Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 01/10/2007 | 150000 | 1 | |
| In a parking garage i turned my wheels towards the left to drive into a parking spot; i gave the car a little gas while driving over a speedbump and suddenly the car accelerated and shot forward at a high rate of speed. thankfully the car went into that parking spot and hit the cement wall and stopped. i thought it was a one-time occurrence but with all the reports of toyota acceleration problems, now i wonder if this can occur in any car at any time. i have a 1997 volvo station wagon. with speed bumps on many streets near schools, if this can happen on almost any car, then the potential for major accidents is unlimited. i will always keep my foot on the brake pedal while going over any speed bump from now on, and am just thankful that i was just a couple of feet from a cement wall and had already turned my wheels. for those reasons, no damage was done to either the wall, my car or the occupants. (in the mileage and speed info. on this form i can only guess at the mileage at the time of incident and the speed at which the car accelerated.) *tr | |||
| 11/17/2006 | 150000 | 25 | 04/20/1998 |
| 1. loss of acceleration and sometimes stalling during freeway transition from on ramp to freeway and or during left turning against traffic. 2. the car failed to accelerate and the action of pushing the accelerator caused the transmission to down shift causing the extreme slowing and sometimes stalling. the consequences were that traffic was going considerably faster and had to take evasive action to avoid hitting the slowing car. 3. today the media reported a potential recall of volvo's due to this problem and i believe it should be extended to 1997 model 850 glt. *jb | |||
| 03/16/2000 | 0 | ||
| While in driveway in park, put car in reverse and it started spinning madly in reverse, turning in circles, and engine was racing really high. consumer had no control, and vehicle ended up in a ditch. *ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 11/26/2008 | 157000 | 1 | |
| My daughter used family car, volvo 1997, 850 wagon and the accelerator failed wide open. she narrowly missed 5 young children playing street hockey. car is inoperable and must be towed to service station for evaluation and repair. *tr | |||
| 40000 | 1 | ||
| Vehicle does not slow to idle when accelerator is released. dealership will not repair vehicle because it's not on recall. *ak *mr | |||