2005 Volvo XC90 Tires Problems

“While driving my 2005 Volvo XC90 (54,414 miles) on a busy california freeway (the 405), the engine stopped suddenly with no warning or warning light. Fortunately, I was able to make it over to the side of the road to call for a tow without injury (although I was almost rear ended since the failure was so sudden and without warning) and had it towed to a Volvo dealer in torrance, ca. It is a transmission problem. Since then, we have found hundreds of other consumers who have had the same problem with their XC90 volvos too. …”

“On february 16 of this year, I hit some black ice that caused me to hit a curb sideways. The impact knocked the front driver's side wheel off. The car was towed to the ken garff service department at the southtowne location in sandy, ut where it was repaired . A free loaner car was given to me, and the charges were covered by my insurance. At that time the car had approx 3700 miles on it. Since that repair I have driven the car approx 5000 miles. I had the 7500 mile service completed at the ken garff downtown slc location around july 15th. …”

“- the contact owns a 2005 XC90 Volvo. The contact stated that there was a safety recall on the vehicle which was issued may 3 2006. She was not notified of the safety recall until she took the vehicle to dealer for scheduled maintenance in january 2007. …”

“I brought my 2005 XC90 in for routine maintenance at 25,500 miles. At that time, it was determined three of the four tires were worn on the outer edges and should be replaced. This is unacceptable for a vehicle to have three of its tires replaced within the first 25k miles of service. Something is obviously wrong with either the tires or the vehicle dynamics.”

“The contact stated while routine maintenance at 15,000 miles was performed, it was determined all four tires were 60% worn, and should be replaced. These are pirelli scorpion tires. Updated 10/25/2006 -”