2001 Volvo S80 Fuel system Problems

TAKATA RECALL" FRIST I CALLED VOLVO TO INQUIRE ABOUT RECALLS REFERENING TO THE COOLING SYSTEM AND THE FUEL PUMP THE FIRST LADY I SPOKE WITH INFORMED ME THIS PROBLEM WAS UNDER RECALLS AND TO TAKE MY CAR TO GET IT SERVICED AT THE NEAREST DEALER AFTER TAKING MY CAR TO THE DEALER AT 7:15AM 4HOURS LATER AFTER I CALLED THEM FIRST THEY NOW ARE SAYING THAT THERE ISN'T ANYTHING THEY CAN DO WITH MY CAR AND THEY DO NOT KNOW WHO TOLD ME THAT FALSE INFORMATION. ON TOP OF ALL OF THIS MY CAR ACCELERATES BY ITSELF LUCKY WHEN IT HAPPENS I HURRY AND PUSH THE BRAKES AND THE CAR DOSENT START UP ONCE TURNING THE KEY EVEN THE GUY SAY THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PROBLEM. BASED ON HOW EXPENSIVE THIS CAR IS IT SEEM THERE WOULDN'T BE MANY PROBLEMS WITH IT OR IT SEEM THAT THEY WOULD AT LEAST TRY TODO SOMETHING ABOUT THE FALSE INFORMATION OVER ALL I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER VOLVO AGAIN!

NHTSA ID

11034522

Incident

Oct 19, 2017

Mileage

150 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 VOLVO S80. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V483000 (FUEL SYSTEM; GASOLINE; DELIVERY; FUEL PUMP) AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN TEN YEARS SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED. THE RECALL WAS ISSUED DECEMBER 7, 2009. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

NHTSA ID

10441633

Incident

Dec 27, 2011

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 VOLVO S80 T6. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 30 MPH THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE SMELLED FUEL INSIDE THE VEHICLE. HE DROVE HOME AND HAD NOT DRIVEN THE VEHICLE SINCE THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY OWNED AND PURCHASED ONE WEEK AGO. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT A PART OF NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V483000, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE DELIVERY, FUEL PUMP. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 155,000.

NHTSA ID

10344148

Incident

Jul 18, 2010

Mileage

155,000 mi

UPPER STRUT BUSHINGS CRACKED FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS FRONT LINK RODS REAR LINK RODS FLAME TRAP BOX LEAKING OIL THIS 2001 S80 VOLVO IS A PIECE OF JUNK TRIED TO HAVE THIS VOLVO WORK DONE PER THE EXTENDED WARR ULTIMATE I HAVE A PIECE OF JUNK. *TR

NHTSA ID

10256112

Incident

Jan 21, 2009

Mileage

71,000 mi

2001 S80 VOLVO ETM FAILURE. IT STARTED AS VEHICLE HESITATION, THEN PROCEEDED TO SURGING FORWARD WITH NO THROTTLE INPUT, THEN PROGRESSED TO NO ACCELERATOR RESPONSE WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THEN TO STALLING WHEN COASTING LEAVING THE DRIVER WITH NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES AT SPEEDS UP TO 55 MPH, THEN TO ROUGH IDLE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. ALL SYMPTOMS WERE PRESENT UPON TAKING TO THE DEALER BASED ON SOME WEB RESEARCH TO IDENTIFY TO PROBLEM. THE DEALER RETURNED WITH AN ANALYSIS FOR TIMING BELT REPLACEMENT, ENGINE TUNE UP, ENGINE COOLANT FLUSH, CRANKCASE VENTILATION SYSTEM CLEANING, BRAKE SYSTEM FLUSHING, AND MASS AIR FLOW REPLACEMENT AMOUNTING TO AN INITIAL COST OF $1980.00 US. I REQUESTED A CONFERENCE WITH THE TECHNICIAN, AND A REVIEW OF THE DIAGNOSTICS REPORT. THE END RESULT WAS A MAF REPLACEMENT PAID FOR BY ME (CUSTOMER) AND AMAZINGLY THE TECH NOTES RECOMMENDED CLEANING OF THE CRANKCASE VENTILATION SYSTEM AND THE ETM CLEANING WHICH WAS COVERED BY THE DEALER. TOTAL COST WAS $328.21 TO CONSUMER AND BALANCE COVERED BY DEALER. THE REPAIRS WERE MADE ON 3/07/06, REPLACED MAF UNAVAILABLE. I FEEL THAT I HAVE BEEN TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF AND ESSENTIALLY PAID $328 UNNECESSARILY DUE TO FURTHER WEB RESEARCH IDENTIFYING CLEANING OF THE ETM AND CRANKCASE VENTILATION SYSTEM WOULD IN FACT CAUSE TROUBLE CODES LEADING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE MAF. *JB

