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Volvo V70, 2001, 125,000 miles - Intermittent starting problems - Ms v70

Can anyone help me! My Volvo is occasionally cutting out after starting. This is an intermittent problem - sometimes when I turn the engine on, it runs for a second or two and then cuts out, then when I start it again, it either runs or just keeps turning over without starting. If I leave it for a while it always seems to start eventually. This has been happening on and off for about two months. My local garage diagnosed a problem with the throttle housing and this was replaced, however the problem is still occuring. The car is currently at the garage - they've had it for a couple of days but it has started fine every time they've tried. I'm worried about getting stranded and I don't want to get rid of the car -any ideas? Thanks

Volvo V70, 2001, 125,000 miles - Intermittent starting problems - Peter D

What lights come on on the dash when the car stalls by itself. Regards Peter

Volvo V70, 2001, 125,000 miles - Intermittent starting problems - Ms v70

Didn't notice which lights apart from the engine management light and the car's at the garage now. When the diagnostics were plugged in 3 codes came up which all pointed to the throttle housing issue which is why it was changed. All very frustrating.