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2000 Volvo S40 vehicle speed control problems

17 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the vehicle speed control on the 2000 Volvo S4014% of all complaints for this model year.

17
Vehicle Speed Control complaints
14%
share of all complaints
91,500 mi
median reported incident mileage
3 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • The car has problems starting and takes a few tries before starting up. Have also had a problem where the car was in park with the parking brake engaged and the car was revving on its own. There have also been problems while the car has been slowing down on the freeway, specifically when the brakes…

    filed Aug 8, 2018

  • Tl* the contact owns a 2000 volvo s40. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle accelerated independently without warning. The contact mentioned that the brake pedal was depressed in order to slow down or stop the vehicle. The failure occurred on multiple occasions. The…

    filed Dec 17, 2014

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Vehicle Speed Control problems in other S40 years

YearReportsShare
2007 S4028%
2006 S4023%
2005 S4011%
2004 S4048%
2002 S4014%
2001 S40911%
S40 vehicle speed control problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.