2001 Volvo V70XC Engine cooling Problems

“My 2001 Volvo v70 xc with 44,000 miles began racing and stalling when I came to a stop; dashboard message appeared indicating need for urgent engine system service. I immediately took it to service center where they had to replace the throttle body. Service center indicated they have seen a rash of this problem.”

“The engine performed a shut-down/reduction in power procedure while accelerating in heavy traffic. Performance reduced/engine system service urgent notice appeared on the information screen. I had to quickly move out of the way to prevent causing a major accident. After resetting the warning light, I proceeded driving to get to an appropriate location to wait for assistance. The engine shut-down again.”

“2001 Volvo V70XC - failed etm. First occurred on 4/25/05, but the car restarted. When it recurred on 4/28, I brought it to the dealer for (warranty) service. The dealer blamed a clogged pcv system for the failure (rather expensive labor that was not covered by the extended warranty.) the problem is accurately described in NHTSA action number pe05041. I would like to add my incident report to this list.”

“7/26/07 traveling on I-77 and the car ran great. Suddenly, in same manner as car did approx 2 yrs ago on same interstate rpms dropped, car lost speed, no response at throttle, and within a few seconds we lost power, brakes, steering. Since this seemed just like 2 yrs ago (we reported this incident in 2005) we thought maybe the car will start in 10-15m. After 15-20 m of attempts where car started & immediately stalled car did start and ran fine. Since 2 years ago dealers were unable to diagnose & correct we continued to drive that evening and again the following day. …”

“I have a 2001 Volvo v70 xc wagon. The car was revving high for a while when shifting gears, I took it to the dealership, and they told me there wasn't a problem. About a month or so later the etm failed. I was being left stranded at freeway off ramps, and green lights when the car would suddenly die. It's a miracle I wasn't rear-ended! After a terrible experience trying to get the dealership to honor the etm warranty, (they only cleaned the etm they did not replace it-saying it wasn't bad enough!), a month has passed and now my transmission has failed! …”