2001 Volvo XC70 Vehicle speed control Problems

“The warning light on the message board of my 2001 Volvo XC70 displayed performance reduced and engine service system urgent . The car lacks appropriate acceleration and shakes as if it were going to stall. After taking it to be repaired, I was informed that the electronic throttle on my car was faulty.”

“Our 01 Volvo v-70 xc had been acting a little off, kind of surging a little while at highway speeds, dealer couldn't find a problem.. So we tried to ignore it. One day a few months ago my wife (8 mo. Pregnant) took the car to the city. Along the way, she was going up a hill on a two-lane highway, when the car started loosing power and finally just quitting right there on the road....no shoulder...cars whizzing by. By the time I got there, the car started fine, so I switched her vehicle and she continued on. …”

“We purchased our 2001 Volvo XC70 from a reputable dealer in iowa city, ia with 72,000 miles in february of 2005. The dealer reported it had been well maintained prior to purchase and we have had it carefully maintained, since. On october 31st of 2005, on my way to an important interview the Volvo began stuttering and running roughly. The vehicle reported reduced performance on the diagnostic display and the service engine light turned on. I couldn't maintain a reasonable speed so I pulled over and turned off the car. …”

“1) in the 6 weeks prior to the failure we had noticed worsening symptoms of what we now know is the failure of the electronic throttle module (etm) in our 2001 Volvo XC70. At highway speeds there would be intermittent surging that was not caused by the driver 2) on sept. 1, 2005, there were two separate instances where the vehicle suddenly lost speed and the motor began to violently shake as if about to stall; the dashboard indicator said performance reduced. Both times the motor was shut off briefly, then restarted and the car was drivable again. …”

“I have had problems with this car stalling for over two years. I have had the throttle body replaced twice. In the month the car has been stalling at all speeds and surging when braking. This last stalling episode occurred while pulling out into a thoroughfare while I was accelerating to go slightly uphill. Since I had no power, I could not even steer the car off to the side of the road quickly. It was at night, therefore an extremely dangerous situation. These problems have been occurring over and over again, despite all of the service that I have had done on this car.”