2009 Volvo XC90 Technical Service Bulletins

215 technical service bulletins (TSBs) are on record for the 2009 Volvo XC90. TSBs are notes manufacturers send to dealers about repair procedures for issues seen in the field. They are not recalls and do not by themselves mean a vehicle has a fault.

• 10037820Dec 20, 2010Steering. Volvo: there may be a clicking noise from the steering column due to material deviation.
• 10037649Dec 20, 2010Brakes. Volvo: yaw rate sensor is outside of permitted range.
• 10037485Nov 19, 2010Electrical system. Volvo: software being downloaded is interrupted and the cem fails. There is a cem recovery method.
• 10037523Nov 17, 2010Equipment, Engine cooling. Volvo: low oil level or excessive oil consumption and the procedure to handle it.
• 10037522Nov 1, 2010Brakes. Volvo: rear parking assistance sensors may give false detections in wet conditions.
• 10034505Aug 25, 2010Engine cooling. Volvo: snow in fan motor. Blower fan/does not work. Blower fan/unusual noise. Snow may enter into the fan motor area due to heavy snowstorms.
• 10033816May 14, 2010Brakes. Volvo: unnecessary brake control module (bcm) replacements. When diagnosing diagnostic trouble codes (dtc's) for brake control system, technician must always follow complete diagnostic fault tracing path in vida. Vida always lists possible sources of fault.
• 10033815May 5, 2010Wheels. Volvo: spare wheel winch, tangled release wire. The winch for the spare wheel may get stuck due to an entangled release wire. Its possible to release the spare wheel but it may get stuck when the wire is rewound. The root cause could be due to a guide rail for the wire that is too narrow.
• 10032912Oct 30, 2009Electrical system, Engine cooling. Volvo: differential electronic module (dem) software for booming in 3rd row seat. A booming pulsation may be felt or heard in the 3rd row seats when the vehicle is stopped in drive, with the brake applied, and the engine at idle.
• 10032911Oct 30, 2009Body and structure, Seats. Volvo: tailgate bump stops, adjustments for booming in 3rd row seat. A booming pulsation may be felt or heard in the 3rd row seats when the vehicle is stopped in drive, with the brake applied, and the engine at idle.
• 10031926Aug 4, 2009Suspension. Volvo: steering wheel misaligned, pulling while driving. When diagnosing a pulling condition while driving, incorrect wheel alignment, or incorrect steering wheel position, the root cause may be too much play in the lower control arm bolts in the rear suspension. After the chassis range in the header, a bolt with a wider waist was introduced to take up this play.
• 10030932Jul 30, 2009Brakes. Volvo: the tightening torque specification for the front brake caliper locating pins is incorrect in vida. The correct torque vale is 60 nm (44.3ft. Lbs). The torque specification will be updated in the vida 2009d release.
• 10030943Jul 10, 2009Suspension. Volvo: when diagnosing a single knock from the front suspension that occurs when the driver brakes and turns at low speeds, attention should be paid to the rear bushing in the front control arm where it connects to the front subframe.
• 10027285Jul 6, 2009Exterior lighting. Volvo: headlamp low beam connector replacement. A new method of repair for halogen type low-beam headlamps has been developed to address complaints for vehicles. Updated 3/27/09. *pe updated 12/23/09.
• 10029247Mar 31, 2009Equipment. Volvo service campaign: see document search button for owner letter. Certain vehicles equipped with hdd(hard disc drive) navigation system have an error in the map data. This will cause the navigation system to route away from highways that contains hov (high occupancy) or car pool lanes. This is an upgrade to the navigation system. Csc letter was received.

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