2017 Volvo XC90 Engine Problems

“While driving with two young children in car, Volvo hood started to smoke. No warning lights or signals went off. We pulled over, turned engine off, removed kids from the car, and within a few minutes, the entire hood of the car was in flames. The car was completely destroyed, even though firefighters extinguished the fire. We have no information as to the cause of the fire - engine, electrical, etc - but the car only had 18,000 miles on it. Volvo had already replaced the rotors twice in two years - highly unusual - but otherwise we had no reason to suspect a problem. …”

“New vehicle (less than 19000 miles) - vehicle was stationary - in a parking lot, ignition off. Approximately 10 to 15 minutes later, fire ignited in engine bay, rapidly spreading to the whole car... Entire care burned to shell.”

“On 2018-09-17, the vehicle, a 2017 Volvo XC90 t8 hybrid, reported an error stating reduced performance within the instrument gauge. The vehicle continued to drive, without the hybrid system, only working on the gas engine. The vehicle was driven approximately 3 miles after the error message appeared. The next day, 2018-09-18, the vehicle was started, with the same error. After driving less than a quarter of a mile, the vehicle abruptly halted in the middle of an intersection, and then limited the vehicle speed to 17 miles per hour. …”

“Engine makes a loud whining sound. The higher the RPM's, the higher pitch the whine. Distinctly different than the super charger and the turbo. Occurred since around 10,000 miles. Initially, the dealer replaced the balance shaft under a technical service bulletin. This did not correct it. Drove multiple XC90's and none of them have the whine sound. Our XC90 has been in the shop for nearly two weeks now and the balance shaft has been replaced again at the direction of the manufacturer. The technician has refused to replace the balance shaft a third time because it does not correct the problem. …”

“Spark plugs, fuel injectors, cylinders and cylinder walls, pistons, oxygen sensor. Our safety was put at risk because the vehicles reduced performance was triggered and it affected the acceleration of the vehicle. The Volvo dealership was able to reproduce the issue because of the engine misfires.The only alert we received was the day prior our engine needed a liter of oil. We topped off the oil and that alert went away. The day we had the reduced performance we were alerted of that at the time on the highway. It's a little turtle icon. …”