NHTSA Complaint #10131606 — 2000 VOLVO V70XC

I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THEIR VOLVO'S ENGINE STALLING REPEATEDLY WITHOUT WARNING. I BELIEVE THIS MIGHT BE FROM THE UNIT THAT REGULATES THE AMOUNT OF AIR INTO THE VEHICLES ENGINE. I PURCHASED MY 2000 VOLVO V70XC FROM SANTA MONICA VOLVO IN OCTOBER 2001 AND IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF MY ENGINE HAS STALLED OVER 20 TIMES WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT ANY WARNING. SEVERAL TIMES THIS OCCURRED WHILE I WAS DRIVING 65 MILES AN HOUR ON A FREEWAY THAT ALMOST RESULTED IN SERIOUS CAR ACCIDENTS. SOMETIMES I CAN RESTART THE CAR IMMEDIATELY, OTHER TIMES THE CAR HAS TO SIT FOR A WHILE, BUT FOUR TIMES I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED. THE FIRST TIME THE ENGINE DIED ON JULY 5, 2004 I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A VOLVO REPAIR SHOP IN VALENCIA, CALIFORNIA. THE NEXT MORNING THE REPAIR SHOP CALLED AND TOLD ME THE CAR STARTED FOR THEM WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. SO I DROVE TO SANTA MONICA VOLVO ON JULY 7, 2004 AND THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT REPLACED THE BATTERY. TWO MONTHS LATER (SEPTEMBER 1, 2004) WHEN THE CARS ENGINE DIED AGAIN WHILE I WAS DRIVING, THE CAR WAS TOWED TO SANTA MONICA VOLVO AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TOLD ME THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH MY CAR. I TOLD THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT I DID NOT WANT THE CAR BACK UNTIL THEY FOUND WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT. THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE THEN SPOKE TO A MANAGER AND CALLED ME BACK TO SAY THAT MY ALTERNATOR WAS PUTTING OUT LOW VOLTAGE AND THEY REPLACED IT. THEN ON JUNE 30TH MY VOLVO LOST ALL POWER AGAIN WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND WOULDN'T START. THE CAR WAS TOWED BACK TO SANTA MONICA VOLVO WHERE I WAS TOLD THEY NEEDED TO DO A THROTTLE BODY CLEANING AND THEN REPLACE THE MASS AIR FLOW METER FOR A TOTAL OF $708. I BOUGHT MY VOLVO FOR SAFETY REASONS AND I HAVE NEVER FELT MORE UNSAFE DRIVING A CAR. I SINCERELY HOPE THAT YOUR INVESTIGATION LEADS TO A RECALL OF MY VOLVO. IT IS THE BIGGEST LEMON THAT I HAVE EVER OWNED! *JB *SC *TR