2005 VOLVO XC90 Complaints

I HAVE A 2005 VOLVO XC90 T6. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED ON THE HIGHWAY TODAY,AND I WAS NEARLY REAR ENDED WITH TWO SMALL CHILDREN IN THE TRUCK. THE LIGHT CAME ON NOW THAT SAID TRANSMISSION SERVICE URGENT. I COMPLAINED TO THE VOLVO DEALER 7 MONTHS AGO. THEY DID A SOFTWARE UPGRADE AND SAID ALL WAS FINE.VOLVO IS WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM WITH MANY MANY 2005 XC 90 T6 VEHICLES. *TR

MY 2005 VOLVO XC-90 DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY LOCK ANY OF THE VEHICLE DOORS WHEN THE CAR IS PUT IN DRIVE AND STARTS MOVING. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT THAT I COMPLAINED ABOUT TO VOLVO, FORD AND NHTSA IN 2005. FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND VOLVO ADVERTISE THE XC-90 AS THE SAFEST VEHICLE ON THE ROAD. FORD AND VOLVO HAVE OTHER CARS BEFORE AND AFTER THE XC-90'S INTRODUCTION THAT AUTOMATICALLY LOCKS THE DOORS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PUT IN DRIVE AND STARTS MOVING. FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS HAD AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS ON MANY OF THEIR OTHER VEHICLES FOR YEARS SO THEY TRAINED US TO EXPECT IT, AND THEN THEY LEAVE THIS FEATURE OFF! I BELIEVE THIS DESIGN FLAW HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE THE XC-90 WAS FIRST INTRODUCTION INTO THE UNITED STATES IN 2004. THIS IS UNCONSCIONABLE!!! *TR

MY 2005 VOLVO XC90 WITH ONLY 88000 MILES IS HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS JUST THIS MORNING A MESSAGE READS URGENT TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND I RESEARCH AND NOTICE THAT MANY CUSTOMERS HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME VEHICLE MODEL AND YEAR YET VOLVO HAS NOT DONE A RECALL ON IT. *TR

COUNTER BALANCE BEARING FAILED AT 55,504 MILES. NON-GREASED BEARING FAILURE, CAUSED BY RUSTING, DUE TO MOISTURE BUILD UP INSIDE OF ENGINE CHAMBER. VEHICLE HAD ALL REQUIRED SERVICE DONE A VOLVO DEALERSHIPS. ENGINE WAS REPAIRED NOT REPLACED, FOR A COST OF $5000.00. REPAIR WORK WAS DONE AT VOLVO DEALERSHIP. VOLVO MECHANIC DRILLED WEEPING HOLE IN CHAMBER WHERE COUNTER BALANCE SHAFT SITS TO ALLOW WATER CAUSED BY MOISTURE BUILD UP TO ESCAPE. DRILLING WEEPING HOLE WAS PART OF A TECH BULLETIN ISSUED BY VOLVO. V8 ENGINES FOR THE XC90 PRODUCED IN 2005 DID NOT INITIALLY HAVE THIS WEEPING HOLE IN THEM. THIS DESIGN CHANGE WAS IMPLEMENTED PART WAY THROUGH THE PRODUCTION YEAR (I BELIEVE POST ENGINE #6833). LETTER WAS WRITTEN TO THE CEO OF VOLVO CARS OF N.A. LLC AND REPRESENTATIVE FROM HIS OFFICE REFUSED TO PROVIDE ANY SUPPORT, STATING THAT THE VEHICLE IN QUESTION WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS WITH REGARDS TO THIS ISSUE. INFO PROVIDED TO VOLVO FROM SWEDESPEED.COM (SEE ODI ID #10313311), HOWEVER, THIS WAS REJECTED BY VOLVO AS A NON-VALID SOURCE OF INFORMATION (THEIR OWN CUSTOMERS!). THE REPAIR JOB TO REPLACE THE CB SHAFT AND BEARING WAS OVER 30 HOURS, NOT TO MENTION THE PARTS COST. WHAT WILL IT TAKE VOLVO TO ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM HERE AND ISSUE A RECALL TO REPLACE BEARINGS AND DRILL WEEPING HOLES IN THEIR 2005 XC90'S WITH V8 ENGINES? CONSIDERING THE COST THEY WILL INCUR, I'D SUGGEST THEY WILL NEED TO BE PUSHED. THE COST OF ENGINE REPAIR IS ($5,000) AND ENGINE REPLACEMENT ($15,000+). ALL BEARING FAILURES OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY ARE FALLING ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE CONSUMER. RECALLS ARE ABOUT SAFETY NOT COST TO THE MANUFACTURE. JUST BECAUSE THIS PROBLEM MAY ONLY BE LINKED TO THE 2005 V8 ENGINES DOESN'T MEAN IT IS NOT IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO BE ADDRESSED FOR NOT ONLY CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUT ALSO FOR SAFETY REASONS. THANKFULLY MY ENGINE DIDN'T FAIL WHILE MY FAMILY WAS DRIVING ON A BUSY INTERSTATE! *TR

