1999 VOLVO S70 Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

VEHICLE SURGES AFTER I HAD THE SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD RECALL. THEY KEEP TELLING ME IT IS A DIRTY THROTTLE BODY, BUT IT HAS BEEN CLEANED A THOUSAND TIMES. THEY NEVER REPLACED MY TCM. JUST THE SOFTWARE. THIS NEEDS TO STOP. I FEEL UNSAFE IN THIS CAR. NEED A RECALL. *TR

IN MID-DECEMBER THE CAR STARTED BUT RAN ROUGH AND LACKED POWER. PREVIOUS TO THAT IT RAN FINE; SINCE THEN IT HAS HAD VARIOUS INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS RELATED TO ACCELERATION. SOMETIMES THE ENGINE RUNS ROUGH AND LACKS POWER. OTHER TIMES THE ENGINE RUNS FINE BUT THE CAR DOES NOT RESPOND TO ACCELERATOR INPUT TO INCREASE SPEED. SOMETIMES THE CAR STUMBLES BUT ACCELERATES ADEQUATELY. MORE OFTEN THE CAR WILL ACCELERATE TO ABOUT 20 MPH AND NOT INCREASE SPEED BEYOND THAT IRRESPECTIVE OF ACCELERATOR PEDAL PRESSURE. AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE CAR WILL SUDDENLY ACCELERATE NORMALLY. REPLACING THE THROTTLE BODY MODULE CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. THIS PART IS SUBJECT TO A NHTSA AGREEMENT WITH VOLVO THAT REQUIRES VOLVO TO REPLACE THE UNIT FREE BUT THE DEALER REFUSED TO DO THAT AND CHARGED ME FOR THE REPAIR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 VOLVO S70. THE CONTACT STATED THAT INTERMITTENTLY THE ENGINE AND THE CSR WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL; THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY AND A MECHANIC REPLACED THE AIR MASS METER. AFTER THE REPAIR, THE FAILURE RESURFACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER, IN WHICH THE TECHNICIAN CHARGED $1065.00 FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING; HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN WAS NOT ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN REMEDIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 157000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 158000.

SINCE OWNING THIS VEHICLE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS ILLUMINATED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND FAULT CODES FOR THE ENGINE HAVE BEEN ENTERED. I EVEN HAD THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR REPLACED DURING ONE OF THESE EPISODES. BUT DURING THE PAST 7 MONTHS I'VE HAD ENGINE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE AFFECTED THE DRIVEABILITY OF THE VEHICLE. PERIODICALLY, AFTER THE ENGINE HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR 30+ MINUTES, THE VEHICLE WILL HAVE PROBLEMS IDLING (FEELS LIKE IT WILL STALL) AND THEN BLACK SMOKE WILL START EMITTING FROM THE EXHAUST. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON DURING THIS PROCESS BUT ONLY WHEN THE CAR IS ONCE AGAIN RUNNING NORMAL. THIS PROBLEM IS AN INTERMITTENT ONE. THE VEHICLE WILL RUN FINE FOR 2 WEEKS AND THEN SUDDENLY THE PROBLEM WILL REAPPEAR. SINCE THIS PROBLEM BEGAN, I'VE HAD THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR REPLACED (TWICE--THREE TIMES IN TOTAL SINCE OWING THIS CAR), O2 SENSOR REPLACED...

I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR: 1) ENGINE/THROTTLE SYSTEM: A) INTERMITTENTLY, THE CAR WILL NOT START WHEN THE ENGINE IS WARM, WHETHER FROM DRIVING OR IT IS A HOT DAY. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE VOLVO DEALER FROM MY GARAGE WHEN IT HAD <20K MILES AND WAS TOLD THAT I WAS NOT DRIVING IT HARD ENOUGH. THEY ADVISED THAT THE ENGINE HAD TO BE BLOWN OUT AND SUGGESTED THAT I REV-UP THE ENGINE WHILE THE CAR WAS IN PARK TO CLEAN IT OUT. THAT DID NOT HELP. I HAVE HAD THE CAR SERVICED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE PROBLEM HAD GOTTEN SO BAD, THAT THE CAR BEGAN STALLING WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT, PARTICULARLY, IF I STOPPED FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR TURNED A CORNER. I PAID $1,500 IN JANUARY 2005 TO HAVE IT REPAIRED AGAIN, AND NOW THE PROBLEM IS BACK. THE VOLVO DEALER IS USELESS. B) THE...

