2002 VOLVO S60 Power Train Problems

TAKATA RECALL [XXX]. FOR MY SSN NUMBER, DRIVER LICENSE NUMBER CALL ME FOR THAT INFORMATION I DON'T LIKE TO PUT IT ON WEBSITE SO THAT OTHER PEOPLE CAN GET IT BUT HERE'S MY VIN [XXX] EMAIL IS [XXX] THE WHOLE DASHBOARD MY LIGHTS WON'T COME ON THE KEY WONT COME OUT I HAVE TO WAIT 5 OR 10 MIN TO WAIT FOR IT TO COME OUT IT SMELL LIKE GAS SOMETIMES THE KEYLESS WONT WORK I CHANGE THE THANG IN THE BACK FIVE TIMES IN ONE MONTH THE GEAR SOMETIME DON'T WORK. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 157,000

I WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT IN BRONX, NY ON 8/16/2017 THAT CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE TO MY 2002 VOLVO S60. THANKFULLY, I WAS THE ONLY ONE IN MY CAR. I HAD JUST LEFT MY LAST DESTINATION, MOVING SLOWLY AND DRIVING STRAIGHT FOR A SHORT BLOCK OR SO, WHEN MY 2002 VOLVO S60, WITH AN ODOMETER READING OF 45,000 MILES, BEGAN TO ACCELERATE OUT OF NOWHERE AND RACE - ALL ON ITS OWN. I TRIED BRAKING (FOOT AND HAND) BUT IT WAS TOO SUDDEN AND NEITHER COULD SLOW IT DOWN. THE CAR ACCELERATED OUT OF MY CONTROL, JUMPED THE SIDEWALK AND PLOWED THROUGH A FENCE BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. I'M STILL SHAKEN, THINKING OF WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED, BUT THANKFULLY THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE INVOLVED AND NO ONE WAS IN FRONT OF ME OR WALKING BY. WHILE THIS IS SHOCKING AND SURPRISING TO ME, I BELIEVE THIS IS A KNOWN SAFETY MALFUNCTION ON CERTAIN MODELS OF VOLVO CARS. I HAVE READ THAT OTHER DRIVER'S HAVE COMPLAINED TO THE COMPANY ABOUT A RACING/SLIPPING TRANSMISSION BEFORE, WHICH SUGGESTS THAT VOLVO HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS.FOR SOME TIME. THERE ARE SO MANY SITUATIONS IN WHICH THIS TYPE OF MALFUNCTION CAN EASILY BE FATAL SO I AM TREATING IT AS AN IMPENDING DISASTER FOR OTHERS THAT NEEDS TO BE ACTED ON URGENTLY. I AM SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE TO INVESTIGATING THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT YOU MAY HAVE A CHANCE TO PRESERVE THE CAR FOR ADDED TESTING IF NECESSARY. I HAVE PROVIDED ALL THE PERTINENT INFORMATION THAT I POSSIBLY CAN.

Mileage: 44,500

THE CAR CONTINUES TO HAVE SHIFT FLARES AND SLIPPAGE WHEN SHIFTING UP FROM 1 TO 2, 2 TO 3 OR SHIFTING BETWEEN THE SAME GEARS. *TR

FROM AROUND OCT. OF 2011 I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING TROUBLE WITH MY THROTTLE BODY OR AS VOLVO CALLS IT 'ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE'. THESE PROBLEMS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, STALLING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS, ROUGH STARTING/ NOT STARTING AT ALL, REDUCED ENGINE PERFORMANCE NOT ALLOWING FOR SAFE SPEED TO BE MAINTAINED, COSTLY REPAIR WORK WITH NO IMPROVEMENT, AND BOUTS OF SELF ACCELERATING AT STOPS WITH PARKING BRAKE AND FOOT BRAKE ENGAGED. I HAVE RESEARCH A VOLVO RECALL/ WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY, CONTACTED VOLVO CUSTOMER SERVICE ONLY TO GET THE RUN-AROUND. VARIOUS WEB FORUMS ENCOURAGE OWNER EXPERIENCING THESE PROBLEMS TO FILE COMPLAINT WITH NHTSA TO HELP COME TO A RESOLUTION. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

VOLVOS-60 24T TOOK CAR TO DEALER BILL GRAY VOLVO FOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. CAR WAS RETURNED TO ME WITH AIR BAG PASSIVE RESTRAINT SYSTEM INOPERABLE AND DEALER REFUSES TO CORRECT PROBLEM OR TO EVEN ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR SAME. *TR

