2001 Volvo V70XC: check engine light

Filed May 9, 2011 · Transmission · ID

A week after I bought my 2001 volvo v70 xc the transmission started shifting hard, lunging between shifts and after about an hour of driving it was difficult to drive. The service tranny light and check engine light both came on after a violent shift from 3-2. Took car to lyle pearson volvo in boise. Nate told me the computer needed re-programing from volvo and an adaptive drive test was needed. I paid the $149.00 for 45min (wow)! The next day it started again, only this time all shifts were "violent"! I called a volvo dealer in a different city and they said the drive test was not done correctly. I then called nate at lyle pearson and he said to replace the b4 piston cover. 2 days later and the b4 piston cover was replaced and problem still occurs. When I called nate again he actually said " I wish I never even looked at it" and refused to re-do the adaptive drive test. Sending car to an auction. This is criminal.

Filed Aug 8, 2007 · Engine · 102,500 miles · VA

7/26/07 traveling on I-77 and the car ran great. Suddenly, in same manner as car did approx 2 yrs ago on same interstate rpms dropped, car lost speed, no response at throttle, and within a few seconds we lost power, brakes, steering. Since this seemed just like 2 yrs ago (we reported this incident in 2005) we thought maybe the car will start in 10-15m. After 15-20 m of attempts where car started & immediately stalled car did start and ran fine. Since 2 years ago dealers were unable to diagnose & correct we continued to drive that evening and again the following day. The following day the car stalled again on I-? Near atlanta, but this time in more traffic with difficulty getting car to side safely. Again car started like the evening before. Again-similar fuel level. We traveled 2 1/2 more hours on interstate. At destination and local dealer found no faults so no correction was made. After this 2nd occurrence we filled up more often 1/2 full or more. 2 days later and 7 more hrs on road without any problem.. As we arrive. Check engine light came on. Although car ran fine we took car to local dealer 1 hour away. They said they had a catalytic converter error but they didn't have one in stock. I told them I wasn't sure this was the problem that was causing the stalling because it stalled 2x (+1x 2 years ago) before the check engine light came on. I called my local dealer to discuss and he said he didn't think the catalytic converter was causing the stalling. Again, no definitive answers. After we left the dealer, the check engine light was off and it has stayed off. A couple of days later we drove the car 9-10 hours on the interstate to get home. Again, I kept the fuel levels approximately 1/2 tank and above. The car performed fine. We are very concerned about the stalling. When I check other complaints listed it appeared that someone else may have had a similar issue with low fuel stalling. Please don't hesitate to call to discuss.

Filed Apr 5, 2006 · Acceleration · 64,580 miles · AL

I purchased a 2001 v70 xc in november 2004, with about 37k miles. It now has about 64k miles and yesterday (monday, april 3, 2006) is when she took a dive. I had just returned from a 1200 mile trip early monday morning. On monday afternoon, I started on an errand; backed out of the driveway and drove about 100 yards to the entrance/exit of our subdivision. This happens to be a busy intersection and difficult at times to get out. I saw a small opening in the traffic and I gave the accelerator a pretty good push.......and almost nothing happened. I just started creeping along at less than 20 MPH. On inclines it was even worse. The first warning was "reduced performance." I turned on the emergency flashers. At that point I was wondering how to get off this busy road and take a less traveled one to the repair shop. I got off the busy road and down the next hill, but not up. The engine was barely running and pushing on the accelerator didn't do anything. Next I backed/coasted down the hill and onto a side street, engine still sort of running. I decided to try shutting the engine off. It was difficult to restart, but eventually would with the same problems. I did this a couple of more times - start/ shut down and after a few more attempts, the engine started to run fine. I headed for my usual repair shop (franklin automotive) and they got about 12 throttle body errors and said I need to take it to the authorized volvo dealer - royal volvo. I am in birmingham, al. I took it straight there. The diagnostic cleared error messages. The "check engine" light was on and a "service engine urgent" message was present along with one other message that I can't remember. Royal volvo updated the etm software, and reprogrammed the ECM as part of service campaign 155. Service advisor said that this should fix the etm problem and it should not require any additional service or need additional repairs. All this was listed under a volvo recall and there were no charges.

