2000 Volvo S70 Engine cooling Problems

“My 2000 Volvo S70 had a malfunction of the electronic throttle control module and I almost got rear ended on the highway when the car have an abrupt loss of speed. I took the car to a Volvo dealer and was charged $1,500 to replace the module about 5 weeks ago but it looks like the car is starting to malfunction again.”

“The ets (electronic throttle system) light come on intermittenly for about a month, then on april 20, 2004 while I was driving on the highway, the light stays on the car was sluggish in accelerating. I had to get off the highway to take local streets.”

“We purchased the Volvo 2000 S70 vehicle in 9/01 with 25,000 miles. A 30,000 mile check-up was performed by santa monica Volvo on 12/26/01. Steven and I began a 14-month road trip around the us and had the vehicle maintained at Volvo dealers throughout the country (the check engine light periodically came on and we would ask the dealers about it. We were told not to worry about the light.) the road trip accounts for the accrued miles put on the vehicle in such a short period of time. Returned to california 3/04. Brought the vehicle into santa monica Volvo to have the 75,000 mile check-up. …”

“While teaching my son to drive our 2000 Volvo S70, our car started jerking as he was coming to a stop. At the stop light,the car continued to have a jerking motion. The ets light came on so I looked this problem up in our manual. It says, 'if the light remains on, the system should be inspected by an authorized Volvo retailer'. The light went out so we didn't think that this was going to be an ongoing problem. We continued to drive the car and it worked fine. On some occasions the light would come on and we would simply bring the car to a stop and turn the car off. The light would go off. …”

“Noticed engine dying out when accelerating, the problem was noticeably getting worse. Finally the car came to a stop at the light, light turned green pressed on the accelerator pedal and no response, car sat there in idle with no response to pressing on the pedal.”