Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES | |||
| 01/22/2013 | 11997 | ||
| Brakes completely gave out while i was driving on rt. 85 in atlanta. fortunately i was able to get over to the shoulder and i didn't hit anyone. called volvo roadside assistance and they sent a towing company. car is still in shop and not yet diagnosed. i'm terrified to get back into that car! | |||
| 05/11/2012 | 7000 | 1 | |
| The adaptive cruise control in my vehicle has been occasionally malfunctioning (about 10-15 times since purchasing my vehicle in may) causing it to apply the parking brake at speeds of about 5 mph. this causes my vehicle to abruptly stop without the brake lights being activated. i then have to depress the brake pedal and release the parking brake. then my cruise control is inoperative until i restart the vehicle. i was nearly rear ended after the most recent occurrence. i've taken my vehicle to the nearest volvo repair center four times to be repaired but the malfunction still occurs. volvo is unwilling to replace my car under the lemon law. *tr | |||
| 05/11/2012 | 7000 | ||
| The adaptive cruise control in my vehicle has been occasionally malfunctioning (about 10-15 times since purchasing my vehicle in may) causing it to apply the parking brake at speeds of about 5 mph. this causes my vehicle to abruptly stop without the brake lights being activated. i then have to depress the brake pedal and release the parking brake. then my cruise control is inoperative until i restart the vehicle. i was nearly rear ended after the most recent occurrence. i've taken my vehicle to the nearest volvo repair center four times to be repaired but the malfunction still occurs. volvo is unwilling to replace my car under the lemon law. | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | |||
| 09/05/2011 | 5 | ||
| The active cruise control stops for no reason. this problem is intermittent. on a number of occasions (~20 times since i picked up the car), the car slows down as the traffics slows down. the car is almost at a stop (5-10 mph) and the emergency brakes comes on, the cars brakes hard & stops and the parking brake turns on. the alert cruise control unavailable show in the diplay. thereafter the cruise will not engage. after i shut off the car and restart it, the cruise again works again. in addition to not performing as advertised, this represents a safety hazard | |||