the lasts service of the specific etm defect. Now, I am on my fourth trip in four years to the local dealer to once again have the etm situation repaired. I am at 190,000 miles and according to the manufacturer "extended warranty" on this problem, my ability to have this ongoing safety issue fixed at manufacturer costs will cease in approximately 10,000 miles. Clearly this safety defect has been an issue with my model car since its manufacture by volvo and to date no effective remedy has been found. I feel this issue is a major safety defect as my car will stall or hesitate then surge at any given moment thus causing a potential traffic accident involving not only myself, but my passengers, and potentially other drivers on the road. I am sick and tired of volvo not taking more responsibility for this issue and finding a solution to the problem, not just a stop gap measure to appease the federal safety agency. I have never been contacted by the federal safety agency regarding this issue despite my ongoing complaints to my local volvo dealer as well as the manufacturer service center. It appears from documentation on this website that the federal safety agency has gathered, or attempted to gather, complaints on volvo etm matter and I want to be included in such complaints.

Filed Aug 29, 2006 · Acceleration · OH

2000 volvo s 70 stalls without warning. Mechanic was unable to fix the problem even after two tries following the recall of the electronic throttle system. *kb the vehicle losses power at unexpected moments, like when the car approaches turns, which causes the power steering to fail as well.

Filed Apr 24, 2006 · Acceleration, Electrical · 115,000 miles · FL

Car began to lose acceleration on 10-15-05 and would take a full 2 min to reach 55 MPH with only minimal throttle depression (any more than only the least would cause the drive train to jerk and refuse to propel the car at all). If the car was pulled over and restarted the problem would correct itself for a while (sometimes the gap in between malfunctions would be several hours initially) but would always return. Ran trouble codes and the oxygen sensor was initially faulty. Replaced then the engine would idle erratically upon startup, but after a period of time (5-15 minutes) it would all of a sudden correct itself - racing the engine seemed to shorten the time period, but you would have to depress and quickly release the gas pedal in order to get the RPM's significantly high enough to facilitate the smooth operation. Once the engine ran fine, it would operate well as long as the car was never shut off (it was ran on a journey of 1,000 miles and operated perfectly normal). The moment it was shut down, even for the briefest of spans, it would act in the same manner with the idle fluctuating wildly, but seemed to be prone to stalling when the engine was warm/hot. Volvo was contacted and recommended dealer diagnosis to determine the scope of the problem. When the car was brought in for service, I was assured that it "could not possibly be the computer(etm)". However there was a software update installed (hmmmmm.....couldn't possibly, but lets adjust it....hmmmmmm ) which corrected the rough idle initially. Only problem is now the car will not reach or exceed 4,000 RPM even with the car in park (not under load) and will stall jerk and refuse to accelerate under hard pedal pressure and will not drive above about 70 MPH on the highway without protestation, loss of acceleration or jerking. All of the diagnostic trouble codes still indicate that the cylinders are wilding misfiring and I'm getting sick of trying to fix volvo's engineering problem.

Filed Feb 24, 2006 · Acceleration · CA

2000 s70 stalls after applying brakes. *ts the vehicle has been taken tot he dealer several times but the technicians were unable to determine the cause of the stalling. The consumer did some research and found some information on faulty electronic throttle module in volvos which cause stalling.