2005 VOLVO XC90 Complaints

WHEN I FILL MY TANK UP ALL THE WAY MY GASOLINE ONLY LASTS ABOUT 150 MILES. THE GAS HAS GOT TO BE LEAKING SOMEWHERE!!! I HAVE TO FILL MY TANK UP SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK. *TR

MY VOLVO 2005 XC 90 V8 ENGINE FAILED. COULD NOT DRIVE IT SO I HAD IT TOWED TO THE VOLVO DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD, AFTER 2 DAYS OF DIAGNOSIS, THAT THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. I WAS TOLD THAT VOLVO COULD NOT HELP WITH COST OF NEW ENGINE SINCE I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, DATE -WISE BUT NOT MILEAGE- WISE. I HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF LIKE ENGINES HAVE SUFFERED THE SAME CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO A DESIGN DEFECT CONCERNING A BEARING/SHAFT. TO DATE, VOLVO HAS DONE NOTHING TO HELP ME. AT A HIGHER SPEED, THIS ENGINE FAILURE COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. *TR

TRANSMISSION SERVICE URGENT LIGHT CAME OUT. TRANSMISSION WAS STUCK IN 3RD GEAR. HAD HARD UP SHIFTS. *TR

THIS COMPLAINT REFERS TO NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE10025. SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER TNN 37-35. IT IS OUTRAGEOUS AND UNACCEPTABLE FOR YOU TO NOT HAVE ISSUED A RECALL ON THIS MATTER. VOLVO SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO REPLACE MY WIRING GROMMET AND/OR PLENUM COVER AT NO CHARGE. IT IS APPLAUDING THAT VOLVO WOULD NOT TAKE THIS SERIOUS AND ISSUE A RECALL AS IT IS CLEARLY A DEFECT AND A SAFETY HAZARD. MY CHILDREN AND I WERE ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THIS HAPPENED TO US AND IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS. IT IS CLEARLY A PROBLEM AND SAFETY ISSUE THAT VOLVO RECOGNIZES OR THEY WOULD HAVE NOT CHANGED THE DESIGN AND ISSUED A BULLETIN. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW A COMPANY CAN SELL ME A PRODUCT THAT MALFUNCTIONS AND THEN EXPECT ME TO PAY THEM TO REPAIR IT. *TR

THE TRAINS HAS GONE AND IT ONLY HAS 66,000 MILES ON IT COST TO FIX $ 5500.00. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 VOLVO XC90. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR ABNORMALLY OPENED. THE CONTACT MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH CAUTION AND CLOSED THE DOOR SECURELY HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE DOOR CABLE WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER FOUND A BROKEN CABLE. THE CABLE WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF $ 135.93. UPDATED 03/01/12

OUR CAR WOULDN'T START IN OUR GARAGE ONE MORNING. TURNS OUT, WE NEEDED A NEW CEM DUE TO A LEAKING PROTECTION BOX (I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT BUT IT STARTED WITH A P). AFTER 843 IN PARTS AND 816 IN LABOR AND ALMOST A MONTH AT THE DEALER DUE TO A BACKORDERED WIRING HARNESS THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH WE HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS AN EPIDEMIC AMONG VOLVO OWNERS AND WE ARE ACTUALLY ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES WHOSE CAR DIED WHILE IT WAS PARKED INSTEAD OF WHILE WE WERE DRIVING! THIS IS RIDICULOUSLY DANGEROUS AND THE FACT THAT THIS LEAKING BOX IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THAT VOLVO HAS ACTUALLY DEVELOPED A REDESIGNED MODEL TO FIX THE ISSUE WITH THEIR FIRST GEN MODEL LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD BE FORCED TO REPLACE THEIR FAULTY DESIGN IN ALL OF THEIR XC90S. AS SOMEONE WHO BOUGHT HER VOLVO FOR ITS REPUTATION FOR SAFETY, I AM DISGUSTED THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO GO ON FOR SO LONG. *KB

2005 VOLVO XC90 V8 ENGINE NUMBER 5569. BALANCE SHAFT FAILURE. OR COUNTER BALANCE SHAFT FAILURE. DUE TO ENGINE DEFECT. BALANCE SHAFT BEARINGS IN CLOSED, NON-LUBRICATED AREA. BEARINGS REST IN AN AREA THAT RETAINS MOISTURE AND THE BEARINGS EVENTUALLY DETERIORATE AND FAIL. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THERE IS CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 7000 VEHICLES WITH THIS DEFECT. THE DEFECT WAS REALIZED AFTER ENGINE 6883. WE ARE VERY LUCKY THAT THE FAILURE DID NOT OCCUR THE PREVIOUS DAY ON OUR 200 MILE INTERSTATE TRIP. ENGINE DESTRUCTION AT 75 MPH COULD HAVE PROVED FATAL. LOUD POPPING AND RATTLING FROM THE ENGINE WAS THE ONLY WARNING...NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. VOLVO IS AWARE OF THIS DEFECT AND HAS SENT SERVICE MEMOS TO DRILL HOLES TO ALLOW WATER IN THIS AREA TO DRAIN AND PREVENT RUSTING OF BEARINGS. THERE ARE MANY DOCUMENTED CASES ON THIS SITE AND OTHER TRAFFIC SAFETY SITES. A RECALL NEEDS TO BE ISSUED! *TR

I DROVE IN SEVERE DOWN POUR YESTERDAY AND EXPERIENCED AN YELLOW ERROR MESSAGE FOLLOWED BY AN ELECTRICAL SHORT AND ANTI SKID MESSAGE. I REDUCED MY SPEED TO 50 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE AND PROCEEDED HOME. AFTER STOPPING THE LIGHTS WOULD NOT TURN OFF AND I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICE WHERE THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED ME THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH WATER GETTING INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WIRING HARNESS AND CAUSING THE CENTRAL ELECTRONIC MODULE TO SHORT CIRUIT AND RUST. THIS REPAIR ALONE COSTS OVER $5000 DUE THEIR DEFECTIVE DESIGN AND IMPROPER SEALING OF IMPORTANT ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS. I AVOIDED ANY POSSIBLE ACCIDENTS BY DRIVING SLOWLY BUT DO NOT FEEL SAFE WERE I TO TRAVEL IN INCLEMENT WEATHER IN THE FUTURE. I DO BELIEVE THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WOULD SHORT CIRCUIT LEAVING ME WITHOUT ESSENTIAL POWER AND POSSIBLY HURT OR STRANDED. I CAN SEE FROM YOUR DATABASE THAT AN INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETED ON 11/22/2010 UNDER ID PE10025 CITING NO REAL SAFETY ISSUES. I DISAGREE AND WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO REVISIT THIS ISSUE IMMEDIATELY. VOLVO HAS CONCEDED TO REPLACE THE CEM ($753.52) UNIT BUT NOT THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ($3034.71) THAT HOUSES IT, THEREFORE OWNERS LIKE MYSELF WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE THE SAME PROBLEM AND REAL DANGER FROM IT.

WHILE LEAVING HOUSE TO GO AND PICK-UP SON FROM SCHOOL .DOWN THE STREET VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A GRINDING NOISE. I PULLED OVER AND HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE VOLVO DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. THINKING IT WOULD BE COVERED BY EXTENDED WARRANTY I WAS TOLD NO. THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE COUNTERBALANCE SHAFT BEARING. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A MANUFACTURES FLAW WITH THE DESIGN OF THEIR ENGINE REPAIRS RAN CLOSE TO $3500.00 . I WAS PLANNING TO PURCHASE ANOTHER VOLVO VEHICLE BUT MAYBE NOT . I THINK I'LL GO AMERICAN. *TR