ETM "Extended Warranty" --heads up!

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I've got a 2002 XC70 whose ETM failed ( within 200k and 10 years). The thrust of many posts here and other Volvo sites [ e.g vedexvolvo.org; Swedespeed; blogs.cars.com] say the ETM is covered under an Extended Warranty rather than a required recall, for XC Volvos from 2001-2003.

Well, that's not quite true. My XC70 has a 2.4 low pressure turbo engine. My VIN# didn't match only certain covered XC Volvos for those years. After a quiet patient complaint to a kind Volvo Customer Service Rep, I'm getting a $200.00 "kindly" rebate off my ETM $800 bill -- but my bill also included a new Mass Air Flow sensor, 5 hrs. of labor at $90 an hour, and tax, for a total of $1600.00.

I don't know if the Mass Air Flow sensor is integrally tied to the ETM or not -- please let me know if it is. In any event, if anyone's 2001-03 XC needs an ETM. don't expect it to be covered.

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[kamiar]

MAF is not integrated with ETM... $1600?!

[JRL]

You misunderstood
The warranty covers 1999s thru 2001s for 10 years or 200K miles from the in service date.
This means all but a handful of 2001s are out of warranty, done and done.

The only 2002s covered were a literal handfull of 2002 S60 NON turbos (maybe 200 or so) that somehow managed to receive the old design ETM

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Hi,
And many thanks for clarifying the matter!

KK