I OWN A VOLVO 2005 XC90 AND ONLY 58,000 MILES NEED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. I SEARCH IN THE INTERNET FOR VOLVO XC90 TRANSMISSION AND IT SEEMS ALOT OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL.

MY 2005 VOLVO XC90 T6 TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED FOR A SECOND TIME AT 95,000 MILES. THIS IS THE SECOND DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION FOR THE VEHICLE, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY REPLACED AT 35,000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE INTO TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY WENT INTO HIGH RPMS AS IF IN "NEUTRAL", FAILED TO PROPERLY ACCELERATE, AND THE "SERVICE TRANSMISSION WARNING" LIGHT CAME ON. THIS DEALER SAYS THE TRANSMISSION MUST BE REPLACED A SECOND TIME. VOLVO IS AWARE OF THE CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH THE 2003-2005 T6 VERSION OF THE XC90 BUT THUS FAR HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. IT IS NOT UNHEARD OF FOR THE VEHICLES TO REQUIRE 2 OR THREE TRANSMISSIONS BY 100,000 MILES. THERE ARE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF SIMILAR REPORTS AVAILABLE ON INTERNET WEBSITES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION BECAUSE THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLS WITHOUT WARNING WHILE THE DRIVER IS ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, SUCH AS WHEN MERGING INTO INTERSTATE TRAFFIC.

MY CAR STALLS WHILE DRIVING. WHEN CHECKED OUT BY DEALERSHIP THEY IDENTIFIED PROBLEMS WITH THE FUEL PUMP. ON YOUR WEB SITE THERE IS A RECALL FOR 2005 VOLVO XC90, WHICH MY CAR. HOWEVER, VOLVO IS DECLINING MY REQUEST TO FIX THE FUEL PUMP. *TR

