s60ts with problems ?

s60tsgeorge · Post by **s60tsgeorge** » 28 Apr 2008, 08:10

hello, iam new to this site and would be very greatful if anyone can help my 01 s60ts started displaying engine service urgent , reduce power, and went into limp mode, i took the car to volvo who said throttle body needed cleaning so paid them

Post by **JRL** » 28 Apr 2008, 09:57

ETM (electronic throttle body) needs replacingknown issue
Are you in the US, here they are warranted for 190 years 200,000 miles

s60tsgeorge · Post by **s60tsgeorge** » 28 Apr 2008, 12:41

hi,thanks jrl no iam not in the u.s. iam from the uk so from what i can gather no warranty. have also looked at other volvo forums and normally cleaning the throttle body sorts out the problem so iam not sure if there is another problem which hasnt been detected yet. thanks george

Post by **JRL** » 28 Apr 2008, 15:23

s60tsgeorge wrote:hi,thanks jrl no iam not in the u.s. iam from the uk so from what i can gather no warranty. have also looked at other volvo forums and normally cleaning the throttle body sorts out the problem so iam not sure if there is another problem which hasnt been detected yet. thanks george

Cleaning does NOT "sort it out" It may give it a temporary fix, at best.
YOU PROBABLY NEED A NEW ETM.
This is a known issue, ALL went bad at some point from 99 thru 01
(I thought the warranty extended to the UK)
Read the posts above in Don's ETM room, there was an owner who won in court (in the UK), you may be able to cite the case and get a new one for free