2000 Volvo S80 cruise control problems
94 complaints about cruise control have been filed for the 2000 Volvo S80, which is 21% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 94 21% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 70,000 miles 72 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When cruise control problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 6 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 18 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 17 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 16 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 5 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 5 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 72 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 70,000 miles, and 36% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 3 crashes.
What owners wrote
As the consumer parked the vehicle, it placed itself in reverse, the engine revved and accelerated across a median, and then had come to rest against two other vehicles and an abutment.
2000 volvo s-80 t6 , etm part replaced in dec 2004, in conjunction with complaint number 10145678; returned car to dealership on saturday 5/13/06 to have software recall upgrade performed due to same conditions as present in 2004 incident - vehicle stopping unexpectedly in traffic. Car since saturday has continued to stop in traffic 5 times, car was returned to service, now the service department is saying the etm is ok , but I may have to pay to have the problem diagnosed- and could be another malfunctioning part…
Other problems reported for the 2000 Volvo S80
- Engine 68 complaints
- Electrical system 54 complaints
- Fuel system 43 complaints
- Suspension 34 complaints
- Brakes 26 complaints
- Air bags 19 complaints
- Transmission 19 complaints
- Steering 17 complaints