When I have my 2002 V70 T-5 on cruise control, there is a significant dead spot in the accelerator response, if I wish to moderately accelerate to pass another vehicle.
Volvo Techs tell me that I should use the +/- buttons on the steering wheel to do this - however, unless one is conditioned to do this, there can be an unexpected delay in the reponse. I consider this to be a serious safety issue, esp. if you are on a freeway, closing on a vehicle in front, and there is a faster vehicle approaching in the passing lane behind. Under normal circumstances, moderate pressure on the accelerator should be sufficient to temporarily speed up to pass the slower vehicle in front - However, with this cruise control problem, one could get into difficulties if there is an un-anticipated delay in accelerator response.
Has anyone else experienced similar dead spots in accelerator response when in cruise control with theses models? Is this normal behaviour for these "fly-by-wire" accelerators which are only electronically linked to the throttle? My old 850 T never had this problem since it had a real throttle link to the accelerator.
More importantly, does anyone know if there is a fix for this problem?
Thanks Bruce