Poor service, electronic and sensor issues
While I love the build quality and general driving of my 3year old
Volvo XC60, every day, my car’s rear brake sensors abruptly engage while reversing out of my flat driveway, on occasion leaving seat belt marks on me and startling passengers who think we’ve been hit by another vehicle. My car occasionally overcorrects itself for no reason while driving, which can be quite startling when driving at high speed. And the electronics fail without warning, sometimes for days at a time before working again. After sales service is very ordinary and expensive. All my Volvo maintenance is done by the Volvo dealer, but I’ve discovered my tyres were never rotated in three years of ownership. This has severely worn the front tyres with severe inner and outer tread scrubbing, reducing their lifespan by more than 2/3, while the rear tyres still have 70% tread. At over $400 each, it’s been an expensive mistake.