Mileage: 57,500

2002 VOLVO S60 - TRANSMISSION CLUNKS WHEN ENGAGING GEAR IN DRIVE. PROBLEM IS MOST NOTICEABLE WHEN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE. HESITATION TO ENGAGEMENT CAN BE UP TO 2 SECONDS, THEN ENGAGES VERY HARSHLY PRODUCING THE "CLUNKING". WAS TOLD A SOFTWARE FLASH MAY CORRECT ISSUE BUT I AM RELUCTANT TO SPEND $80 TO DISCOVER IT DID NOT WORK. VEHICLE STARTED DEMONSTRATING PROBLEM AT 80K MILES WHEN MANUALLY DOWNSHIFTING TO FIRST GEAR TO COME TO A STOP. NOW HAS 114K MILES AND DRIVEN VERY CAREFULLY WITH FOOT HARD ON BRAKE WHEN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. I NO LONGER PERFORM ANY SORT OF MANUAL SHIFTING WHEN IN FORWARD MOTION. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

I WAS STUCK IN HIGH WAY TRAFFIC FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES, ONCE THE TRAFFIC CLEARED I TRIED TO ACCELERATE BUT COULD NOT, I WAS AFRAID I WAS GOING TO GET HIT BECAUSE I COULD NOT GET MY VEHICLE UP TO A SAFE SPEED (THE VEHICLE WENT INTO LIMP MODE). I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO AT LEAST 50 MPH TO GET IT HOME. THIS NOW HAPPENS WITHIN APPROX 1-2 MILES OF DRIVING. DUE TO THE HI COST OF REPAIRS FOR THIS VEHICLE I HAD THE DIAGNOSTICS DONE FIRST (COST $90.00), THE RESULT WAS A BAD MASS-AIR SENSOR AND FAULTY THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR. I HAD THE MASS-AIR SENSOR REPLACED AT A COST OF $140.00, I THEN HAD THE THROTTLE POSITIONING SENSOR CLEANED ( THIS IS WHAT THE DEALERSHIP WILL DO FIRST, BECAUSE OF THE HI COST INVOLVED IN REPLACING THE THROTTLE BODY & PROGRAMMING IT) AT A COST OF $180.00. THE CLEANING DID NOT WORK AND THEREFORE THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND PROGRAMMED AT A COST OF $800.00. *TR

Mileage: 145,000

WE ARE A 2 VOLVO FAMILY (HAVING PURCHASED THEM "PRE-CERTIFIED FROM VOLVO 2 AND 3 YEARS AGO RESPECTIVELY). BOTH CARS (2002 S60 & 2001 CROSS COUNTRY) HAVE HAD TO HAVE THEIR TRANSMISSIONS REPLACED SINCE PURCHASE - MINE ONCE (SO FAR) AND MY HUSBAND'S THREE TIMES - ALL BEFORE 55,000 MILES. I WENT ONLINE AND FOUND LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON DEFECTIVE VOLVO TRANSMISSIONS: ALL VOLVO MODELS - FROM 2001 THROUGH 2006 AND MILEAGE RANGING FROM 20,000 TO 60,000. WHY HAS VOLVO USA NOT BEEN TAKEN TO TASK ON THESE DEFECTIVE FACTORY INSTALLED TRANSMISSIONS AND MADE TO STAND BEHIND THE MANUFACTURE OF THEIR CARS? *TR

Mileage: 55,000

I AM APPEALING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE REGARDING THE CAR'S INCLUSION IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN 06V-441000. IN PARTICULAR, I HAVE A 2002 VOLVO S60 2.4T W/37,500 MILES. WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT 2 MONTHS AGO, MY CAR'S ENGINE BEGAN SPUTTERED, AND WHEN I GOT ONTO A MAJOR ROADWAY, THE CAR SUDDENLY WENT INTO LIMP MODE, WHEREBY IT WENT 5 MPH MAXIMUM. *AK THE SUDDEN CHANGE IN SPEED ALMOST RESULTED IN MY CAR GETTING REAR-ENDED. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER, CHERRY HILL VOLVO IN NEW JERSEY, AND THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS PERTAINING TO THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE (ETM). THE DEALER SAID THAT THE ETM NEEDED TO BE CLEANED, AND THEY PROCEEDED TO CLEAN IT. A WEEK AGO, I FOUND OUT THAT NHTSA 06V-441 WAS ISSUED, WHICH ADDRESSES THIS EXACT PROBLEM. HOWEVER, I WAS TOLD BY VOLVO THAT MY CAR, SINCE IT'S A TURBO, WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE NHTSA LIST, BECAUSE THE ETM IS A DIFFERENT DESIGN. WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS THAT THE ETM ON MY CAR HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE OLD DESIGN ETM, AND THAT MY FAMILY COULD BE IN DANGER. FROM WHAT I'VE READ ON MESSAGE BOARDS, EVENTUALLY, I WILL NEED TO REPLACE THE ETM AT A COST OF $1100. VOLVO HAS WARRANTIED THE ETM ON MODELS OTHER THAN MINE, FOR 200,000 MILES OR 10 YEARS. I WOULD LIKE TO GET MY CAR ON THAT LIST. HAVE THERE BEEN OTHERS WITH A TURBO LIKE ME WHO HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM? IS THERE A WAY TO GET MY MODEL CAR ON THE AFFECTED CARS LIST? THANK YOU, MARC FRIEDMAN 732-323-1603 (DAY)

