2025 Volvo XC90 Plug-in Hybrid Consumer Reviews
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2025 don't buy
Mark T, 05/16/2025
2025 Volvo XC90 T8 Ultra 4dr SUV AWD (2.0L 4cyl Turbo gas/electric plug-in hybrid 8A)
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We purchased the new 2025 1/2 fully loaded. The car has been in the shop 7 times with known issues. They can't fix it and Volvo hasn't done anything. I have never purchased a brand new car with so many issues. Stay away
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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)
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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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Beautiful on the outside....
Canuck74, 04/29/2025
2025 Volvo XC90 T8 Plus 4dr SUV AWD w/Prod. End 11/24 (2.0L 4cyl Turbo gas/electric plug-in hybrid 8A)
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To say this car is a big disappointment is an understatement. I truly wanted to love this car since I've had my eye on it for years. However, I have had an awful experience with the car and also Volvo Care. The car died in my driveway within two weeks of having it. Apparently a software glitch. First HUGE red flag. The car has now been in three times and will need to go in for a fourth. The dealership has been remiss in acknowledging that I have the issues. (I even have video showing the problem - the cross-traffic on the driver's side is inconsistent) The driver's door handle did not work so they "fixed" it. Now it works but only when it's dry. When it's raining, forget it. The handsfree liftgate doesn't work - again on the left side, and the back left corner sensors do not activate the sound warning. Essentially, the left side of this car is a lemon and neither the dealership nor the national care team seem to want to fix it. Volvo Care has not lived up to its name and I am now having to bring in a lawyer to deal with the issues. Read the reviews of users. When they say there are software issues, they mean it! I'm thankful this is only a two year lease. I can't wait to move on from this car.
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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)
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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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This is how the Swedes keep so warm!
Robert MacLaughlin, 01/12/2025
2025 Volvo XC90 T8 Ultra 4dr SUV AWD w/6 Passenger Seating (2.0L 4cyl Turbo gas/electric plug-in hybrid 8A)
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We are new owners of a gorgeous XC90 Plug-in hybrid, and feel compelled to write a a review to share our exceptional Experience thus far—and granted, it’s early in our experience. We did extensive research and considered all the other prestige nameplates; Mercedes, BMW, Lexus, Lincoln. We wanted a plug-in hybrid since we have had EXTREMELY good experiences with our 2021 Rav4 Prime. The freedom of driving around town without relying upon gasoline is itself a joy and liberation that deserves many paragraphs to describe all its virtues. Every premium nameplate offers a plug-in hybrid SUV now, so this freedom is catching-on … and if you are still paying for gasoline to run errands around town, you may want to re-think your automobile strategy; the only thing I think when I see a neighborhood gas station now is; “…should I stop and buy a lottery ticket…?” Because gas stations are otherwise meaningless to me and just a reminder of how dumb I was before I made the switch to plug-in hybrids. One note to Volvo on this topic: the new 2025 XC90 charges at a rate about half as fast as my 2021 RAV4 Prime (3.7 vs 7.1 kWh). This is my biggest disappointment….and arguably the only one. It basically means that while plugged-in, the battery ‘re-fills’ at a rate of about 5 miles of additional range per hour … as opposed to about 11 for the Toyota. Big deal…it is what it is. I drive less than 30 miles a day so I rarely trigger the gasoline engine…only when I go out of town. So, the rest…. Wow! Solid! Stunning! Quiet! Powerful! Graceful! Advanced! My goodness, this vehicle is a real treat to drive. It has an extensive range of driving modes to accommodate any road condition you may encounter; rain, snow, gravel, pavement, ice, whatever nature OR your neglectful state/local government may serve up! The engineering and technology is seamless and absolutely top-notch. The vehicle remains stable and flawless. Drivers’ aides abound from lane-maintenance, blind-spot alerts, warnings to let you know about some dumb-skull that has stopped on the road and is too stupid to pull off to the shoulder, idiots opening driver’s side doors into on-coming traffic just as you are approaching them, and the list goes on and on. By and by, you get this general feeling after encountering all the strange little ways that Volvo has engineered to protect you (not to mention how to protect all the other idiots on the road) is, well, WARMTH. You just feel safe and you have a warm spot in your gut because you just feel cared for. I was skeptical about a 4 cylinder engine on such a big car. Volvo has done an amazing job with this engine and it is more than ample: 450+ horsepower! Compared to the RAV4 Prime which has 300+ horsepower, I can honestly say that Volvo left nothing on the table. This engine is smoother and quieter and quite ‘hot!’ Teslas are known for their speed and all that torque from the electric motors…. Well, this Volvo has both horse power AND torque from the dual engine set-up and it rivals a Tesla’s performance. I have no need to ever go anywhere in under 5 seconds and I am not impressed with 0-60 acceleration times, but I guess some people are still impressed by those metrics. Bottom line is that: off the line, when the light turns green, my XC90 is always the first car through the intesection:)) And it’s a big car inside. I have the 6-seater model and ingress/egress to the very comfortable third row is simple. Compared to the (2 row) Rav4Prime, it handles identically. Like a small SUV…yet it seats 4 large adults AND a couple kids comfortably. We are loving the car. It’s a gorgeous ‘vapour’ grey with ‘blonde’ leather interior and real wood paneling. Super nice. Pano roof, and the shifter handle is a big ol’ crystal. We are smitten. Definitely check it out. We got $15,400 OFF the MSRP! Great deal!
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