NHTSA ID

10153727

Incident

Mar 7, 2006

Mileage

69,000 mi

I OWN A 2001 VOLVO S-80. THERE IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR . IT INVOLVES THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE (ETM). THE CAR AT TIMES WILL NOT MOVE EVEN THOUGH THE ENGINE IS RUNNING AND THE CAR IS IN GEAR. IT JUST WILL NOT MOVE. PARTICULARLY WHEN TRYING TO MOVE INTO TRAFFIC. I AM AWARE THROUGH MY READING OF THE FACT THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. VOLVO KNOWS ABOUT THIS BUT TO DATE HAS DONE NOTHING TO CORRECT IT. I ALSO KNOW THAT NHTSA IS INVESTIGATIONS THE PROBLEM AND I WANTED TO LIST MY NAME WITH YOU FOR A COMPLAINT ON THIS. *JB

NHTSA ID

10143989

Incident

Nov 28, 2005

Mileage

50,020 mi

SURGING IDLE SPEED. CAR LURCHES FORWARD AT TIMES WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. CAR ALMOST STALLS WHEN IDLING IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC, REQUIRING YOU TO PRESS ON THE GAS TO KEEP IT FROM STALLING, BUT THIS MAKES THE CAR LURCH FORWARD EVEN MORE. SEVERAL TIMES I HAVE ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THIS PROBLEM IS DUE TO A FAULTY ETM (ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE) THAT IS DESCRIBED IN THE NHTSA DEFECT INVESTIGATION SHOWN BELOW. THE ETM IN MY CAR WAS REPLACED TWO YEARS AGO AT 46K MILES BUT THE SAME SYMPTOMS ARE RECURRING. NHTSA ACTION NUMBER : PE05041 NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER : N/A MAKE : VOLVO MODEL: S80 MANUFACTURER : VOLVO CARS OF N.A. LLC. YEAR : 2001 COMPONENT : VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL DATE INVESTIGATION OPENED : JULY 26, 2005 DATE INVESTIGATION CLOSED : OPEN SUMMARY: THE OFFICE OF DEFECTS INVESTIGATION (ODI) HAS RECEIVED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-ONE (131) CONSUMER COMPLAINTS ALLEGING A VARIETY OF CONCERNS RESULTING FROM FAILURE OF THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE (ETM) IN THE SUBJECT VEHICLES, INCLUDING A SUDDEN LOSS OF SPEED AND STEERING ASSIST WHEN DRIVING IN HIGHWAY TRAFFIC AND SUDDEN AND COMPLETE STALL WITHOUT WARNING. IN SOME INSTANCES, IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT THE VEHICLES WOULD RESTART, AND IN SOME CASES THE VEHICLES WERE TOWED. SOME CONSUMERS ALLEGE THAT AFTER HAVING THE ETM REPLACED THE NEW COMPONENT FAILED IN A SIMILAR MANNER. A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION HAS BEEN OPENED TO DETERMINE THE SCOPE, FREQUENCY, AND POTENTIAL SAFETY-RELATED CONSEQUENCES OF THE ALLEGED DEFECT. *JB

