TL-the contact owns a 2000 Volvo S70. The contact stated that while she was driving at various speeds the ets light would illuminate on the instrumental panel. The vehicle was then diagnosed by a dealer and they advised her that the "electronic throttle system" would cause the vehicle to loose all power and potentially be dangerous. The manufacturer was contacted and advised her that they would send her a coupon since the actual recall has expired. The vehicle has not been repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 79,300.

- Andover, MA, USA

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.

- Rio Rancho, NM, USA

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. I became concerned about this only after the light came on and I couldn't bring the car to an immediate stop. I was gearingup to a merge where cars are weaving and out of each other at rush hour to position themselves to get onto or off the highway, respectively. The light came on and I couldn't stop. The car's accelerator began to behave erratically like it was losing pressure but I wasn't in a location where I could stop;I barely avoided a major accident. When I brought the car to a stop and turned the engine off the light went off again as if nothing was wrong. I came straight home and got online to get insight. I read that Volvo owners in cal had brought a class action lawsuit over this safety issue. Ironically, we had just had our 90K service performed 3 mos before this problem occurred. We thought that we were maintaining our vehicle to its highest safety standards. Now we have to bring the car back in for a $1K fix. I am adding my voice to other Volvo owners who've had this problem and believe that it's Volvo duty to correct it before there are significant deaths attributed to it. If nothing else, the manual should say, 'bring your car in immediately to be fixed because the problem will worsen and eventually lead to complete engine failure and potentially your death and the death of innocent people in the cars around you who hit you unsuspecting because your car's engine fails'.

- Seattle, WA, USA

While driving at 65 with cruise control on, the ets light came on and the cruise control turned off causing the car to decelerate suddenly. This is a safety issue as it can lead to a collision from the rear. The car was still drivable with manual control of the accelerator, but experienced intermittent stuttering while being driven at highway speed. Diagnostic by the dealer revealed that the electronic throttle module is failing and must be replaced. The cost of the repair being 900 dollars.

- Urbana, IL, USA

Vehicle stalled/died and lost power. Dealer replaced the throttle body.

- Vicksburg, MS, USA

Car stalled without warning a couple of times.

- Daly City, CA, USA

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. They did the check-up and we drove away. The ets and check engine light came on within one mile, car began to jerk, called the dealer and immediately returned the vehicle. Sm Volvo did the diagnostics but did not know why the ets light came on as we drove away. These things happen, they said. Sm Volvo explained that certain codes came up, they would reset the computer (code ezm#91A7 on the throttle unit) and download a new program. They would be able to repair it by doing additional work and did not guarantee the computer reset. We asked if the repair would be guaranteed or could we drive off again and get the same results. They could not guarantee that it would resolve the issue. This led us to believe that everytime we approved them to repair the problem, it would continue to occur. Not guaranteeing that they can resolve the problem made us consider more research and/or a second opinion. We decided to leave the dealer without repair. We have driven the vehicle locally since then, but with many failures. Alot of jerking, sometimes the engine shuts off and I have to sit for 5 minutes before the engine will turn on again. The vehicle currently has 82,000 miles. We have only driven 5,000 in 16 months. We are only using the vehicle for errands and work. We do not want to give the dealer free reign over charges and repairs that they cannot justify or guarantee.

- Santa Monica, CA, USA