2004 VOLVO XC90 Complaints

SIX OCCURRENCES STARTING WHEN VEHICLE (PURCHASED NEW) WAS APPROX "7 YEARS OLD AT MILEAGE 70K": WHILE DRIVING, ENGINE DIES WITHOUT WARNING. HAS BEEN CHECKED BY DEALER 3 TIMES, HAD IGNITION ASSEMBLY AND COLUMN REPLACED AFTER 2ND OR 3RD EPISODE AND PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. DEALER STATES COMPUTER CHECK DID NOT REVEAL ANY CODE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. WHEN THE ENGINE DIES, LOSE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES, HAVE TO GLIDE TO EDGE OF STREET, PUT HAZARD BLINKERS ON, ONCE HAD TO JOLT THE CAR INTO PARK TO STOP IT. CAR RESTARTS VERY SHORTLY AFTER POWER WAS LOST. SO FAR HAPPENS AT "NEIGHBORHOOD" SPEEDS <=35 MPH. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 VOLVO XC90. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE VEHICLE LOSES ALL ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER AND THE DEALER PERFORMED A SOFTWARE UPGRADE AS WELL AS AN UPGRADE TO THE CENTRAL ELECTRONIC MODULE. NONE OF THE UPGRADES REMEDIED THE ISSUE WITH ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MAY NEED A NEW WIRING HARNESS INSTALLED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

IN THE WINTER OF 2011 WHILE DRIVING MY CAR IN HEAVY RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC IN THE CHICAGO AREA THE TRANSMISSION FAILED SUDDENLY AND LOST ALL POWER WHICH WAS VERY DANGEROUS AND CONCERNING. I WAS BARLEY ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT POWER AND WITHOUT ENDANGERING THE OTHER VEHICLES AROUND ME. THE REPAIRS REQUIRED THAT MY TRANSMISSION BE REBUILT, DRIVE TRAIN GEARS REPLACED, AND MY RADIATOR REPLACED WHICH TOOK FOUR WEEKS AND COST $7,000. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED BECAUSE COOLANT FROM THE RADIATOR LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. MY VEHICLE WAS MAINTAINED PER THE MANUFACTURES REQUIREMENT INCLUDING A TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGE LESS THAN A YEAR EARLIER. IT IS OBVIOUS FROM A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM DUE TO DEFECTIVE PARTS AND MANUFACTURING. EVEN MORE OBVIOUS BECAUSE VOLVO WILL ONLY WARRANTY A REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION IF THE RADIATOR AND OTHER TRANSMISSION PARTS ARE REPLACED. I ALSO HAD TO REPLACE BOTH REAR WHEEL BEARINGS EARLIER (ABOUT $400 EACH) ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THIS ALSO IS A COMMON PROBLEM SUSPECTED TO BE DUE TO OVER TIGHTENING OF STRAPS DURING SHIPMENT. CONTACTED VOLVO ON 10/31/11 AND THEY REFUSED ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE REPAIRS EVEN THOUGH IT IS WELL DOCUMENT THAT THERE ARE MANUFACTURING DEFECTS WITH SEVERAL VEHICLES AND THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. I WAS TOLD SINCE IT IS NOT A RECALL THEY WILL NOT ADDRESS IT. *TR

FUEL LINES FROM THE TANK TO THE ENGINE COMPONENT STARTED TO LEAK AND A FUEL SMELL GOT THE ATTENTION OF A PASSERBY WHICH MADE ME AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND MADE ME TURN OFF MY VEHICLE. *TR

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE THINKING IT WOULD BE A LIFE LONG VEHICLE CONSIDERING I HAD ALREADY PURCHASED A RELIABLE VOLVO CAR IN THE PAST, THE URGENT SERVICE TRANSMISSION APPEARED AND I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP (BEING THAT THERE IS NO LOCAL DEALERSHIP) AS SOON AS THE MESSAGE APPEARED THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SKIP CONSTANTLY CAUSING A HAZARD, AND THEN CONFIRMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND I CAME TO FIND THAT MANY OF YOUR XC90 TRANSMISSIONS FAIL AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW VOLVO NORTH AMERICA STANDS BEHIND THEIR VEHICLES IN THESE SITUATIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE BEING A VOLVO OWNER BUT BEING THAT I WILL BE FORCED TO SPEND THOUSANDS ON A DEFECT FROM VOLVO IT WILL MAKE ME THINK TWICE. I HOPE SOMEBODY CAN HELP ME WITH THIS. *TR