NHTSA ID

10140571

Incident

Jun 1, 2005

Mileage

46,000 mi

WEEK OF 10/10/05 AS TRAVELING UPHILL, MY CAR SPUTTERED AND LOSS POWER. AFTER NEARLY BEING REAR ENDED ON THE BUSY ROAD, I WAS ABLE TO LIMB MY CAR INTO A PARKING LOT AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE. AFTER A FEW MINUTES, I WAS ABLE TO RESTART MY CAR AND CONTINUE DRIVING. TODAY, 10/18/05, AS I WAS ENTERING I-85, MY CAR ONCE AGAIN SPUTTERED AND STALLED. THE ENTRANCE RAMP WAS DOWNHILL, SO I WAS ABLE TO COAST INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AS TRACTOR TRAILERS AND CARS WHIZZED BY ME. I RESTARTED THE CAR AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF BEING TURNED OFF. I WENT TO A MECHANIC FRIEND AND HE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS PROBABLY THE ETM AND IF IT WAS NOT, IT WOULD BE THE NEXT TIME THE CAR BREAKS DOWN. HE COULD NOT REPAIR IT. HE ESTIMATED THE DEALERSHIP WOULD CHARGE ME $1200.00. HE REPORTED THAT HE SEES THIS AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH IN VOLVOS. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER. AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER, I WAS INFORMED MY ETM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE COST WOULD BE $1150.00. I RELUNCTANTLY AGREED TO THE REPAIR. I HAVE RESEARCHED THE ETM PROBLEM OVER THE INTERNET AND HAVE LEARNED THAT VOLVO KNEW OF THIS PROBLEM YEARS BEFORE THEY SOLD THE CAR TO ME. AT A PERSONAL LEVEL, I HAD TO PAY FOR A DEFECTIVE PART THAT VOLVO HAS KNOWN IT HAS A 94%-100% FAILURE RATE! AT A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL, VOLVO IS RISKING PEOPLE LIVES BY NOT INFORMING OR VOLUNTARILY RECALLING THIS DEFECTIVE PART. CARS STALL UNEXPECTIVELY. I WAS FORTUNATE THAT I WAS NOT ON THE INTERSTATE YET. OTHERWISE, THE OUTCOME COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY.

NHTSA ID

10140171

Incident

Oct 18, 2005

Mileage

80,988 mi

I OWN A 2001 VOLVO S 80. IT DIED ON THE HIGHWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF BUSY RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. HAD IT TOWED TO VOLVO AND REPAIRED. NEED A NEW THROTTLE BODY AND MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR. VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR AND WAS TOLD OFF THE RECORD THAT THIS PART FAILURE HAS BEEN MUCH MORE COMMON THAN IT SHOULD BE. I AM NOTIFYING YOU SO THAT YOU WILL LOOK INTO MANNER. SEEMS THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM. THANK YOU. *NM

NHTSA ID

10137697

Incident

Sep 23, 2005

Mileage

57,642 mi

WE OWN A 2001 VOLVO S80 WITH AN ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE PROBLEM THAT WE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE VOLVO DEALER FIX IN AUGUST 04. THE CAR HAD 98,000 MILES ON IT AT THAT TIME. THE DEALER CLAIMED TO NOT BE AWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE ETM, BUT THAT THEY COULD ATTEMPT TO CLEAN THE SYSTEM, WHICH THEY PROCEEDED TO DO AT $566. THE PROBLEM WASN'T FIXED, BUT THE DEALER SAID THEY COULD NOW FIX THE PROBLEM FOR AN ADDITIONAL $1000. THIS REALLY IRKED ME, I NEVER WENT BACK, NOW IT IS A YEAR LATER AND THE CAR STILL IS NOT FIXED, BUT IT WON'T PASS INSPECTION UN TIL IT IS CORRECTED. I'VE VISITED SEVERAL NON-DEALER MECHANICS WHO HAVE ALL SAID THEY CAN'T FIX THE PROBLEM, SO I'M STUCK HAVING TO GO BACK TO A DEALER WHO HAS TRIED TO SWINDLE ME. I RECENTLY BECAME AWARE OF THE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH THE VOLVOS, BUT I REFUSE TO HAVE THE UNTRUSTWORTHY AND "UNKNOWING" VOLVO DEALERSHIP TOUCH THE CAR. I NOW HAVE FOUND A MECHANIC WHO FORMALLY WORKED FOR VOLVO ATTEMPT TO REPAIR THE CAR. IT WILL PROBABLY COST ME DOULBE WHAT THE VOLVO MECHANIC HAS SAID IT WOULD, BUT THERE IS NO FAITH IN THE DEALERSHIP. I UN DERSTAND THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST VOLVO BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM, I WILL SAVE ALL MY RECEIPTS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FILING A CLAIM EITHER WITH YOU OR WITH THE LAWSUIT PLAINTIFFS.

