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Delayed acceleration - 2004 S40 (early model 1.9T) S40-V40

posted by  rwisot on  Mon Jun 4 19:49 CST 2012
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I tried searching for this, but nothing came up.

My daughter just told me her S40 is intermittently having severe hesitation when trying to accelerate. She says when she presses the accelerator it is like just taking her foot off the brake. The car will just coast forward at idle speed. If she continues to press the accelerator down to the floor, nothing changes for several seconds. Then it will kick in and accelerate like normal.

We purchased the S40 used in Pennsylvania, and it spent the next 4 years in Indiana. I understand there is some sort of recall for S40’s in those states for some type of salt related internal corrosion that causes a delayed or hesitation in acceleration. I don’t know it this is related or not.

If anyone has heard of this or knows anything about it, please let me know. It is definitely causing an unsafe situation I would like to remedy as soon as possible.

Thanks!

PS. I forgot to mention, the S40 has about 120,000mi on it.






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