HEADLIGHTS GO ON AND OFF, DON'T WORK CONSISTENTLY. SOMETIMES BOTH WORK, SOMETIMES 1 WORKS, SOMETIMES NEITHER WORK. DEALER WANTED ME TO REPLACE BULBS BUT AT ALMOST 200.00 PER BULB I THINK THE PROBLEM IS SOMEWHERE ELSE SINCE THE BULBS DO WORK SOMETIMES. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN A BUSY ROAD, THE DASHBOARD GAUGES STARTING FLICKERING ON AND OFF, AND THEN THE ENGINE COMPLETELY DIED OUT. AS I WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 45 MPH, I ATTEMPTED TO STEER THE CAR TOWARDS THE RIGHT SHOULDER. THE STEERING WAS VERY TIGHT AND DIFFICULT. AS I MOVED RIGHT, THE CAR BEHIND ME CAME AROUND TO PASS BECAUSE MY CAR WAS SLOWING RAPIDLY. AS I STARTED TO MOVE RIGHT, I COULD NOT CORRECT MY STEERING FAST ENOUGH TO AVOID A COLLISION. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. WHEN THE DEALER HOOKED THE CAR TO THE COMPUTER, THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE A PROBLEM. IT HAS NOW HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES WITH NO EXPLANATION. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE ELECTRONICS SHUT OFF AND THE ENGINE DIES AS IF ITS IN NEUTRAL. TOOK TO VOLVO SERVICE AND THEY SAID A CAN SOFTWARE UPGRADE WOULD SOLVE IT, THIS DID NOT SOLVE IT, IMMEDIATELY AFTER WE LEFT THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITHIN A FEW MILES, ENGINE SHUT DOWN, POWER WENT OUT, WHEN RESTARTED THE SRS AIRBAG ERROR CODE CAME ON AS WELL AS THE ABS BREAK FAILURE MESSAGE. I SEE YOU GUYS HAVE COMPLETED AN INVESTIGATION (PE10025) ON THIS BUT WHAT THE HECK IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT. THIS CAR IS VERY DANGEROUS TO MY WIFE AND NEWBORN!!!! THE CAR GOES FROM 70 TO 10MPH ON THE FREEWAY, HOW IS THIS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS THE ISSUE WITH TOYOTAS EXCESSIVE ACCELERATION PROBLEM, DOES SOMEONE NEED TO DIE BEFORE YOU GUYS TAKE THIS SERIOUS! *TR

MY RECENTLY BOUGHT 2004 VOLVO XC90 T6 TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY DURING RUSH HOUR. IT TOOK THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE LIGHT TO CROSS THE INTERSECTION AND SEVERAL NEAR-MISSES BY OTHER CARS. VOLVO REFUSES ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FAULTY TRANSMISSION AND AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH, I FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT 50,093 MILES IN 2008 WHILE UNDER WARRANTY BY A PREVIOUS OWNER. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND THERE WAS A SLIGHT THUMPING NOISE AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS FAILED AND SHUTDOWN IN A SECOND. THE POWER WAS LOST AND THE VEHICLE CAME TO A SUDDEN HALT. LUCKILY I WAS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD AND I HAD PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT WAS VERY SCARY, AS I WAS ON THE FREEWAY IN THE NIGHT AND I COULD HAVE VERY WELL BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT CAUSING DAMAGE TO MY LIFE AND OTHERS. THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE CAUSED THE CAR TO LOOSE COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE SPEED AND THE CAR CAME TO AN IMMEDIATE HALT. THERE WAS A MESSAGE OF BREAK FAILURE FOR A SECOND BEFORE THE CAR SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY. REQUEST YOU TO PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS CONCERN AS IT IS A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD. I HAVE RESEARCHED OVER THE INTERNET AND I READ THAT MOST OF THE OWNERS OF 2004/2005 XC90 ARE FACING SIMILAR ISSUES, WHICH IS VERY SCARY. KINDLY HELP US AND HELP SAVE LIVES. THANKING YOU. *TR