IN MAR, 2010 WHILE IN HEAVY SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC, CAR STALLED. MILEAGE INDICATOR SHOWED 245 MILES TO EMPTY. CAR TOWED TO VOLVO DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS FOUND TANK WAS EMPTY AND FUEL SENSOR WAS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. PROBLEM WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED UNDER WARRANTY. IN MAR, 2012 ON INTERSTATE IN DRIVING RAIN CAR STALLED AGAIN. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO SHOULDER BEFORE COMPLETE STOPPAGE. FUEL INDICATOR SHOWED 255 MILES TO EMPTY. AGAIN WE WERE OUT OF GAS. CAR TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED FROM AND THEY REPORTED THEY COULD FIND NO PROBLEM. FUEL INDICATOR SEEMED TO WORK FINE AFTER THAT UNTIL AUG, 2013. ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY THE CAR BEGAN STALLING AGAIN. I GOT IT OFF THE MAJOR ROAD TO WAIT FOR AAA ASSISTANCE. FUEL INDICATOR SHOWED 245 MILES TO EMPTY BUT TANK WAS AGAIN EMPTY. VOLVO DEALERSHIP STATES IT WILL COST APPROX. $800 TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM WITH FUEL SENSOR AND THEY ARE UNABLE TO QUOTE A POTENTIAL COST FOR THE REPAIR WITHOUT THE DIAGNOSIS. THE LOSS OF CONTROL WHEN CAR RUNS OUT OF GAS IS DANGEROUS AND TERRIFYING. EVEN IF WE COULD AFFORD THE DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR, THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN, ESP. SINCE IT WAS SUPPOSEDLY REPAIRED IN 2010! *TR
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POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY VOLVO X70 2010 STATION WAGON HAS HAD A NUMBER OF INCIDENTS WHERE THE CAR TRANSMISSION "JUMPS" WHILE THE GAS PEDAL IS NOT ENGAGED. IT SEEMS THAT WHEN THE ENGINE IS AT IDLE, AT A STOP OR DURING A SLOW TURN, THE CAR SLIGHTLY AND SUBTLY JUMPS A BIT. MY VOLVO DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO "UPGRADE" THE SOFTWARE BUT THE PROBLEM, ALTHOUGH SPORADIC, RECURS. I AM CONCERNED THAT THERE IS A DEFECTIVE ISSUE HERE AND THAT OTHER POTENTIAL DANGEROUS PROBLEMS MAY ARISE IN THE FUTURE. *TR