Mileage: 37,500

THE ANGEL GEAR FAILED (ALSO KNOWN AS THE BEVEL GEAR) CAUSING A LOSS OF THE AWD SYSTEM. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE EXCESSIVE TORQUE STEER AND EXCESSIVE FRONT WHEEL SPIN. >$2300 REPAIR. DEALER INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC REASON FOR THE FAILURE AND THAT THERE WAS NO PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE ON THIS PART. *JB

Mileage: 75,000

STEERING WHEEL FROZE AND VEHICLE COULD NOT ACCELERATE. TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO FOUND OUT THAT THE CAUSE WAS A DEFECT IN THE AXLE. *LA WHEN THE CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER AND PLACED THE VEHICLE INTO PARK, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, THE IGNITION CHIP HAD TO BE CHANGED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START.

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH IT'S STEERING AND GAS PEDAL. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK IT CONTINUED TO MOVE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM THE IGNITION CHIP HAD TO BE REPLACED, BECAUSE THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS FROZEN AND THE WINDOWS WERE UNCONTROLLABLY MOVING UPWARD AND DOWNWARD, WHEN THE CONSUMER PLACED THE GEAR INTO PARK, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A DEFECT WITH THE AXLE. *JB

Mileage: 18,700

WHILE DRIVING MY VOLVO 2002 S60 AWD I EXPERIENCE WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS AN ENGINE FLARE. WHILE CAR SHIFTS AUTOMATICALLY FROM GEAR TO GEAR THE ENGINE WILL RACE AND THE TACHOMETER NEEDLE WILL JUMP. THE CAR WILL LURCH FORWARD ONCE THE GEAR FINALLY CATCHES. THIS CAN HAPPEN WHEN THE CAR IS COLD OR HOT. IT CAN OCCUR AT ANYTIME AND ANY GEAR. IT HAS ALSO HAPPENED WHILE STEPPING ON THE BRAKE. I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM SINCE FEB. 2002 AND VOLVO STILL HAS YET TO FIX IT. I HAVE MADE NUMEROUS CALLS TO VOLVO N.A. AND THE DEALER VOVLOVILLE OF MASSAPEQUA, NY. THE DEALER TELLS ME THAT THEY ARE STILL WAITING TO HEAR FROM VOLVO N.A. AND VOLVO N.A. CONTINUES TO TELL ME THAT THEY ARE LOOKING INTO IT BUT THEY NEVER CALL ME BACK WITH ANY INFORMATION. *LA

I HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION, CAR WILL STALL IN TRAFFIC, CAR WOULD NOT START AT ALL. THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN SERVICE MANY MANY TIMES. THE PROBLEMS PERSIST. I HAVE SENT 9 EMAILS TO THEIR HEAD QUARTERS SINCE 12/5, NO REPLY. *LA

Mileage: 1,500

1) DRIVER'S SEAT SHIFTS REARWARD ON ACCELERATION AND SHIFTS FORWARD ON BRAKING. DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM 3 OR MORE TIMES, BUT IT RE-PPEARS SHORTLY AFTER REPAIR. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE.*AK 2) VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO SHIFT GEARS (MANUAL TRANSMISSION). GEAR CHANGES ARE VERY 'JERKY', THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE SHIFTED SMOOTHLY. VOLVO RECOMMENDS LETTING THE CLUTCH SLIP MORE, BUT THIS ONLY MASKS THE PROBLEM. 3) VOLVO ACKNOWLEDGES AN ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE, BUT REFUSES TO FIX IT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE.