Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2005 Volvo XC90 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
ALL THE VEHICLE LIGHTS WILL COME ON OVER THE DASH AND THE WHEEL LOCKS THEN IT SHUTS OFF WHILE I AM DRIVING. THIS IS SO UNSAFE FOR MY FAMILY. I AM NOT SURE WHY THERE IS NOT A RECALL FOR MY VIN # WHEN GOOGLE CLEARLY STATES THAT THIS IS A HAZARD AND THAT THERE ARE RECALLS FOR THIS PROBLEM.
ASIDE FROM NORMAL CARE, I HAVE ONLY REPLACED MY TIRES AND A GAS CAP. I STARTED TO EXPERIENCE SOME WATER SEEPAGE ONTO THE DRIVER-SIDE. I COVERED THE VEHICLE WHEN IT RAINED AND FIGURED I WOULD HAVE A LOOK AT IT WHEN I HAD TIME. JULY 2015, I TOOK MY VOLVO TO SAVANNAH VOLVO, FIXED MY BREAKS ALONG WITH OTHER SAFETY FIXES, AFTER 14 HRS OF HAVING MY VEHICLE AND 2800 LATER, PETE STATED EVERYTHING WAS TAKEN CARE OF AND THE WATER SEEPAGE WAS DUE TO THE DRAINS BEING CLOGGED, BUT, THEY ARE ALL CLEAR NOW, WE DID A WATER TEST AND EVERYTHING IS OK. YOU WILL EXPERIENCE SOME MORE WATER SEEPAGE BUT IT SHOULD DRY UP IN A FEW DAYS. HE ALSO MENTIONED SOME OTHER WORK THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE THOUGH NOT UNTIL NOVEMBER, DECEMBER. I SAID GREAT AND GOT ON MY WAY. THREE DAYS LATER IT DID RAIN, CONFIDENT I DID NOT NEED TO COVER MY VEHICLE AND WAS STILL EXPERIENCING WATER SEEPAGE FROM MY VISIT, I DID NOT THINK ANY THING OF IT. THE NEXT DAY, MY CONTROL PANEL STARTED TO LIGHT UP. I CALLED SAVANNAH, AND HE MENTIONED IT MUST JUST BE BECAUSE YOU PUT A FULL TANK OF GAS....WHAT??? OK. AS THE WEEK WENT ON THE CONTROL PANEL CONTINUED TO LIGHT UP ONE BY ONE. THE DAY BEFORE GOING BACK, MY DRIVER SIDE TURN SIGNAL WAS ON. HOPING I DID NOT HAVE A DEAD BATTERY THE NEXT DAY, I HEADED TO VOLVO. AFTER 4 HRS THEY TELL ME THE ROOF DRAINS WERE CLOGGD AND SEEPED ONTO THE CEM, AND IT IS DAMAGED. I SAID TO PETE, I THOUGHT THE DRAINS WERE CLEAR WHEN I LEFT A WEEK AGO??? YEAH, WELL, WE CAN'T CREATE A PROBLEM WITH YOUR DRAINS. THOUGH, AFTER 10 YRS I LEAVE THERE AND 3 DAYS LATER EXPERIENCE A PROBLEM, AFTER YOU TOLD ME MY DRAINS WERE ALL CLEARED? SEVERAL PHONE CALLS TO THE DEALERSHIP AND VOLVO HEADQUARTERS, NOT ONE PERSON IS TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS BAD DESIGN, WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED MY TRANSMISSION TO LIMP AND A POSSIBLE ACCIDENT! IT NOW SITS IN MY DRIVEWAY, AFTER SPENDING 2800.00 I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER VOLVO!
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT 55-60 MPH ALL DASHBOARD LIGHTS CAME ON AND CAR LOST POWER. THIS CAUSED A FRIGHTENING AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. WITHOUT HEADLIGHTS OR TAIL LIGHTS I COULD NOT BE SEEN BY OTHER DRIVERS. I TRIED TO CROSS 2 LANES AND GET ONTO THE SHOULDER WITH NO POWER STEERING OR ENGINE POWER. WHILE I WAS VERY FORTUNATE I WAS NOT IN OR DID NOT CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT I HAD AN EXTREMELY CLOSE CALLS. I CHANGED LANES AND ALMOST COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING AT 55. ONCE IN THE LANE ANOTHER DRIVER WHO WAS UNABLE TO SEE MY VEHICLE (NO LIGHTS) CAME UP BEHIND ME AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. ONLY A LAST MINUTE SWERVE AVOIDED A REAR END COLLISION THAT NO DOUBT WOULD HAVE CAUSED A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT WITH VERY SERIOUS IF NOT TRAGIC RESULTS. ADDITIONALLY OTHER DRIVERS HAD TO SWERVE TO AVOID THE VEHICLE-CAUSING A VERY DANGEROUS, CHAOTIC SITUATION. THE LOSS OF POWER AND LOSS OF LIGHTS CAME CLOSE TO CAUSING A MAJOR MULTI-VEHICLE ACCIDENT. MANY ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE DO NOT WAIT UNTIL PEOPLE ARE KILLED TO REOPEN THE INVESTIGATION AND RE-CONSIDER A SAFETY RECALL. *TR
WAS STARTING TO ACCELERATE AFTER A RED TRAFFIC LIGHT WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY DIED AND CAR STOPPED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN. BATTERY WAS GOOD, STARTED WORKED GOOD BUT IT SOUNDED LIKE NO GAS WAS GETTING TO THE ENGINE. BEING STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC, I WAS PUSHED BY THE CAR BEHIND ME TO A SAFE LOCATION OUT OF TRAFFIC. TOWED CAR TO SHOP AND STILL INVESTIGATING THE FAILURE. *TR
VOLVO IS AWARE OF THE BALANCER SHAFT DEFECT THAT CAUSING A VERY PRICEY AND SERIOUS PROBLEM. THE FIX WAS TO DRILL A HOLE BUT NOT TO REPAIR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE DESIGN FLAW. I WAS INFORMED BY THE VOLVO DEALERSHIP THAT THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW IN THE 2005 CX90 AND THE COST WOULD BE AROUND $4000 TO FIX THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE BALANCE SHAFT BECAUSE OF THE DESIGN FLAW. *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.
I HAD TO WEAR WIDE WIDTH SHOES DUE TO MY TOE BEING PINCHED. I WAS DRIVING A 2005 VOLVO XC90. A COUPLE OF TIMES, INSTEAD OF APPLYING THE BRAKE, THE SHOE WAS ON THE ACCELERATOR. THE GAP BETWEEN THE ACCELEROMETER AND BRAKE IS VERY LITTLE. WHEN I WAS DRIVING WITH A NON-WIDE WIDTH SHOE, I DID NOT NOTICE THIS PROBLEM. THIS HAPPENS ALMOST ALL THE TIME WEARING THIS ONE PARTICULAR SHOE (4E WIDE). *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 VOLVO XC90. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE SPACE BETWEEN THE ACCELERATOR AND BRAKE PEDALS WAS ONLY 4 1/2 INCHES WIDE. THE WIDTH OF HIS FOOT IS 5 INCHES WIDE. THERE IS AN INSUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF SPACE TO ADEQUATELY APPLY PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WITHOUT ALSO DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT HAVE NOT MADE ANY EFFORTS TO CORRECT THE DESIGN. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 54,000.
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