Vehicle Speed Control Problems of Volvo XC90

Volvo XC90 owners have reported 45 vehicle speed control related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 3 most common vehicle speed control problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's vehicle speed control (39 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's accelerator pedal (3 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Vehicle Speed Control related problems of Volvo XC90


Recently reported Vehicle Speed Control problems of Volvo XC90

The Vehicle Speed Control problem

This is my daughters vehicle. She was driving home from work with my [xxx] and [xxx] grandchildren in the car. The car suddenly wouldn't drive at a safe speed and was chugging along. She almost got into an accident because she couldn't go faster than about 12 mph.   Read details...

The Accelerator Pedal problem

The contact owns a 2020 Volvo Xc90. The contact stated that while his wife was driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle experienced unintended acceleration while the brake pedal was depressed, causing the vehicle to crash into a parked vehicle.   Read details...

The Cruise Control problem

1) adaptive cruise control suddenly shuts off while driving on the highway, error message appears on the screen: "windscreen sensor, sensor blocked, see owner's manual", the appearance of the sensor on the outside of the car appears clean and even after scrubbing the sensor area the error   Read details...




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