2025 Volvo XC90 Consumer Reviews
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B5 Core - $58,695 MSRP
We have a limited number of reviews for the 2025 XC90, so we've included reviews for other years of the XC90 since its last redesign.
At least it’s pretty
Jasmine, 04/03/2025
2025 Volvo XC90 T8 Ultra 4dr SUV AWD w/6 Passenger Seating, w/Prod. End 11/24 (2.0L 4cyl Turbo gas/electric plug-in hybrid 8A)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
I’m leasing at 2025 XC90 T8 ultra plug in hybrid. Its beautiful design isn’t enough to prevent you from realizing you have been transported back to 2009 in terms of vehicle features. Aside from a pretty comfortable and smooth ride in the absolutely beautiful leather clad cabin - every single other aspect of this car is lacking. For $82,000 - Volvo should be ashamed. Starting with the cup holders. They fit maybe 1 out of 3 beverage vessels. Otherwise you’re either using your right elbow to hold them steady while you drive or youve got your hydroflask pinned between your thighs because it doesn’ stand a chance of pushing into the opening in the center console. Moving on to the fireball/atomic brightness of the windows 98 infotainment screen in the middle of the dashboard that has no controls for BRIGHTNESS. Night and day - defcon 5 brightness for no reason. Day after day, each element raises the question, “who did they build this for?l Even the most basic functions lie simply activating one of the memorized presets for the luxurious leather front seats (they are lovely) requires the user to hold the preset button until the seat and mirrors reach their preset positions. Hold it down until it stops. UNLESS you do it with the car door open. Only then, will the seat adjust to the driver’s stored position via a single press of the button. There is no apple CarPlay via Bluetooth, so your iPhone must be tethered in order to have contact information included for incoming calls or text messages —unless you want to import all of your contacts into Google. You also need that tether to charge your phone since the car doesn’t support wireless charging. In 2025, your 80K new car perpetually has a cable poking out from the center console where the only usb ports for the front of the car live. The suit hanger hooks in the backseats will accommodates no more than 2 hangers at a time, so make sure to limit those dry cleaning pickups. Did I mention the beautiful leather front seats? They really are, and the ultra level gets you ventilated ones. And you won’t have an opportunity to forget about them once activated. The amount of noise they generate is like a mini wind tunnel, which I guess is fractionally more soothing then the barely muffled exterior noise you usually hear. The gas/battery level indicator is completely unreliable and often jumps 10-20 miles up or down suddenly. Parking assist via the sensors and cameras - barely useful. The alarms blare at nothing, or neglect to activate for real hazards. Also, you cannot adjust the sensitivity of the side mirror blind spot indicators. Then again they are positioned so that you don’t notice them without actively turning your head to look anyway. Also - the users manual is useless. The tire pressure indicator alerts you of low pressure - but no indication of which tire. So you pull over to a gas station and kneel down next to your car to check them one by one. Apparently there’s an auto windshield wiper function. You can’t just select that as your default setting though. You have to press a button each time you turn on the car to activate it. Isn’t that the opposite of Auto? The homelink button works perfectly! Does Volvo get a star for that? It’s another company’s product right? I do appreciate there is a headrest fold down butting for the middle and back row seats to increase visibility. Unfortunately, you’ll need to crawl in the raise them back into position manually if you’re having adults in your car post fold. No button to raise them back up. You can lock or unlock your car from the Volvo app. You’re also able to cool the car remotely prior to getting in on a hot day. Super cool - I would prefer having the little slide out extender on the driver’s visor that came standard on Indian rickshaws from the early 70s to preserve my ability to see when driving in full sun myself. But cool! The Volvo XC90 plug in hybrid is a very pretty car. The leather seats are gorgeous. I have the bone colored leather which isn’t available everywhere. I love looking at it and sitting in it. I don’t like how long I have to look to find information that I want about the car I spent so much money on. It’s almost like they’re hiding something…perhaps it’s the fully loaded 2009 Honda Civic EX’s features packed into a beautiful 2025 “luxury” vehicle’s shell and it worked on me. I was totally fooled You’ll get better bang for your buck elsewhere, take it
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Large das panel making it hard to see over
Patio, 10/24/2024
2025 Volvo XC90 T8 Ultra 4dr SUV AWD w/6 Passenger Seating (2.0L 4cyl Turbo gas/electric plug-in hybrid 8A)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Noisy fan when cooling, dash is large and hard for 5'2" person to see over, lease rate is ridiculously high rate. Doesn't hold corners like BMW X5
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2025 Volvo XC90 for sale near you
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- B6 Plus 4dr SUVMSRP: $67,265174 mi away
- B5 Core 4dr SUVMSRP: $60,495174 mi away
- B6 Plus 4dr SUV w/6 Passenger Seating, Prod. End 11/24MSRP: $67,765174 mi away
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Early days, but seems like a great car.
Tommy, 08/06/2024
2024 Volvo XC90 Recharge T8 Ultimate 4dr SUV AWD (2.0L 4cyl Turbo gas/electric plug-in hybrid 8A)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Have not had it long, but we love the XC90. Roomy, comfortable, and surprisingly fast even when driving just on the battery. We bought the 2024 'Ultimate' trim -- including the fine crystal shifter that looks just like cast acrylic -- but without the air suspension and B&W sound system. The air suspension made the ride feel a bit mushy and standard Harmon Kardon sound system is plenty good. The only slightly unpleasant surprise was learning that it's limited to rear wheel drive when in pure electric mode. We'll see how that works on our snowy streets. But, for now, we're happy with our XC90 Recharge.
Not worth the big price tag.
Not Volvo., 04/19/2023
2023 Volvo XC90 B5 Core 4dr SUV AWD (2.0L 4cyl Turbo gas/electric mild hybrid 8A)
3 of 9 people found this review helpful
Seats are way too narrow, they cut corners for sure. The ride is ok but choppy on rougher roads, the engine did not sound super smooth as it should for a small turbo. The reliability looks to be average to below average, they need to step it up and get with the program. The safety is good, but many are good now, not just Volvo. Shop around.
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Shame on you Volvo!
Paula Flynn, 01/21/2025
2025 Volvo XC90 B5 Ultra 4dr SUV AWD (2.0L 4cyl Turbo gas/electric mild hybrid 8A)
1 of 2 people found this review helpful
Volvo is selling new cars with known defects and does not have a fix. Electronics in the car will just intermittently stop working including the dashboard and lights! They are a Zero in my book!
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