NHTSA Complaint #10131093 — 2001 VOLVO V70

DT: A 2001 VOLVO V70. THE ENGINE STALLED ON 7-30-04 WHILE DRIVING. THE PERFORMANCE DECREASED AND WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD HER NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT SINCE THERE WAS NO PERFORMANCE DECREASE AT THAT TIME. THE NEXT DAY VEHICLEWOULD START BUT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE ENGIN STUTTERED AND THEN STALLLED. WITHIN A WEEK THIS OCCURRED AT LEAST 6 TIMES. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT, SHE DID NOT REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID. SERVICE RECORDS WERE AVAILABLE. THERE WERE NO MORE PROBLEMS AGAIN UNTIL 1-2005. THIS TIME THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THEY DID NOTHING TO ALTER THE VEHICLE. AT THIS POINT THERE HAVE BEEN NO OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. *AK