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I really want to like volvo, especially their plugin hybrids, but their bad reliability of late is a dealbreaker. No way I'm wasting my life in mechanic hell.
by moneycantbuy 1y ago
I really want to like volvo, especially their plugin hybrids, but their bad reliability of late is a dealbreaker. No way I'm wasting my life in mechanic hell.
I'm patiently looking to upgrade from my great 2018 subaru forester xt touring, but nothing new seems much better.
- 650REDHAIR 1y agoVolvo hasn’t been a reliable brand since ~2000 when it was sold to Ford. Even less reliable when it was sold to Geely. They’ve essentially skated by on brand recognition earned decades ago.
- ssalka 1y agoFWIW I've had a 2006 S40 for the past 10 years and found it very reliable. But can't speak for their models since then
- muro 1y agoHad a 2006 or so XC90, everything was great. Now driving a 2016 XC90, had one issue with the engine cooling, was repaired in a day, 0 issues otherwise.
- cpursley 1y agoEngine cooling issue is a major flaw. Sold my Toyota with 300k miles on it - never a single mechanical issue other than regular wear and tear.
- Marsymars 1y agoHow do you distinguish what’s “regular wear and tear”? Genuinely curious, I recently sold my 14 year-old Ford Fiesta, and could arguably say the same thing, but I could imagine some people disagreeing.
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- speed_spread 1y agoVolvo S40 are rebranded Mitsubishi Carisma.
- jerlam 1y agoI had one of the first newly redesigned Volvos after the Ford acquisition, an S80 T6, either the first or second year released in the US. It was a fantastic car - extremely comfortable, fast, and analog controls for everything. After five or six years it spent more time being repaired than not, and I sold it. It was one of the few times where having an extended warranty paid off. Haven't really considered a Volvo since.
- internet2000 1y agoThat's a Chinese car maker for you.
- nosequel 1y agoI was so excited to get my S60 PHEV. Mechanically it is an amazing machine, great handling, great power, I rarely have to put gas in it. BUT. It is a nightmare with the technology. Like most new cars, everything is tied into the center display/computer. It will crash while driving, which will remove all sound from your car, and I don't mean just the radio/spotify/whatever. You can be in mid-turn with your turn signal on and then just absolute quiet. It is so off-putting. Your blinker stops, you can't really tell your engine is on, and every screen just goes black. Thankfully I don't have a pure electric, so I my car still physically moves, but I really can't believe I haven't gotten in an accident when my screen crashes. Thankfully I leased this vehicle, and I'm almost done with it, I honestly can't wait to turn it in.
- mysterydip 1y agoYeah, had my XC90's center console crash/reboot in the middle of a highway drive, very disorienting and unnerving.
- Workaccount2 1y agoI would hope that the center control computer is isolated from the actual drive computer in all these cars.
- drewg123 1y agoPure electrics also work when the screen crashes. My Tesla behaves almost exactly as you describe. When the screen crashes / reboots, you loose all displays, all sound, signals, etc. But the car still drives.
- ryandrake 1y agoBut the screen shouldn’t crash, ever! Why are people accepting this crap?
- m_fayer 1y agoI have a rock-solid but aging Kia niro phev and I love it. I’m thinking of turning it in for an updated model, but the updated model has displays instead of actual gauges and indicator lights like the older niro, and that just makes my skin crawl. It should be damn near impossible for the gauges and indicators to blink out of existence, and reassurance about nothing-but-screens has not been forthcoming.
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