NHTSA Complaint #10131917 — 1999 VOLVO V70

ENGINE STUTTER / STALL / ENGINE SPEED REDUCED AND NOT DRIVABLE - MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES BEFORE AND AFTER REPAIRS OVER PERIOD OF 5 YEARS. DEALER REPAIR 9/27/00 13941 MILES REPLACED THROTTLE BODY. SECOND INSTANCE RECORDS NOT READILY AVAILABLE - BELIEVE REPLACED MANIFOLD. THIRD INSTANCE 9/16/03 36061 MILES - REPLACED MULTIPLE COMPONENTS UNTIL PROBLEM WENT AWAY. FOURTH INSTANCE JULY 2005 APPROX 75000 MILES TRACS, ABS, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WITH ERRATIC VEHICLE SPEED - HAD TO KEEP THROTTLE HIGH RPM BUT DIAGNOSIS WAS WHEEL SPEED SENSOR REPAIRED AND PROBLEM WENT AWAY - BUT STARTING TO SHOW SAME STUTTER ON START UP THAT PREDATED FIRST FAILURE - HAS NOT FAILED YET, BUT WIFE REFUSES TO DRIVE AS UNSAFE DUE TO MULTIPLE FAILURES AND LOSS OF POWER / SPEED IN TRAFFIC. I BELIEVE THIS CAR IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE INVESTIGATION IN WORK - REF PE05041. *NM