NHTSA Complaint #10132682 — 2000 VOLVO S80

2000 VOLVO S80 -- DEFECTIVE THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE SUBJECT OF PRELIMINARY EVALUATION PE05041 ON APRIL 20, 2005, WHILE DRIVING USING CRUISE CONTROL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE CAR WOULD LOSE AND REGAIN POWER FREQUENTLY. ON APRIL 21, 2005 WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES PER HOUR ON A TWO LANE ROAD WITHOUT A SHOULDER THE CAR LOST SIGNIFICANT POWER AND A VARIETY OF WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE. WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR WITH LIMITED POWER AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A FAULTY THROTTLE MODULE AND REPLACED AT A COST, PAID 100% BY ME, OF $919.16. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE CRUISE CONTROL OCCASSIONALY EXHIBITS THE SAME SLIGHT LOSS AND RESUMPTION OF POWER. WHILE I WAS LUCKY IN THAT I WAS ABLE TO TURN INTO A DRIVEWAY WHEN NEARLY ALL POWER WAS LOST, HAD THERE BEEN TRAFFIC ON THE TWO LANE ROAD I WAS SUBJECT TO BEING REARENDED. THE FREQUENCY OF THIS FAILURE, WHICH I UNDERSTAND TO BE THE SUBJECT OF A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IN CALIFORNIA CONTENDING THERE IS A "HIDDEN WARRANTY" PRACTICE BEING CONDUCTED BY VOLVO WHICH AT TIMES PAYS FOR THE EXPENSE AND OTHER TIMES NOT, IS WORTHY OF YOUR OFFICIAL EVALUATION. THANK YOU. *JB