NHTSA ID

10137389

Incident

Aug 4, 2004

Mileage

98,562 mi

THE VEHICLE GAVE NO INDICATION PRIOR TO THE MAF AND THROTTLE UNIT GIVING OUT THE FIRST TIME. WE WERE STRANDED ON INTERSTATE 15 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT. THE VEHICLE ALL OF A SUDDEN JUST STOPPED RUNNING. LUCKILY THE ITEM WAS REPAIRED, STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THIS SAME PART FAILED FOR THE SECOND TIME 9/4/2004. REPLACED AGAIN AFTER HAVING IT TOWED FROM RESIDENCE TO VOLVO OF LAS VEGAS. SMELL OF GAS AND ENGINE SURGE OCCURRED PRIOR TO STALLING. BROUGHT INTO VOLVO OF LAS VEGAS 9/2/2005 TO HAVE CHECKED FOR ENGINE SURGE AND SPORADIC RPM SURGES. I INFORMED THEM THAT IT IS PROBABLY THE MAF AND OR THE THROTTLE UNIT, VOLVO OF LAS VEGAS SAYS THAT NOTHING IS WRONG. HOWEVER, I HAD TO PAY $105.00 FOR LABOR WITH NO RESOLVE. I AM VERY CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY IF THIS SAME INSTANCE OCCURS AGAIN. *JB

NHTSA ID

10135267

Incident

Jul 24, 2003

Mileage

29,120 mi

2001 VOLVO S80 SEDAN TRAVELING AT 70 MPH ON US 75 (LIMITED ACCESS EXPRESSWAY) IN DALLAS TX. SUDDEN LOSS OF FUEL SUPPLY CAUSED THE CAR TO DECELERATE TO 15 MPH AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE ACCELERATOR. MANAGED TO GET CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD NARROWLY AVOIDING TWO COLLISIONS. CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF $1048.00. I REPORTED THE REPAIR TO VOLVO CARS OF AMERICA AND ALSO GAVE THE DEALER SERVICE MANAGER COPIES OF COMPLAINTS LOGGED ON THE INTERNET BY OWNERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. NO RESPONSE FROM EITHER VCOA OR THE DEALER.

NHTSA ID

10131063

Incident

Jul 30, 2005

Mileage

61,861 mi

PURCHASED A VOLVO S80 IN 2001;VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 60700 MILES AND 3 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS & THROTTLE BODY REPLACEMENT.

NHTSA ID

10128845

Incident

Jul 14, 2005

Mileage

13,250 mi

I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 VOLVO S80 2.9L AND WAS ABOUT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AT A FOUR WAY INTERSECTION. WHEN THE TRAFFIC FLOW WAS CLEAR I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR BUT THE CAR DIED. THANKFULLY, I WAS NOT STRUCK BY THE ONCOMMING VEHICLE. I TOOK THE CAR TO VOLVO OF RICHARDSON IN RICHARDSON TEXAS AND WAS TOLD IT NEEDED A MASS AIR SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY. THE FACTORY WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER THE PART SINCE IT HAS LAPSED.

NHTSA ID

10128194

Incident

Jul 3, 2005

Mileage

71,000 mi

1.MY WIFE HAS A 2001 VOLVO S80 T6. THE CAR JUST DIED ON HER AT 65 MPH ON A MAJOR FREEWAY. SHE WAS LUCKY TO GET IT ON THE SHOULDER AND WAS STRANDED. 2. THE FAILURE AS STATED BY VOLVO IS THE THROTTE MODULE. 3. DOING RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS MAJOR FAILURE ON VOLVO AND VOLVO CONTINUES TO DENY THE PROBLEM. THERE IS ALOTT OF SUPPORTING ARTICLES AND SEVERAL CLASS ACTION LAW SUITS IN THE WORKS. THE DEALER STATES IT WILL COST $907.00 TO FIX. STILL NOT FIXED!!!!

NHTSA ID

10121101

Incident

Apr 26, 2005

Mileage

44,000 mi

LEAK IN GAS TANK OF 2001 VOLVO S-80. TOLD BY RAMSEY VOLVO THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY A "ROAD HAZARD"-THAT WE MUST HAVE HIT SOMETHING THAT CAUSED THE PUNCTURE TO THE SIDE OF THE GAS TANK EVEN THOUGH WE WERE TRAVELING DOWN A MAJOR HIGHWAY FROM BOSTON TO NEW YORK AND WE WERE UNAWARE OF ANY INCIDENT

NHTSA ID

10008026

Incident

Jan 25, 2002

DEALER HAS REPLACE FUEL TANK DUE TO LEAKAGES UNDER TANK. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

8002943

Incident

Nov 14, 2001