NHTSA Complaint #10462844 — 2004 VOLVO XC70

THE CAR WAS GOING 60-63MPH DOWN THE HIGHWAY THERE WAS A SUDDEN HARD CLUNK IN THE TRANSMISSION AND MY GUAGE CLUSTER WENT DEAD AND LOST ALL POWER OPTIONS. WAS ALMOST HIT AS I TRIED TO PULL OVER WITH NO BLINKERS, FLASHERS, ETC. AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES I TRIED TO START THE CAR AGAIN AND THE DASH CAME BACK BUT SRS WARNING WAS UP ON THE INFO CLUSTER. TOOK MY CAR TO THE REPAIR SHOP (AUTHORIZED VOLVO REPAIR) AND WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO CODES PRESENT. THEY DROVE THE CAR FOR A WEEK AND SAME THING HAPPENED TO THEM. THEY SUGGESTED THAT THE CEM VOLVO PART NUMBER 30657629 WAS NO GOOD. TO REPLACE IT WOULD BE 1300$ AFTER SOME RESEARCH I FOUND THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER VOLVO OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD THIS SAME OCCURRENCE, AND EVEN BEEN IN ACCIDENTS DUE TO THIS FAILURE AT DIFFERENT INTERVALS IN MILEAGE RANGING FROM 50K AND UP. SEEMS TO ME THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL AND SOME REPAIRS MADE TO THE CEM ON THE V70, XC70, S90, S40 ETC AS THEY ALL SEEM TO DO IT. *TT