Filed Mar 10, 2006 · Acceleration, Fuel system · 59,022 miles · IN

The events leading up to the failure was a rough idle (vehicle would surge to 1100 RPM and drop to 500 RPM) while at a stop. The vehicle also stalled twice while idling in park. I contacted the volvo dealership to make an appointment for service. On my way home from work the day before I was to drop the vehicle off at the dealership, the vehicle stalled in an intersection. There was a near collision due to the stall. I was able to restart the vehicle and drive it to the shoulder. I called the dealership and described the problem. I asked the service advisor if it would damage the vehicle if I would continue to drive it. He indicated that they could not make a recommendation. I asked them if they would tow the vehicle to their facility. They referred me to a private towing company. There was no answer to the phone number I was given. I decided to wait for the traffic to subside and drive to the dealership using secondary roads. I was able to keep the vehicle running by putting the vehicle in neutral and applying the gas pedal to keep the idle high whenever I approached a stop. When I was approximately 1 mile from the dealership, the gas pedal stopped functioning altogether. The check engine light came on as well as an emission service required message. I turned the vehicle off and restarted it. The gas pedal resumed working but the check engine light and emission service required message continued. I left the vehicle at the dealership (approx. 7:30 p.m. '' by this time they were closed). The following day, the volvo service advisor informed me that the problem was related to the electronic throttle module (etm). I was told that there was an extended warranty for this part (10-years, 200,000-mile). The service included a cleaning of the part and reloading of software. After learning this, I searched the internet and found this problem was typical to this make and model. It is only a matter of time until your reports will soon show an increase in the injuries.

Filed Dec 14, 2005 · Acceleration · 40,000 miles · UT

On eight different occasions while driving on the freeway at 65 - 75 MPH with cruise control on, my volvo v70xc, 2001, has experienced unrecoverable reduced power to idle. I had to make emergency lane changes to get to the side of the road before the car completely stopped. I found if I turned off the ignition and started it again it would run normally. I think there is something wrong with the electronic throttle control module. The "check engine" light comes on intermittantly.

Filed Oct 22, 2005 · Acceleration · 55,120 miles · TX

2001 volvo v70xc check engine light came on and a warning signal stating emission system service required. I took it in to the dealer and the electronic throttle module and the accelerator position sensor was bad. These repairs were over $1100.00 the car only has 55000 miles . I have read that these electronic throttle module systems can fail at any time and can be dangerous.. Thankfully I was able to go to the dealer right away. I am going on a long trip at the end of november so I elected to do the repair. The car was running ok when it happened . The warning indicator signal was the only indication of damage. It seems to me that this part should not be failing. For sure it should not fail this soon.

Filed Sep 2, 2005 · Acceleration · 64,000 miles · WA

Only 2 days after purchasing our 2001 v70 xc with 64,000 miles with excellent dealer servicing and oil changes, it started idling very erratically, and would stall several times after trying to start it. Even when warmed up, the idle was all over the place, running very rough. When driving, especially at lower speeds, we have to maintain a foot on the brake due to the surging and erratic idle so that we do not unintentionally hit the vehicles that are in front of us or at times must keep a foot on the gas pedal to keep the RPM's up so that it won't stall. The check engine light has been on since the first idle symptoms and the problem has been diagnosed as an etm failure. Since the vehicle is no longer under warranty, we have not yet had the problem fixed. We feel this poses a safety risk and should not be an issue with just 64000 miles on the car.

Filed Aug 11, 2005 · Acceleration · 82,000 miles · ME

I got my car back from the volvo dealer yesterday after having them look at it yesterday because it wasn't running well. They told me that I might need to replace the electronic throttle module, but not to do it yet. Today I went to drive the car, warning lights came on saying "check engine" and "performance reduced" the car would not idle after driving less than two miles and had to be brought back to the dealer (portland volvo, south portland, me).

Filed Aug 2, 2005 · Electrical · 57,500 miles · VA

1. We noticed that car idled irregularly at stops and seemed like it was going to stall sometimes. We were coming up on 60,000 mile service interval & thought that at that appointment we would have them adjust. 2. Feb 2005 - we drove car out of resid. Development onto 2 lane road & car lost power, the check engine light came on, we were able to get to the top of the hill 500 yards after we turned out on road. At top of the hill we cut the car off to see if it would run better after re-starting. It took a few minutes to get it re-started (I had to push the accelerator down aggressively). The car computer said we were in "limp mode" and we drove at a very slow speed especially up hills to the first fuel station. We shut off the car for 10 minutes & got some fuel. After this the car ran ok but the check engine light was back so we called our dealer. 3. We drove the car 1 hour to dealer and they said the etm needed to be replaced. The invoice also says they replaced the accelerator. We don't have the old part. Wish we did. *note-on june 2 (with 61,000 miles) on a trip with family (2 small children) the car was running fine but just north of charlotte, nc at dark the car lost power in the middle of I-77s and we had to pull over to the emerg. Lane. For 15-20 minutes we tried to start the car thinking the computer might reset. Everytime we tried to start it seemed like it was going to start (not like battery failure) but then it would just shut off immediately. It finally started and we drove to the hotel with no problem. Next morning we took to nearest dealer - university volvo. They ran diagnostic at a fee and found ECM codes 6806 (turbo control syst.) - 904d (fuel pedal sensor) - 981a (control module fault) but faults were no longer present so they said there was nothing to do. Our home dealer - charlottesville volvo looked at the car when we got home and they couldn't find any problems.