Steering Related Problems of the 2008 Volvo XC90

Table 1 shows one common steering related problems of the 2008 Volvo XC90.

Table 1. Steering related problems of Volvo XC90

Problem Category Number of Problems
Steering problems
1

Steering problem

I was driving down the highway and my vehicle completely shut down and the steering locked. I was able to put on the emergency signals and the big rigs behind me blew their horns. They were getting closer to me because I was decelerating at a rate that would have resulted in a colission. Fortunately I was able to coast into an emergency lane while they went whipping past me. The Volvo service manager stated that he had heard of a similar situation before. In an email to me he stated that "the pressure sensor was giving a faults reading, of excessive fuel pressure. When the pem saw the faults reading, it cut the fuel to the engine as it thought it was way over pressurized. " I feel very fortunate that nobody was severally injured or killed.


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