2021 Volvo XC40 Recharge Pure Electric P8 4dr SUV AWD (electric DD)
My Volvo XC40 Recharge had multiple issues, just 2 days after taking delivery of the XC40 Recharge center console crashed and reset to factory default, and lost navigation display in driver side. Even after a few visits to Volvo dealer, issues are not fully resolved. After dealer fixed the driver navigation display issue, the car is stuck in the “guest profile”, I am unable to login to … Google account. At this point, your dealer is unable to fix the issue properly and whole is very frustrating that nothing really works properly.
Volvo Mobile app on this car is simply terrible. If you click on the Demo mode on the mobile app you can't get out of that demo mode. And you can't simply reconnect either- simply awful. Looks like some high school dropout wrote the mobile app. And also, you have to set the privacy setting to fork over all car data to Google before anything works properly- Charge level won't show unless you set the privacy setting open to all your data to Google and Volvo.
I heard about this about Volvo, but, good grief this very frustrating that your dealer can't properly fix the issues.This is my first Volvo and probably my last!
I had similar frustrating experience my Tesla Model 3 with leaky tail lights and leaky roof, but at least Tesla actually fix the issue. Not the Volvo, can't seem to figure it what is wrong with the car.
Update:
At ~80 miles infotainment system got stuck in reloading screen and got reset to factory default and lost driver side navigation view.
At~120 miles stuck in “Guest profile” and requires full reload of Software- dealer couldn’t even fix this repairs without help from Volvo USA.
At ~580 miles AC stopped working in middle of 95 degree weather.
At~640 miles, looks like June update happen to car and YouTube music and few other apps stop working.
At ~720 miles, car reboot itself awhile driving to Volvo dealer to fix other issues. This cannot be safe to drive.
More update:
At ~1140 miles shut down and restarted in middle of driving again.
At ~1500 miles shut down again.
At ~1800 miles charging port stuck in Green.
At ~2220 miles dealer finally replace IHU, AC issue is not fixed. Volvo think that replacing IHU will fix the Air Condition.
At ~2250 miles same day that IHU was replaced infotainment system reboot again.
Yes, Volvo is fully aware of Air Condition issues with compressor on Volvo XC 40 Recharge- they are not sure how to fix it and also part that required fix is out of stock for next 6 months.
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