UNGREASED BEARING FAILING ON 2005 V8 VOLVO XC90 A BALANCE SHAFT BEARING IS FAILING DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE BEARING IS NOT GREASED AND WATER CAN ENTER INTO THE BEARING CAVITY AND MAKE IT RUST. ONCE THIS HAPPENS, IT CAN PRODUCE A TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE, AND BESIDES THE FACT THE ENGINE IS TOTALLY COMPROMISED AND NEEDS REPLACEMENT, IT WOULD OBVIOUSLY IMPAIR THE ABILITY TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS PARTICULAR CAR HAS AN ENGINE WITH ONLY 60K MILES, SERVICED REGULARLY AND WITH THE LAST MAJOR SERVICE PERFORMED AT A VOLVO DEALER AT ABOUT 50K MILES. THE CAR HAS BEEN DRIVEN VERY LIGHTLY AND IT ONLY HAS MADE ABOUT 10K MILES IN ABOUT TWO YEARS. HERE IS IN SUMMARY WHAT I FOUND ABOUT THIS: -THE BEARING THAT IS FAILING IS NOT LUBRICATED (SO NOTHING TO DO WITH OIL IN THIS CASE), AND IT FAILS DUE TO THE FACT THAT WATER AND/OR HUMIDITY GETS TO IT, BY WASHING THE ENGINE(?) ' NEVER DID THAT ANYWAY - OR BY THE CAR JUST SITTING IN A LOT.. -THERE IS A VOLVO BULLETIN THAT DETAILS WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, INCLUDING DRILLING A WEEPING HOLE INTO THE ENGINE BLOCK TO DRAIN WATER; THIS SHOWS THAT THE PROBLEM IS ACKNOWLEDGED AND A FIX HAS BEEN PUT INTO PLACE; IT ALSO SHOWS THAT THERE IS SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF VEHICLES OUT THERE THAT HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. -THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE OF ENGINE AND YEAR (2005 XC90, V8 ENGINE, ENGINE SERIES LESS THAN #6800) ' I HAVE POINTED OUT A FEW THREADS BELOW THAT MENTION THE SAME ISSUE. GIVEN ALL THE REASONS ENUMERATED ABOVE, I AM ASKING FOR AN EVALUATION OF THIS ISSUE AND I REALLY FEEL VOLVO SHOULD RECOGNIZE THIS AS A DESIGN PROBLEM, ISSUE A RECALL AND STEP UP TO FIX THIS ISSUE. HERE ARE SOME POINTERS TO DIFFERENT ARTICLES DISCUSSING THIS: HTTP://FORUMS.SWEDESPEED.COM/ZEROTHREAD?ID=132172 HTTP://FORUMS.SWEDESPEED.COM/ZEROTHREAD?ID=123707 HTTP://FORUMS.SWEDESPEED.COM/ZEROTHREAD?ID=126698 HTTP://FORUMS.SWEDESPEED.COM/ZEROTHREAD?ID=123707 HTTP://WWW.V70XC.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?P=104935. *TR

WE HAVE A 2005 VOLVO XC90 T6 WE HAD COMPLAINED TO VOLVO OF A SLIPPING TRANSMISSION. THEY SAID IT HAD NO PROBLEMS. NOW THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. WE ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT WITH OUR 3 SMALL CHILDREN. THESE CARS NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED. MANY HAVE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS AND VOLVO IS JUST REPLACING THEM WITH THE SAME DEFECTIVE UNITS. *TR

I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE VOLVO XC90 2005 RACK AND PINION GOING BAD. I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING OVER THE INTERNET AND THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THERE MUST BE AN INFERIOR WORKMANSHIP/COMPONENT, THAT IS CAUSING THIS PART TO BECOME DEFECTIVE FOR SO MANY CUSTOMERS. THIS PROBLEM IS SERIOUSLY DANGEROUS AS IT CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO DEVELOP SUDDEN STEERING PROBLEM CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHIFT STEERING UNCONTROLLABLY AS SOON AS THE BRAKES ARE APPLIES WHEN DRIVING OVER 30 MPH WHICH CAN RESULT IN ACCIDENT. THE TYPE PF SHIFT (PULL) TENDS TO BE EVEN MORE DANGEROUS WHEN DRIVER 60 MILES AN HOUR AND IT HAPPENS IN VERY SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED WAY. I HOPE THAT YOU TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AND YOU ARRANGE FOR VOLVO TO COMPLETE A RECALL OR CONTACT ME ABOUT THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. *TR THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A LOT OF STIFFNESS WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE PROBLEM WORSENED AFTER A FEW WEEKS AND THE VEHICLE BECAME TOO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TIE ROD END WAS FAULTY. THE CONSUMER CALLED A LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE TIE ROD ENDS, BUT THEY WERE REPLACED BACK IN 2006. THE CONSUMER STATED THE REPLACEMENTS PARTS WERE NOT UP TO STANDARDS. THE LOCAL DEALER DID NOT WANT TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE PARTS, SO THE LOCAL MECHANIC SHOP REPLACED THE TIE RODS AT A COST OF $401.83. UPDATED 06/16/10. *JB