NHTSA Complaint #10148364 — 2000 VOLVO S70

THEELECTRONIC THROTTLE SYSTEM (ETS) LIGHT HAS BEEN ON DASHBOARD INTERMITTENTLY SINCE A 50,000 MILES. THE CAR CURRENTLY HAS NEARLY 95,000 MILES. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS THE TACHOMETER REACHED INTO THE RED LINE WHEN CRANKED WITHOUT ANY USE OF THE ACCELERATOR. IN TRAFFIC, WHEN BEGINNING TO COAST AT CRUISING SPEEDS, THE CAR WILL SURGE SLIGHTLY WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE ACCELERATOR. THE ETS LIGHT WILL APPEAR AND THEN THE PROBLEM WILL CEASE. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DON BEYER VOLVO-DULLES ON JANUARY 18, 2005, AND AFTER BEING TOLD THE WARRANTY ON THE THROTTLE MODULE WAS EXTENDED, THE DEALER REFUSED TO FIX THE PROBLEM STATING THE APPROPRIATE CODES WERE NOT EVIDENT. HOWEVER, THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE SAID THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE CLEANED, AND THAT THE UNIT WOULD EVENTUALLY FAIL. HE SAID THAT WHEN THE UNIT FAILED, DEFINED BY HIM AS THE CAR FAILING TO START OR STALLING WHILE DRIVING, THE DEALER WOULD THEN REPLACE IT. UNTIL THEN WOULD HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE UNIT TO FAIL, PUTTING MYSELF AND PASSENGERS IN DANGER OF THE CAR MALFUNCTIONING IN TRAFFIC.*AK