# 2000 Volvo S70 ETM

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-volvo-s70-etm/49706>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** s70, volvo\
**Created:** [June 1, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-volvo-s70-etm/49706 "2010-06-01T17:54:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![2000volvos70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/4491bb/32.png) [@2000volvos70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/2000volvos70)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-volvo-s70-etm/49706/1 "2010-06-01T17:54:35Z")

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My car has about 180,000 miles, is right outside of the ten year “warranty” on the ETM and now needs the second ETM replaced. It’s going to run about $1200 for this repair. The repair will replace it with the same Volvo part (that doesn’t last well). An option that someone told me about was to buy a replacement part at [xemodex.com](http://xemodex.com) which has a lifetime warranty. I am hesitant to do this because the website appears sketchy and no mechanic wants to do this. There is also a question of whether anyone can do this without the computer system, although the xemodex website says they program the ETM so a computer system is not necessary. Has anyone does this? Or does this sound foolish? Alternatively, should I even shell out $1200 on a 2000 Volvo with 180,000 miles?