# 2001 VOLVO V70 — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
> NHTSA complaint `560954` · 2005-11-01 · Volvo Car USA, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** VOLVO
- **Model:** V70
- **Year:** 2001
- **Manufacturer:** Volvo Car USA, LLC
- **Component:** VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- **Miles at failure:** 45,000
- **Speed:** 5 mph
## Narrative
INITIALLY NOTICED ERRATIC ACCELERATION, THEN MY WIFE WAS ACCELERATING FROM A STOP LIGHT AND THE VEHICLE ACTUALLY LOST ACCELERATION AND SHE WAS HIT BEHIND BY A PICKUP TRUCK.  THE DASH READOUT SHOWED THE MESSAGE "PERFORMANCE REDUCED".  OUR INSURANCE PAID FOR THE $2600 IN DAMAGES.  OUR VOLVO MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS IN THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE AND SAID THAT THIS WAS A FAIRLY COMMON OCCURRENCE IN THIS YEAR MODEL.  *NM
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