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

- Riverside, CA, USA

The contact owns a Volvo S80 vehicle. It intermittently stalled/ died, and lost power. The electronic throttle module failed and was cleaned three times. The line seal and gasket were replaced due to an oil leak. The top engine torque arm was cracked.

- Mechanicsburg, PA, USA

Vehicle stalled/ lost power and died. The electronic throttle body failed and was replaced.

- Pinopolis, SC, USA

Sudden loss of power and engine stall at highway speed. Pulled car off road safely. Engine restarted. Brought car to Volvo dealer who could not identify any problem.

- Weatogue, CT, USA

Check engine light has come on 5 times in less than 7 months took to dealer and they said it was a loose gas cap.(which it was not) the last time it was taken to the dealer 9-26-04 and just out of the extended warranty period they say it is now a bad throttle body with a repair est of $950. Throttle bodys do not go bad is there information that the dealer dose not have on the repair (cleaning of the throttle body)

- El Paso, TX, USA

My 1999 Volvo S-80 T-6 suffers from a design flaw associated with the throttle body and engine warning light. The light is on all of the time. Servicing does not clear the light, so I have begun to simply ignore the light. The throttle body has a problem where the engine runs properly for 20,000 then begins to oscillate upand down by 200-300 rmps at idle. This seems minor, but it almost caused a major accident yesterday. When slowing to a stop at a major intersection, the engine slowed to idle and then sped up just as I was about to come to a stop. The higher RPM caused the car to move into the intersection. If another car had been approaching, it would have struck my car. I asked my wife (this is her primary car)if she had experienced the same problem and she said she had several times. I went on the web and found that many Volvo owners are experiencing the same RPM and engine light problems. I do not know if they have had the same near accident I did, but I must assume they have. Have you received other complaints about this problem and has Volvo been notified? I contacted Volvo and they denied any problem. The words on the internet tell me they are mistaken. Some one could get killed by this design flaw.

- Wetumpka, AL, USA

The vehicle experienced sudden acceleration.

- Hoffman Estates, IL, USA

While driving heard noise coming from vehicle. Suddenly vehicle lurched to right, and hit a parked car.

- Haltom, TX, USA

I approached a parking space at approximately 5 mph, with my foot on the brake pedal, however, suddenly it accelerated in spite of my foot pressing very hard on the brake pedal. I tried to maneuver the car with my foot still on the brake to avoid hitting other parked cars and finally hit bushes and a small tree which uplifted the front wheels off the ground and stopped the car. At that point, the ignition was turned off. There were heavy track marks on the hard surface as well as on the grass lawn, suggesting that the rear wheels were locked up. I estimated $6,000 damage to my car and parking area property.

- San Antonio, TX, USA