Traveling in town at appr. 45 mph. Car went into limp mode, ETM check light came on.

- Tucson, AZ, USA

Back in June of 2008 - on start up my 99 Volvo V70 - would rough idle, rev to 4000 and would not exceed 20 mph. The idle sounded like sneakers in a dryer. I took the car to my garage and was quoted $2000 to replace the ETM - I was told by my garage that the ETM may still be under warranty. After speaking with Volvo usa - I was advised that this part was under warranty and I should bring to the nearest Volvo dealership. I did. Boston Volvo village - did a software update and after that reported no issues with the ETM - they claimed cracked vacuum hoses were the problems. They replaced the hoses and return the car. The car broke down a day later - rev to 4000, rough idle, won't go over 20 mph - sneakers in washing machine sound. I brought the car back to boston Volvo village - this time they told me that I had an bad accelerator pedal - which was replace cost was $225. The car broke down a third time - this time on a busy highway - I was able to pull off - but if not for some excellent driving by others on the road there would had been a 3 car pile up. Boston Volvo village towed the car back to their garage. One of their employees admitted to me that the emt was the problem - but that Volvo makes it impossible to replace the ETM.

- Boston, MA, USA

I purchased this car, a 1999 Volvo V-70 station wagon, in 2002. The car intermittently and repeatedly stalls in traffic in addition to randomly accelerating and decelerating on its own so that driving is hazardous. Car has been serviced numerous times for these problems and most of the work has been on electronic throttle system. Problems may appear to be fixed for a short time but not really fixed because stalling and unexpected acceleration/deceleration begin again. Car has problem unique to it in that it fails to produce computer codes regarding stalling or ETM failure, and because car fails intermittently, except for one mechanic, all others who have serviced the car have failed to experience the stalling and random acceleration/deceleration first hand. What to do with a car that reliably fails intermittently, fails to fail when the mechanic needs it to fail to be able to fix it and produces no computer codes as to why it is failing? on 7 April, 2006, I took car to Volvo of richardson, richardson tx to service the problem of the car stalling repeatedly in the previous few days. They upgraded the ETM software but the car continued to stall and stutter in traffic. In fact, it seemed the stuttering and shuttering (near stalls) were worse. I had the car towed back to dealer and asked about the repairs under the extended warranty as per NHTSA action: EA05021. Service director for dealer refused to replace ETM under extended warranty saying they would not be reimbursed if they couldn't reproduce the stalling etc. Likewise, at Volvo customer care (1-800- 458-1552), "bart" refused to authorize repairs covered under extended warranty of EA05021. The number of failures/incidents of car stalling and unexpectedly accelerating and decelerating are too numerous to count anymore. The car reliably stalls intermittently and repeatedly. Last incident of stalling was 14 April 2006 when the car stalled four times in traffic.

- Dallas, TX, USA

Vehicle stalled/died, and lost power due to throttle body failure.

- Buffalo, NY, USA

Incidence 1 of 7 similar. As reported on service invoice: C/S car stalls out while driving, making a U-turn, start right up. Check car for codes, access, no codes on any system. No codes on fuel system, check fuel pump connector under rear panel, all ok. Per above, though service dept couldn't find anything wrong, this incident was the 1st of 7 similar problems occurring later that ultimately lead to having the throttle body cleaned twice & then replaced twice. I will be reporting all the other subsequent incidents in sequence of occurrence on this NHTSA complaint site as well.

- Oakdale, NY, USA

Caller stated that three times vehicle hadied while dr. It has happened each time about 5 weeks apart. Got it started again while its was rolling. Dealer and manufacturer have not been contacted yet.

- Oviedo, FL, USA