Volvo ETM repair by retrofitting a BOSCH throttle position sensor.
My SAAB is currently not very drivable, so I opted to try out buying a Volvo. The one I sprung for is a second gen V70 with a turbocharged 2.4 liter engine that produces a pretty okay 184kW. Yeah nah, it barely drives. Had I known Volvos were so unreliable I would have avoided these like the plague, but silly me has a problem to contend with now. This car is like a rabbit hole - the ETM will go bad, the PCV will go bad, the VVT pulley will go bad, the MAF will go bad, the gauge cluster will go bad, the fuel pump controller will burn out, the automatic gearbox sucks and the engine mounts tear out on a regular basis. And did I mention that the cam seals will just pop out and leak all your engine oil out in the engine bay? Yeah they do that. In my case I already had the seal pop out and my VVT pulley is on it's way out. But the bigger issue I had was the ETM failing, for which there is no easy fix. Used ETM's cost at least 100€ will come with the same problem and new ETM is 450€!