Headlights problems of the 2004 Volvo XC90

I had this problem a few times a year ago and now it has returned. I was driving my car at night in the rain on a two lane freeway when all of a sudden I lost the headlights, dash lights, speedometer, radio, power windows, electric transmission, and much more function of the car. The engine is still running but it seems to almost reset or something then start shutting stuff down. I see on your website someone put this in as a complaint also this is very dangerous you cant see at night the car is hard to drive its obviously this same problem with water getting into the ecm. I read through your information and it seems like Volvo knew something was up with ones produced before or after March. It seems like they have been well aware of the problem and still want to charge you $2000 to fix it! people shouldn't have to pay to fix a problem Volvo has been well aware of and has had a cheap and easy solution for years. I called my local Volvo dealers and not one of them had any information or knowledge of this problem. When Volvo has a service notice about this problem and has obviously spent a lot of time looking into it. The problem seems to be really bad when it rains or I use the wipers further leading me to see that it is the same thing in investigation pe-10-025. These are only the people who are complaining to you this seems to be a very common issue that Volvo is sweeping under the rug to make a buck. It's disgusting.

Headlights go on and off, don't work consistently. Sometimes both work, sometimes 1 works, sometimes neither work. Dealer wanted me to replace bulbs but at almost 200. 00 per bulb I think the problem is somewhere else since the bulbs do work sometimes.

Hello Volvo, for the record, we love our Volvo SUV (2004, Xc90). Over the years the service from michelle balside at Volvo on plainfield road in cincinnati has been truly excellent, her contact information is attached. However, we have has an issue since 2011 that has not been resolved, which is so uncharacteristic of Volvo. I am hoping you can help me change the outcome. For years my husband’s right headlight has been turning on and off intermittently. This is very dangerous when he drives to and from work at night on an old 4 lane highway (columbia parkway) that has no separation between east and west bound lanes, which means cars travel head-on at 70 miles an hour. Our dealer looked at the issue several times and said they could not fix it; so we lived with the dangerous issue because we thought the problem was unique to us. Recently, someone told us they were having issues with their Volvo headlights and they found a blog on edmonds which listed a lot of other Volvo owners with the same issue. I have attached the blog for your reference. The blog refers to a repair kit. Please let me know if Volvo corporate can send a repair kit to our dealer in cincinnati. We have been loyal customers and we are thinking of giving our used Volvo to our daughter when she turns 16 next spring, and buying a new Volvo for my husband, bill. Please show your customers that you care and you will resolve the headlight issue, it could save a life someday. For now, we “hope and pray” on a daily basis that the headlight functions as it should.

This has to do with faulty headlight system on this car. I have had repeated failures of the low beam on both sides. The connector that the headlight plugs into overheats to the point where the plastic connector melts and no longer works. To fix it requires that a new connector be purchased and spliced in to replace defective part. It appears that the wire gauge is too low thus creating both a fire hazard as well as a safety hazard from having head lamps fail. I have spoken to both my local dealership and Volvo corporate about this problem and they both say that there is no recall thus there is nothing they can do to help fix it at their cost. Of course, they are more than happy to have me pay them a ridiculous price to repair it for me. They seems to care not that this is a safety issue. From research I have done, it appears that this is and has been a known issue for Volvo and yet they do nothing about it. The service person I spoke to today at the nally Volvo dealership in atlanta, GA admitted to me that they have all sorts of issues with headlights so this was not a surprise to him at all. . . But said they would not be able to do anything to help fix it. I would like to see NHTSA place serious pressure on Volvo to issue a recall to fix this serious safety hazard.

Main headlight system failure due to electrical system defect. In 2006 both vehicle head lights stopped working. On 07/03/06 main beam fuse replaced by dealer to correct problem. In 2010 right-side headlight stopped working. Customer replaced bulb per dash warning light but did not correct problem. Customer inspection of bulb contacts and bulb holder showed evidence of high heat due to melting of metal and plastic. On 07/16/10 Volvo dealer replaced headlight ballast, control module, contact unit and bulb. Right headlight problem corrected at cost of $435. 09 - ballast & control module; $108. 90 - contact unit; and $162. 00 - bulb, plus labor. Current problem is left-side headlight not working and appears to be a repeat of previous right-side problem.

