2002 S60 Bad throttle body

[chrishannon]

I own a 2002 S60 (non-turbo) with 77K miles.

A few months ago, the car started having major acceleration problems - not going over about 5 mph even when the accelerator was depressed all the way to the floor.

It kept displaying different codes when we hooked it up to a diagnostic device. First, my mechanic replaced the MAP sensor, then the MAF sensor, and - I believe - the barometric pressure ssensor as well as the spark plugs. H ealso checked the vacuum hoses. Ultimately, he was unable to resolve the issue and gave up.

A friend of mine, who does a lot of work on his own cars (non-Volvo), took it out for a test drive and concluded that it must be the throttle position sensor, so he took it out and cleaned it. The problem persisted. He then concluded it was the throttle body.

After we did some research, we sent the throttle body to a shop in MA that advertises that it will fix the throttle body and send it back to you. They worked on it and decided that it could not be fixed. They initially offered to swap it out for a refurbished throttle body, but then were not able to obtain one. They then told me that they would ship the old one back to me, and that I would have to buy a new or refurbished one from a dealership.

I spoke with four dealerships and was quoted about the same price by each - about $700. They also informed me that they would have to install it in the car themselves, as it has to be calibrated. The problem is that the closest dealership is 95 miles from my home, meaning the tow is going to expensive.

I checked around locally, because my friend told me that there might be someone locally who could do the install and calibration. Unfortunately, nobody in my area does this. By the way, i live in a town of only 24,000 in northeast Mississippi.

Any suggestions on how to fix this problem in a less expensive and less complicated manner would be appreciated.

[abscate]

Welcome Chris. I'm not sure when the S60 went from the infamous Magneti Marelli Electronic Throttle Bodt (ETB or ETM for Module) or if in 2002 the S60 had gone to Bosch.

Either way, Xmodex makes replacement modules which you can self install and save both that tow and labor. It is not a hard fix on a non-turbo car.

See Don ETM Room forum below for some discussion. It's a roughly 600 USD bolt on module.

[precopster]

Non turbo S60/V70s stuck with the Magnetti unit until 2003 then they went to a Hitachi unit for a further 2 years

Part number 36050564 is the factory rebuilt number for your car.

Also original part number is 8644345
If you track down this part number from the same year and transmission there's a really good chance it will bolt straight in with no programming required.