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Amongst the many other problems I have had/am having (passenger seat slipping, tailgate rubbing the paint off itself, tires going at 15k miles, infamous passenger door lock not unlocking, etc.) I am ready to try the lemon law.
I have a slide ski rack that I need to install this winter. However, the dealer did not give me the manual and they will charge me for install it for me. Does anyone know how to install it ? Do I need extra kit ? I have a 06 XC90 with wind bar style... Thanks
Is it normal that when I press AUTO button (Electronic Climate control) the AC ON Led lights up, regardless of the temperature set by Temperature control? Even if I need to heat the air up and set both driver and passenger Temperature controls to 80F, the AC switch still shows that the air conditioning system is ON, unless I turn it off manually. Please advise.
Dmitriy
You get this solved yet? BOTH my XC90's kept/keep doing that!
Has the battery been going out when the car's been parked in the same location - like say, a garage?
If Volvo's not willing (perhaps it's more like ABLE) to do anything, YOU SHOULD TRY WHATEVER YOU LEGALLY CAN TO GET THEM TO ACT. You may have protection rights - find out! GOOD LUCK!
VERY ridiculous!! Ditto for me - I've had one XC90 replaced by Volvo because they couldn't fix it, now I have a SECOND one (both are limited edition '06's) that has the same identical issue!!
You know what 'VOLVO' might stand for?? Very Often Lemon Vehicle Outcome!!
Hee-hee....... an absolute nightmare - sorry i bought my first one back in March - sorry I agreed to the replacement too! Guess I was being too optomistic that I wouldn't get another problem car.... WRONG!
Island2 seems to have had lots of issues with his/her XC90. Actually, there SHOULD just be 799 XC90's out there, unless Volvo re-sold number 612? They took it when it was obviously just about a legal lemon, and gave me another one in exchange. I purchased the vehicle late in March... by mid May, it had FOUR non-start battery issues, and Volvo was clueless as to why. NOW MY SECOND VOR XC90... less than 6,000 miles and it's been at dealership for three days so far - - SAME BATTERY ISSUE!
I've also read of one apparent XC70 lemon - so far.
Since these are limited edition vehicles, would it be possible to set up some little forum for VOR owners? It'd be real helpful to hear of other's complaints and/or compliments on these vehicles.
A VOR is the same car as the other XC70 or 90 but with different colours and fabrics and leather inside. Hardly something to make them more or less reliable than the others..
What do you think happen when a manufacturer takes a car back for whatever reason??
a) They send it to the moon?
b) They use a giant laser beam to make it disappear?
c) They use it as land fill?
My wife and I owned 6 Volvo's since 1988. Never had one drained the battery overnight for no reason. Wait, I've owned cars for over 30 years now, the only car who would do that was my 1968 Toyota Crown; but we were then in 1978.
And Toyota refused to take it back...
Darn.... :P
Blame me all you want.... it's a Volvo defect and I know it. :lemon:
"Do you always lock them?" Most of the time yes, but quite often I leave it unlocked in my driveway. I'm not sure I get the point of the question however.. :confuse:
It's certainly understandable you don't get the point of my question - Volvo hasn't caught onto it yet either.
:lemon:
So, what does having the car locked or unlocked has to do with the issue??? :confuse:
Anyone else experience this?
I did some investigating and then contacted my Volvo dealership an hour or two ago. My service manager told me he checked and found NONE of the '06 stock there had VIN numbers in the drivers' door.
Problem? Apparently so. Department of Transportation (NHTSA) has long required "certified" imports to display a sticker on or near the drivers' door stating that the import has been tested to meet US federal & safety standards - and this sticker would include specific information such as the VIN number.
Currently, NHTSA is checking into an '07 Volvo I have here which does not have this sticker on it, and an employee there wants to know if my XC90 has one on it (when I get it back from Volvo repair shop).
Does yours? If not, please contact NHTSA and let them know! Or feel free to email me and I can provide contact name and phone number.
Just a note: 2007 models may show VIN plates on all the doors which simply say Volvo and VIN. This is there for a totally seperate reason (rated in high-theft catagory), and these plates do NOT serve as the federally required import sticker!
Care to check next time you're out there?
Open the LR door, you will find it on the back side of the "B" pillar.
I guess she (he?) found out the problem with the car was sitting in the driver seat....
If you still on this site, what was your outcome with your car? I had the identical (almost eerie) problem. The car had been in a Volvo Dealer for 1 year waiting on resolution. When Volvo was reluctant to support their product and I had to pay to get it out, it had thousands of more dollars worth of problem that did not exist when it was taken in to the dealer. Looking at legal recourse -- curious as to your resolution with them.
I currently have a 05 XC90 T5. I actually bought an 03 same model in june of 03 where I live in Stamford, CT but the radio never worked right so after 18K miles and about 18 months of bi weekly service the Dealer gave me a brand new 05 model ( sweet on the resale since it is not a lease!) However I find that the radio is a piece of crap. I preset the stations I like, living in the metro NYC area, and these are stations that boast 50K + watts of broadcast juice. No matter what, I go to certain stations and the radio stops for a few seconds and then displays "P1 Seek, press exit"
What kind of bull is this? anyone else have the same issues?? All I know is that I'll own this car in 08 ( about 20 months from now!) and I'm hoping to get close to 20K on a trade so I can get the new Q7
I did test drive a Q7. Very nice but what a complex cockpit! You have to play with 2 or 3 buttons and dials to get the seat heater to work. The Q7 is big too, almost a foot longer than the XC. You never feel the extra bulk while driving however.
I don't have your other problems. My only other problem is that the ignition key gets stuck in the ignition lock from time to time. This too seems to be from trying to do things too quickly for the XC90. I have mixed feelings about Volvo and the XC90. Besides these two issues, my pet peeve is the ergonomics of the front seats. Unbelievably poor for a european car.
No ne seems to know what is up.