NHTSA Complaint #10145411 — 2000 VOLVO V70XC

CAR BEGAN TO RUN IN AN UNCONTROLLABLE MANNER, SPEEDING UP THEN LOOSING POWER WHILE SHAKING VIOLENTLY. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WITH MY DAUGHTER IN THE CAR. THEY WERE TERRIFIED. I DROVE IT AFTER SHE CALLED FOR HELP IT WAS A TERRIBLE RIDE. HAD THIS OCCURRED IN TRAFFIC ON ONE OF THE MANY HIGH SPEED ROADS AROUND HERE, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A TRAGIC EVENT. THE FOLLOWING MORNING IT ACTED THE SAME AND I DROVE IT TO THE NEAREST VOLVO REPAIR SHOP. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT WAS A FAILED ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY. THE REPAIR COST AS OVER $1100. IT WAS NOT COVERED BY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY I HAD PURCHASED FOR THE CAR. I HAD THE CAR REPAIRED. THE SHOP TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD SEEN MANY SUCH FAILURES IN VOLVOS AT ABOUT 50K . THEY JOKED IT WAS A SERIOUS MID-LIFE CRISIS FOR VOLVOS. I DID NOT FIND IT FUNNY. IT WAS A DEVASTATING, UNPLANNED COST. I CALLED VOLVO, THEY WERE NOT INTERESTED IN COST SHARING OR ANY SORT OF HELP. *JB