NHTSA Complaint #10433515 — 2000 VOLVO S80

DRIVING IN THE CITY AND WHEN TRYING TO STOP ON A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE BRAKES BECAME HARD AND ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING WELL. WHEN I TRIED TO DRIVE OFF IN THE GREEN LIGHT THE SPEED CONTROL OF THE GAS PEDAL WAS VERY CHAOTIC. I GOT A MESSAGE OF ENGINE SYSTEM SERVICE REQUIRED. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE LOCAL VOLVO DEALER AND HE DIAGNOSED A FAULTY THROTTLE ETM ASKING 2000 $ TO REPLACE. AFTER RESEARCHING I FOUND THAT THERE WAS ALREADY A RECALL ON THAT BY VOLVO AND WHEN I ASKED THE DEALER HE SAID THAT THIS WAS TRUE BUT MY CAR WAS MORE THAN 10 YEARS OLD ( ALTHOUGH HE COULD HAVE INFORMED ME ABOUT THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE). HE INFORMED ME THAT A SOFTWARE SERVICE ON THE ETM OF MY CAR WAS DONE IN 2006 ( AFTER THE RECALL?) BUT THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM AS APPARENTLY THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE ETM DESIGN ( FALTERING POTENTIOMETER). THIS CAR IS VERY DANGEROUS AND IT WILL PROBABLY GO TO THE JUNKYARD, BUT WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED BY ALL VOLVOS REMAINING ON THE STREET WITH FAULTY ETM'S, WHICH THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FILED AT NHTSA SHOW. *TR