MY S70 VOLVO, STALLED ON FREEWAY A NUMBER OF TIMES WITHIN A ONE DAY PERIOD, WOULD RESTART AND GOT IT TO VOLVO OF ESCONDIDO CA, HAD MY CAR FOR 3 DAYS AND I RENTED ( I AM A SINGLE MOM AND CANNOT AFFORD THIS OR TO BE WITHOUT A CAR) RECEIVED MY CAR& BILL $457.69 TO CLEAN THE THROTTLE BODY. ON 7/ 18 I RETURNED IT TO VOLVO BECAUSE IT BEGAN DOING IT AGAIN ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THAT TIME VOLVO HAD IT FOR 1 DAY AND SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY CAR AND TO COME GET IT. ON JULY 19TH IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND THEY HAD MY CAR FROM 7/ 19TH - 27TH BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. ON THE 27TH, $160 FOR LABOR AND PARTS.(SPARK PLUGS) I REFUSED TO PAY FOR LABOR. MY CAR NEVER RAN THE SAME AND IT SEEMED TO BE SLUGGISH. I...

I PURCHASED MY 1999 USED S70 IN JUNE OF 2001. IT HAD APPROX. 47,000 MILES ON IT. WITHIN A WEEK OR TWO THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE LOSS OF SPEED, ETC. WITHIN 1 YEAR I HAD TO REPLACE THE TURBO AND THE WHOLE ENGINE DUE TO MALFUNCTIONS. IN ALL, I HAVE SPENT ABOUT $9,000 IN REPAIRS TO THIS CAR DUE TO ENGINE PROBLEMS. IT HAS BEEN THE ABSOLUTE WORST CAR I HAVE EVER OWNED. IT HAS ALSO HAD NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS SINCE I PURCHASED. *NM

I OWN A 1999 VOLVO S70. ON TWO OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE, WITHOUT WARNING CUTS OUT. WITH THIS THE POWER STEERING GOES AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO STEER OUT OF TRAFFIC. BOTH THESE INCIDENTS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN ACROSS AN INTERSECTION. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR ACCIDENT. AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT, I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME THAT IT WAS HARD TO DIAGNOSE AS IT JUST HAPPENED ONCE. WELL IT HAPPENED AGAIN! THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED ON MAY 1, 2005 AND THE SECOND ON JULY 30, 2005. *JB

MY VOLVO 1999 S70 T5 HAS HAD PROBLEM WITH OIL LEAKING (OR BURNING) SINCE THE SECOND YEAR. MY HUSBAND HEARD SOME STRANGE AND LOUDER THAN NORMAL NOISE FROM THE ENGINE AND HE CHECKED THE OIL AND NO MORE OIL IN THE ENGINE. HE HAD TO PUT 3 TO 4 QUARTS OF ENGINE OIL IN. THIS KIND OF INCIDENT HAPPENED AT TWO TIMES WHEN MY CAR WAS UNDER 50,000 MILES AND UNDER WARRANTY. WE REPORTED TO VOLVO DEALER SERVICES, THEY COULD FOUND ANY PROBLEM THE FIRST TIME. SECOND TIME THEY FOUND SOME PROBLEM AND FIXED IT. NOW AT 51700 MILES (OUT OF WARRANTY), WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. MY HUSBAND HAD TO PUT 3 QUARTS OF OIL INTO THE ENGINE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO MORE OIL LEFT IN IT. THIS MORNING I NOTICED THAT THE TEMPERATURE WAS HIGHER THAN NORMAL. WE CALLED BOTH VOLVO OF IRVINE, AND CERRITOS OF CALIFORNIA...