2004 Volvo Xc90 headlight failure. Headlights failed Monday, August 30th in the evening. I have yet to take it to the Volvo dealership, but searched online and noticed that this is a concern for other owners and the NHTSA.

There is a low beam failure intermittently on the driver's side regardless of whether I'm using the daytime running lights or the bi-xenon headlights. The bulb has been replaced, fuses checked, wiring connections checked and the failure continues. The only incident this has caused has been a warning from a police officer about getting it repaired. I have taken it back to the dealership twice and they indicate that everything is running fine, however the bulb failure typically happens after the car has warmed up and has been driven for a while.

On our 2004 Volvo Xc90 the headlights suddenly went dark, no low or high beams at all. I am now being told it is a module and the repair cost is in excess of $1200. The car has hid headlights. This outage created a very serious safety issue in that we were driving up highway 395 at night when the complete failure of the headlights occurred. In researching the issue on the internet it appears it is a relatively common failure.

Passenger side headlight bulb (philips d2r 85126 xenon hid) on my 2004 Volvo Xc90 had to be replaced. After inserting a new replacement bulb identical to the original bulb, I am paying more attention to that headlight. It shines brighter than the driver's side headlight, and it blinks once for about a second after turning the car on. After reading on autoblog. Com that Volvo are under investigation for faulty headlight circuitry, I suspect this is the case with my car, and that this replacement bulb will fail soon.

While driving my 2004 Volvo xc-90 at night I experienced a momentary loss of control, followed by the headlights pausing and then going from high beams to low. The instrument cluster lost some of it's displays and the door locks became inoperative. The data display warned me of an "urgent srs failure". I was at low speed a block from home so I crept home and the next day sent the car to triad Volvo by roll-back wrecker. Problem was failure of central electronic module. I called Volvo corporate and they seemed disinterested.

The plastic headlight lenses of my 2004 Volvo Xc90 have become cloudy and appear to prematurely aging. This is a safety issue and both the dealer -- don beyer Volvo in falls church, va -- and Volvo refuse to acknowledge the problem or repair it under the vehicle's warranty. . Read more...

We purchased our Xc90 2005 from gengras Volvo in meriden, CT on Dec 24, 2006. It is now oct 11, 2007. Since we've had the car we've put around 8,000 miles on it. It is not our primary vehicle and sits parked in our garage most of the time. On 10/10/07, upon leaving work and getting into my SUV I saw a rather large puddle of water on the floor of the driver?s side of my Xc90. The car obviously had been parked outside and it was raining that day. Since we were bringing the car into stamford Volvo on 10/11/07 to replace the front headlights - the seal on both headlight were cracked and needed to be replaced (these parts were under warranty and I figured it was best to do that), I also requested stamford CT Volvo to look at the water problem as well. On 10/11/07, stamford CT Volvo informed me and my husband that the sunroof drains were clogged and have been for sometime. We were led to believe that the problem was in fact a pre-existing condition. In fact he elaborated to say that this is a common problem on this car. It is probably the reason why the car has always had a musty odor to it. In fact, we noticed this odor at time of purchase from gengras Volvo in meriden, CT and the sales man (matthew martin at gengras Volvo in meriden, CT) had also noticed the odor as well and at our request was going to looking into it more. On 10/11/07, I called paul smith the general manager and supposed owner of gengras Volvo in meriden, CT to notify him of the drain problem and damage to the interior and to let him know that this probably should have been dealt with at the time of purchase since it is a common problem with this car and there was an musty odor his salesman had acknowledged. He immediately said it was my fault that the drain was clogged and he was absolutely not going to pay the $150. 00 to unclog the drain and the $800. 00 to repair my interior damage.