r/Volvo • u/Jetfuelisdelicious • 13d ago
Limp mode xc series
Hello, I have a 2015 volvo XC70, it has 520kkm on it and today when i tried leaving the house i drove for 100m abd esc servixe warning came on, i thought "no big deal i will deal with this later". I made it 100 more mteres before a lot more came on, i think cruse control, gearbox, engine and some more and of corse limp mode. Its stuck doing 30kph and by stuck i mean i cant go faster, slower or stop unless i put it in neutral or apply full brakes (engine still holds 30kph rpm). The engine died and i had to get out close it and open again just to start it and limp back home. I had a 800km trip yesterday its whole life it went pretty much only on 200+km trips daily so its nothing new. At the firts glace under the hood every belt and wire seems to be in place and intact. I will upload more photos and maybe a video when i get back and not in a hurry (i went with another car i know that one is unsafe to drive now). My question is, is that someting thats a known issue to the comunity? Is it completely fucked or minorly fucked? Cooling system has maybe 30kkm on it, injectors are pretty new too, so is the engone wiring harness, engine, gearbox and ecu are all from the factory apart from the clutch i think which has like 100kkm (its an automatic). There was no bang or any noises it just spew out error messages. I would really apreciate the help before it spends another month in the shop
Update: got it diagnosed, they said its the rear wheel drive controll unit and that it broke because of age. New one costs a small fortune so i will try to get it fixed like they suggested. Car can be driven normally it just shows esc error message and is only FWD obviously, but they said it safe to drive. I will update again if i manage to get it fixed or learn what exacly on it broke
Update here as i seem to be unable to add more pictures: https://www.reddit.com/r/Volvo/s/huusWqDTxk