Two problems related to transmission not engage have been reported for the 2004 Volvo XC90. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2004 Volvo XC90 based on all problems reported for the 2004 XC90.
2004 Volvo Xc90, lost power during normal city driving. The transmission will not engage the car will not move forward. The transmission engages in other gears. After about 1 hr, the service transmission light came on. The vehicle only has 57,000 miles on it . The car had to be towed in for service. Judging from the number of complaints on the interenet, this appears to be a common problem with this model Volvo.
2004 ,Volvo Xc90 t6 awd - vehicle was parked in driveway. Upon returning to vehicle, remote unlock was hit twice to open all doors, and vehicle began to roll down driveway. This occurred two times. Vehicle has been at Volvo garage for two weeks. At this point not aware of what repairs may have been made. It appears the transmission locking mechanism was disengaged with the remote unlock.