We just bought a used 2001 volvo v70xc with 70,000 miles and a 90 day warranty. The day I removed the 30 day temp tag the trouble. On the interstate going 70 MPH at 1:00am about 6 hours from home the car lost power and died. It restarted after a few minutes. We thought it was bad fuel. Later that weekend, oct 15, 2005, we lost power going through a tunnel. I thought we were going to die. Luckily we made it out. Found out it was the etm. Not covered by warranty and not repairable by anyone but volvo who according to them-never have problems with this part. Please advise. I am scared to death and I do not have $1200.00 to fix this problem.
2001 Volvo XC70 acceleration complaints
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Dt: vehicle stalled/died, and lost power due to throttle body failure. *ak while driving the consumer noticed that the vehicle was not holding at a constant speed. This occurred whether the consumer used the cruise control or manually operated the accelerator pedal. The consumer contacted the dealer who determined that eh problem was the throttle body.
1) in the 6 weeks prior to the failure we had noticed worsening symptoms of what we now know is the failure of the electronic throttle module (etm) in our 2001 volvo xc70. At highway speeds there would be intermittent surging that was not caused by the driver 2) on sept. 1, 2005, there were two separate instances where the vehicle suddenly lost speed and the motor began to violently shake as if about to stall; the dashboard indicator said "performance reduced." both times the motor was shut off briefly, then restarted and the car was drivable again. 3) the car was taken to a volvo-certified service facility where the on-board computer code was used to diagnose throttle failure. This occurred while on travel out of town and we had no choice but to authorize the replacement of the etm. The entire repair job was done at a cost to me of $1110.
Dt: the contact owns a 2001 volvo xc70 cross country station wagon. The vehicle stalled/died and lost power. This occurred on august 27, 2005. The electronic throttle module (etm) needed to be replaced.
Failure of kent rasmussen electronic throttle module on 2001 volvo xc70.
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