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2017 XC90 T6 Inscription after 4 years
A. David, 05/03/2021
2017 Volvo XC90 T6 Inscription 4dr SUV AWD (2.0L 4cyl Twincharger 8A)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
Really want to love this car but struggling with build quality and service. Both are not up to par with other luxury brands considering the price you pay. Bought ours brand new back in 2017 with all options including air suspension. As of this review it has 28K miles after almost 4 years, always garaged and well maintained. Pros: Great styling inside and out. The interior is one of the best we saw. Comfortable seats, quiet interior. Love the air suspension and ability to put into dynamic sports mode. The Bowers and Wilkens sound system sounds great. 4 cylinder engine a little noisy at high revs, but otherwise ok and powerful enough for our occasional San Francisco to Los Angeles trips. Cons: Interior squeaks, rattles, high pitch noise. For a $75K car, i expected better build quality. Even a $3K sound system cannot drown out the annoying noises. After 2 years a high pitch noise from the dashboard developed when driving over rough asphalt, dealer could not identify source and would not replace. After 3 years, constant squeaking noise from 2nd row developed regardless of road condition or if anyone is sitting there or not. Dealer told me that Volvo only has 1 year warranty on squeaks, rattles. Also after 3 years, one of the chrome trim on the window started to come off, dealer also told me Volvo only has 1 year warranty on body and trim defects. Net is Volvo can provide a better customer experience by improving the build quality, or at least having a better warranty to address issues that come up in the first 4 years. I've had several Lexus cars in the past including a 1996 LX450 that I drove for 15 years 273K miles and never experienced so many annoying noises from the cabin. I have a BMW that has a more comprehensive warranty that covers these type of issues. Service also can be improved, it's very difficult to get loaner vehicles unlike Lexus and BMW, but this may be specific to the dealer I go to (McKevitt Volvo in San Leandro, CA). Based on the cost of the car compared to my experience that last 4 years, I would probably not buy another Volvo. Hope this helps someone.
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Very happy!
Pam Nichols, 10/09/2016
2017 Volvo XC90 T6 Inscription 4dr SUV AWD (2.0L 4cyl Twincharger 8A)
14 of 17 people found this review helpful
I've never had a perfect car for me but this is quite close. My husband refused to ever drive an SUV but he loves this car. He's always looking for an excuse to drive. It has power! There are lots of extras in the inscription that are worth the extra money. I like the larger tires and leather quality especially. My kids love the car too and prefer to ride in the "way back". Some of the technology is tricky but you do get the hang of it and there are so many features that it's worth the effort to learn it.
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2017 XC90 T6 Inscription - 6 weeks into Ownership
Mike, 08/17/2016
2017 Volvo XC90 T6 Inscription 4dr SUV AWD (2.0L 4cyl Twincharger 8A)
17 of 21 people found this review helpful
One of the irritations I have is the disconnect between the 2017 Owner's manual and Volvo's support. They list functions in the manual that just flat out are not there nor are available. Seems somewhat dishonest to me. For example, Volvo lists how to use the egress / ingress function for getting out of the SUV and into the SUV. However, when I contacted Volvo, they said this function is not available, never has been and maybe under development as a future software upgrade. Not sure how they can put the option in print when they don't even have it developed. Second example is the manual shows a 110v outlet in the center console for passengers in the 2nd row to plug in devices. However, that was only available in their 2016 model, again, according to the email I got from Volvo. However, the manual is titled "2017 XC90". I have found two other functions that are not available in the XC90 US model but available in Canada. One would think they would have defined that better up front. Thus, owners beware, Volvo isn't totally honest in what is / is not available in the 2017 T6 in the US. As for the car itself. I didn't get the 4 corner suspension (I ordered it but for some reason (either dealer or Volvo error) it didn't come with it. However, the ride is comfortable and about the same as in our 2011 Chrysler Town and Country. Gas mileage is ok, I'm averaging around 22 mostly in town. Best gas mileage is in cursing mode. It really sucks the gas when taking off and probably is where it falls short a little. Does have some great safety features but also falls short. For example, the lane assist where it is to alert you if you drift to far left or right, is not reliable. There are times when it should have alerted but easily let me cross the center line either having no notification or late in notifying me. Hence a head-on-collision would have already taken place. My 2014 GMC 1500 truck has the same feature and works perfectly all the time. Not sure why a $75,000 vehicle doesn't have the same accuracy. Pilot assist works as designed. As long as the lane markings can be identified, it does auto steer the car up to 80 mph. You do have to interact with the steering wheel every 30 -45 secs however or it will auto disengage. The scary part is that there are times when the system, apparently, looses the ability to see the lane markings and just disengages without any warning to the driver. I would think, again, for this high end vehicle, it should alarm if the system is disengaging. Thank goodness I have not had to test the auto braking if a car turns in front or to avoid a rear end collision. I'm assuming it will work when required. The active cruise adapter works well and you can set the distance (actually set the secs) within which you want the car to adjust the speed based on the car in front. The seats are very comfortable but getting in and out of the vehicle is difficult unless you retract and lower the seat. I'm 5' 10" and if I don't lower the seat all the way done, I will hit my head getting out. Climate controls work well as do the ventilated / heated seats. 2nd row seating is about as comfortable as in other vehicles. 3rd row quite frankly is limited to children. Very difficult for adults to get in and out of the back. Not adult friendly. As with reviews of the 2016 model the lack of USB ports is a glaring deficiency in a high vehicle in this price group. Overall, I'm happy with the vehicle but would I buy it again, I don't know. I would look closer at the new 2017 Mercedes I think.
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They used to emphasize safety, now its tech
Mary, 03/18/2017
2017 Volvo XC90 T5 R-Design 4dr SUV (2.0L 4cyl Turbo 8A)
19 of 24 people found this review helpful
Be aware that In their bid to jump into the LUXURY SUV market Volvo has only managed to make a its XC90 unnecessarily complex with potentially dangerous Intrusive technology. There are virtually no control's that operate by knobs and the 3 screen tech that controls Everything is Very distracting and more inefficient. Our old XC 90 (2013) was totaled while parked and we jumped into the new model expecting more if what we had loved about Volvo for the last 20 years- We were wrong! I am very computer literate but had to sit in the car & take notes to change some of its worst features. In a bid to Warn the driver of hazards, the overly controlling tech (beeps, noises, etc) is itself a hazard. If I could trade it for a new 2013 I'd stay with Volvo. Next time we are looking at American made non-luxury SUV's.
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Perfect but serious software issues
KJ, 06/24/2017
2017 Volvo XC90 T6 Momentum 4dr SUV AWD (2.0L 4cyl Twincharger 8A)
16 of 20 people found this review helpful
This is our 4th XC90 in 12 years (we always lease 3yrs at a time). This is also our first model since the major redesign in 2015. It's currently driven around 8000 miles and we have had severe software issues including: Random battery drainage caused by software issue (locked out 3 times), constant "car is unlocked" notifications in iPhone app even though the car is locked (false alarm), GPS offset where the car thinks it's 100miles from where it actually is causing random warnings when driving at 60mph where t thinks it's in a 25mph school zone etc., very unreliable cellular connectivity making Spotify and Pandora features pretty much unusable, occasional connectivity loss in a well covered area and many over random weird issues. Volvo should rethink their software strategy seriously, stop patching a dead horse and change to a completaly new platform.
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