2000 Volvo V70XC transmission problems

POWER TRAIN

OUR 2000 VOLVO XC70 STATIONWAGON EXPERIENCED SLUGGISH SPEED ON A WEDNESDAY - IT DID NOT LIKE TO ACCELERATE. IT WAS ALSO GOING THROUGH OIL, WHICH THE VOLVO DEALERSHIP SAID WAS "NORMAL" FOR A CAR OF THIS AGE - IT ONLY HAD 80,000 MILES ON IT. ON THURSDAY, THE CAR WOULD NOT START (IT WAS VERY COLD). WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND THEY FOUND THAT IT HAS OIL PUMP PROBLEM THAT DOES NOT GET OIL INTO THE ENGINE. WE THEREFORE NEED A NEW ENGINE. HE ALSO NOTED ISSUES WITH THE DRIVE TRAIN.

NHTSA complaint #10256458 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT

CONSISTENT GRINDING SOUND WHEN DRIVING. IT WAS DRIVESHAFT FAILURE. 2000 VOLVO XC HAD ONLY 56,021 MILES ON IT AND WAS DRIVEN 4 1/2 YEARS WHEN THIS BEGAN HAPPENING. PARTS/LABOR REPLACED.

NHTSA complaint #10191244 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)

ANGLE GEAR BROKE IN THE VOLVO V70XC AFTER 90000 MILES.

NHTSA complaint #10187284 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

TL*- WHILE PARKING HER VEHICLE THE CONTACT HEARD A CRACKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE 2000 VOLVO V70 XC. THE CRACKING NOISE WAS DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION ANGLE GEAR CRACKING. FIRST TIME THE CONTACT HAD TO REPLACE THE ANGLE GEAR WAS ON 04/17/03 AT 64,745 MILES, PART NUMBER WAS 8601587-2. THE CONTACT COULD PROVIDE INVOICE IF NEEDED. THE CURREN MILEAGE WAS 148,000.

NHTSA complaint #10184950 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

E-MAIL: VEHICLE GOES INTO LIMP MODE, ETM LIGHT COMES ON, REPLACED TWICE, X REF 10129414, SMCH.

NHTSA complaint #10143178 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)

FAILURE OF THE THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE ON A 2000 VOLVO V70 CROSS COUNTRY, BEVEL GEAR FAILURE IS LIKELY AS WELL, BOTH ARE FREQUENT FAILURES AMONG OWNERS.

NHTSA complaint #10140647 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)

I PURCHASED A 2000 VOLVO XC AND HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THEM ARE VERY VERY COMMON AND I WAS TOLD I SHOULD REPORT THIS TO YOU. PROBLEM 1 ETS SYSTEM LIGHT IS NOW ON. PROBLEM 2..HAD TO REPLACE AWD UNIT. PROBLEM 3 HAD TO REPLACE BLOWER MOTOR FOR HEAT/AC.

NHTSA complaint #10136460 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

SUDDEN LOSS OF SPEED AND RANDOM STALLING.

NHTSA complaint #10135874 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

WHILE ON A VACATION IN MONTANA OUR 2000 VOLVO XC70 HAD ROUGHT IDLE, STALLING, NO RESPONSE TO ACCELERATOR (WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 20 MPH) AND EVENTUALLY WOULD NOT START. THERE WERE NO VOLVO DEALERS IN MONTANA FOR REPAIR AND A LOCAL MECHANIC INSTRUCTED US TO PULL THE MAIN FUSE TO RE-SET THE COMPUTER. THIS WOULD GET US GOING AGAIN BUT IT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN EVERY 50 OR SO MILES. DEALERSHIP BACK AT HOME REPLACE THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE AT A COST OF $1200. THERE APPEARS TO BE A HIGH NUMBER OF ETM FAILURES IN THESE CARS AND IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH VOLVO.

NHTSA complaint #10124360 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE

DRIVE LINE ANGLE GEAR FAILED, CAUSING A BRAKING EFFECT ON CAR AS WELL AS "STICKING" WHEELS A LOW SPEED.CAR WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO MANUEVER WHEN THIS OCCURRED. WAS INFORMED BY VOLVO THIS IS A VERY COMMON AS WELL AS EXPENSIVE PROBLEM. DESIGN WAS CHANGED IN 2001 AS A RESULT OF THIS ISSUE.

NHTSA complaint #10081219 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.