2000 Volvo S70 fuel system problems

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 Jul 3, 2012 · Fuel system · 101,928 miles · CA

I was unable to start the volvo s70 2000 engine at all on 7/2/12 and after checked by technician that the fuel pump was not working and replacement was needed. This problems had occurred many times in the last 6 months, yet I was able to start the engine after several tries. This time, the engine was not started at all even with many tries that the fuel pump replacement is definitely needed and it costs me $732 to fix it on 7/3/12. Based on the volvo recalls history, volvo s70 from 2001 forwards models were recalled. But I wonder why was not for my s70 2000 which had the similar problem. Please instruct and assist on how to received reimbursement from volvo the cost of the fuel replacement since this was the similar problem in the recalls for volvo s70 from 2001 forwards models.

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 Oct 17, 2005 · Fuel system · 59,000 miles · VA

Ets light is on and throttle is erratic. For a day or so turning the key off and on fixed the problem but now it seems to be on continuously.

Filed Oct 12, 2005 · Fuel system · 63,100 miles · CO

Driving to denver on sunday 10/8/2005 and my car started to miss and jerk severely. There was a lot of traffic behind me going well over 60 MPH and no place to pull over. I almost got rear ended. I don't have the money to fix the car as I was told the cost is over $1000. It now does this intermittently so I can drive it part time anyway.

Filed Oct 12, 2005 · Fuel system · 62,000 miles · MA

Ets dash light came on, car began to lose power, would not accelerate. Per the directions in the manual, I stopped for a while, restarted. The light did not come on immediately, but after several more minutes on the road, the ets light came on again. I was on a highway in another state with my elderly mother in the car. This was a weekend away to attend a family wedding. I sought the advice of a local car repair who informed me that the problem was computer-based and he could not help me. Eventually, the car stalled and had to be towed about 50 miles back to my volvo repair facility. The electronic throttle system was replaced at a cost of $ $1131.60. Plus the cost of a car rental for 2 days of $80.43, plus a tow of about $ $255. In addition, the towing procedure pierced the oil pan for an additional cost of about $925.00. So the whole expedition cost me $2,393.!!! The car has only 62,000 miles on it.

Filed Aug 23, 2005 · Fuel system · CO

Electronic throttle system in my 2000 volvo s70 needs to be replaced. My volvo stalled in the middle of an intersection, I didn't know why this was happening. 2 days later my ets light came on and I did some research about what this was and found out that there is some arbitration going on regarding 98-2001 volvos with this same issue and there is some talk about a recall. I feel that this is very dangerous, and if this were to happen on a busy highway going 65-70 MPH and my car stalled, the ramifications could be tremendous. I feel that if there is such a big issue with this particular part on volvos that it should be recalled for the safety of the consumers who have purchased these vehicles. It seems to be the ethical thing that volvo could do. I took my car to the volvo dealership today (8/23/05) and asked them if there was anything being done about this issue and they told me no, that I would have to pay for it out of my own pocket until there was a recall. I had to pay $1200.00 out of my pocket for a defect in a vehicle that should be made good by the company who makes these cars.

Filed Aug 22, 2005 · Electrical, Fuel system · 65,000 miles · GA

While driving on the highway (just normal highway driving), I lost control of the car - the gas seemed to stick and the engine revved up and then the car just shut down. It seemed to stall. This happened twice before it took it in for repair. I took it to the dealership and they replaced the electronic throttle system for $2,000. It has not happened again but during other routine maintenance it was found that the throttle system was not functioning properly so it was replaced for a second time.

Filed Aug 8, 2005 · Fuel system · 45,801 miles · TX

2000 volvo s70 glt-se; ets light came on and vehicle lost power on I-10 in heavy traffic. Limped in to a volvo dealer. Car was inspected by a volvo tech. The throttle body was out of factory specs. He replaced the throttle body assembly and reprogrammed it at a cost of $985.38. Not what one would expect from volvo. This event not only was inconvenient but put my family in danger in heavy interstate traffic. Volvo should make this right!