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Nice Car But Dont Count on it to get you There - 2017 Volvo XC90
By Doug Funston - January 29 - 7:51 amMine is a virtually fully loaded T8 Inscription. It looks, rides and performs (when it works) beautifully. However, mine has been wrought with electrical/computer problems from the get/go. It routinely spits out warning lights on various systems from ESC, engine, 12 volt system. It has been in for repair (i.e not routine mtce) in one year more than my 2006 Mazda has been in its lifetime. I am in my 60s and have owned many vehicles and this one has generated more warning lights in its short life than ALL my other vehicles combined. Half the time software update is used by the dealer as the solution to my problems. They almost never know what the update is supposed to solve. My navigation system broke down on a cross country trip and required the dealer to reboot it. Even my Tom Tom can be rebooted manually by me. Finally replaced the module for the electric motor that drives the rear wheels claiming it was dragging down my 12 volt system and causing all these spurious computer generated warning lights. The car worked fine for a couple of months and then one day it was completely dead (12 Volt) wouldnt even unlock the car. Dealer claimed my less one year old 12 volt battery was faulty. It was replaced. So today 3 months later a new warning light "12 volt system service required" has illuminated. My issues electrically/computer are clearly still unresolved. I cannot recommend this vehicle for its poor reliability.
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A computer that drives with software problems - 2017 Volvo XC90
By Chris - February 9 - 9:46 pmThere is essentially an ipad in the car that controls almost literally everything. Voice control is not reliable. Many user complaints, including mine, are of strange behaviors all related to software and frequent software updates. Literally after owning my inscription 2017 XC90, I was driving and the heads up display moved, the A/C would not come on, the seat started filling with air on its own and my steering wheel buttons would not work to change radio stations or make phone calls. No joke. Today is the 3rd visit to the dealer in one month. My problems are not unique. Visit the forums and read. Sad, its so beautiful and cool, it just doesnt work, you cant just get in an go. You have to wait for everything to load and many apps simply fail. So disappointing. If you are an early adopter this might work for you but as JD Power pointed out already (2/5) it is very unreliable and operating the car is like driving the car while using your iphone for everything. Its distracting and there are so many darn software bugs.
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Standard suspension is WAY TOO HARSH! - 2017 Volvo XC90
By BCWatty - July 3 - 5:31 pmMake sure you can live with the suspension, I could not deal with how harsh the ride was and traded the car after 8 months and 14K miles. You know how some cars are better than the sum of its individual parts (VW GTI, for instance)? This car has all the right parts, but, the vehicle made me feel like a beta tester - the computer which controls everything is too slooooooow - a trip for service had the software updated, but the computer got slower, not faster. Too much intervention with touch screen required to perform the simplest functions, and it is slow to react. The sensors go off randomly which flabbergasted me with trying to get them to just shut up! The rear seat belts constantly rattle against hard plastic, which drove me crazy, too. The dealership experience is not up to the standards of its peers, either. The design of the car is beautiful, but it just needs more refinement to be competitive. It is my fault I did not pay enough attention to the suspension during my test drive - my other car is a Ford Mustang, which has a much smoother ride experience. Either pay for the upgraded suspension, or know it will try to beat you to death with the standard suspension. I had such high hopes and am disappointed the car failed to meet my expectations.
