Tl* the contact owns a 1995 volvo 960. While pulling into her driveway the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning, causing the contact to crash into her garage door. The vehicle was not diagnosed by the dealership and there were no recalls for the failure described. The current and failure mileages were under 150,000.
Acceleration & cruise control
Volvo 960 Acceleration problems by year
19 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Volvo 960's acceleration & cruise control. Unintended acceleration, surging, throttle problems and cruise or adaptive cruise faults.
Acceleration complaints by model year
Latest 960 acceleration complaints
Dt: the contact's daughter started the vehicle and it accelerated from zero to 40 mph without depressing the accelerator. The first time the vehicle hit a concrete parking barrier. The vehicle was towed to a service department. The source of the problem could not be determined. The vehicle's body damage was repaired, and the vehicle was returned to service. The acceleration problem occurred once again. This time it caused the driver to crash into a wall. It was taken to a service dealer who stated the...
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incident was caused by a problem within the engine. *Ak updated 12/16/2005 - the dealer later found that the throttle cable housing had separated from the crimped end at the throttle valve. As a result the cable housing had slid out and was hanging up, causing the vehicle to accelerate when in gear. *Nm
While releasing the brake pedal vehicle accelerated, and collided with a tree and a vehicle. Then, vehicle was towed to the dealer for inspection. However the cause of the problem not been determined. *Ak
Twice, in my 1996 volvo 960, I experienced sudden acceleration. In both circumstances I was on a highway and it was late at night. I was unable to slow my car down in order to take an exit ramp. I eventually put the car in neutral and turned it off. I was able to stop the car safely, but these were the most frightening driving experiences of my life. After the first incident, my dealership replaced the accelerator cable (which appeared normal) and replaced my brakes (which I destroyed trying to stop the car). After the second incident (two weeks later), the dealership disconnected the cruise control. The problem has not reoccurred. I had never used the cruise control on that car.*Ak
While driving the vehicle at 30 mph and with no warning the vehicle accelerated which caused the consumer to lose control of vehicle. Dealer had been contacted on two occasions. *Ak the consumer was driving with both hands on the steering wheel when suddenly, without warning, the steering wheel jerked to the right and he/she loss control of the vehicle. The vehicle had gone onto the sidewalk(s), side swiped objects, and collided into a building. *Scc *jb
While driving the vehicle the check engine light came on. The vehicle continued to function normally and was driven home and parked. On a later trip the same day the light remained illuminated and vehicle began to accelerate on its own. I removed my foot from the accelerator pedal and the vehicle rapidly went from 30 mph to 50 mph. I was able to slow the car down with braking and pulled off the road. When put in neutral the engine rapidly accelerated to approx. 4000Rpm, in park it slowed closer to idle. Once...
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shut off the vehicle would not start again until it cooled down, it then once again began accelerating on its own. The check engine light has remained illuminated since the first incident.*Ak
While driving on highway at 55mph on cruise control, came to a sharp curve and applied brakes. Trying to reduce speed, vehicle lurched forward/faster and hit the curve sign. Upon impact, neither front air bags nor side air bags deployed. Contacted manufacturer. *Ak
When the vehicle was put in drive it unexpectedly surged forward, resulting in a minor collision. Dealer and manufacturer have been notified. *Ak
Throttle plate was sticking causing rough idle. Nlm
As soon the hand brake was released the vehicle accilerated forward at a high speed on its own and was only stopped by crashing into wall. Yh
I am the owner of a 1996 volvo 960. I am writing because of a terrifying experience I had with 3 friends while driving on a trip from new york to ohio. Our trip began on friday, september 3 at 3:00. I had just had the vehicle serviced at bay ridge volvo two evenings before. One problem they corrected was a rough idle I had when starting the car. They told me the throttle plate was sticking a little, so they unstuck it. I had picked up the car on thursday, and just drove it home. We were 15 miles outside of...
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the city, on interstate 280 in new jersey, near exit 4 (laurel road.) We were going up a long hill and I let my foot up off the accelerator and noticed that the car didn't immediately slow down as it should. My concern grew when as we crested the hill, and began going leveling out, the car was speeding up by itself. I checked to see if the cruise control was on, but it wasn't. Then I pumped the accelerator, to see if maybe it was sticking, but it was not. My friends began to realize what was happening and one of them said I should pull off at the next exit. I vainly attempted to put cruise control on to control the speed, but it wouldn't work. I then shifted the car into neutral, at which point the engine raced, so I put it back into drive. I had my foot down constantly on the brake to keep the car from going too fast. I started to pull off at the next exit, then realized that to my horror I couldn't slow down, even with the brake all the way down. I quickly got back on the interstate, luckily there was no one in the way. I quickly thought to turn off the engine as I pulled off onto the emergency lane, and I was able to safely stop the car. As we came to a stop there was smoke and a burned rubber smell coming from the brakes. My three friends and I were almost propelled to our deaths driving what is supposedly the safest car on the road.
After putting vehicle into reverse , the throttle stuck, causing vehicle to accelerate, resulting in a collision. *Ak
Fast idle doing cold start; upon putting foot on brake to shift gears, brake pedal drops, allowing right tip of driver's foot to hit accelerator and vehicle jumps backwards when shiftiing into reverse. *Ak
Flap in throttle stuck in open position, causing sudden acceleration.
Owner said that the car accelerated while his foot was on the brake. *Ak
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