Problems · by component
2004 Volvo XC90 air bags problems
31 owner complaints to NHTSA about the 2004 Volvo XC90 cite air bags, 7% of all 462 complaints for this model year.
Complaints
31
7% of all complaints
Crashes
3
Reported by owners
Fires
0
Reported by owners
Injuries
3
Reported by owners
What owners say about the air bags
Verbatim from NHTSA complaints, newest first
“WHILE I'M MOTION THE SRS AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON TRANSMISSION URGENT LIGHT CAME ON AND ABS LIGHT THE BATTERY KEEPS BUBBLING LIKE ITS GONE BLOW UP IN MY TRUNK I HAVE TO JUMP IT OFF EVERY MORNING I PAID ALOT FOR THIS SUV CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME KEEP MY ONLY CAR IN WORKING ORDER I HAVE HAD ALL MAINTAINS DONE IN PAST NOW THE COOLANT SYSTEM IS LEAKING WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS VOLVO XC90 T6 AWD [XXX] ' *PM”
“TL-CONTACT OWNS A 2004 VOLVO XC90 ---- CONTACT CALLED VOLVO DEALER IN WHITE PLAINS NY... CONTACT STATED AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING AND WAS ON FOR A MONTH.... VEHICLE STALLED GOING 50MPH ... POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON MAIN HIGHWAY VEHICLE LOST POWER AND SHUT OFF.... VEHICLE RESTARTS AND THEN SHUTS OFF AGAIN AFTER GOING A COUPLE MILES...SPOKE WITH MECHANIC AT DEALERSHIP WHO STATED THAT AIRBAGS ARE RECALLED....MECHANIC BY THE NAME OF ANTHONY.... TOLD CONTACT THAT AIRBAG LIGHT BEING ON WAS NOT A BIG DEAL....THAT AIRBAG WAS FAULTY SO IT WOULD NOT DEPLOY IN ACCIDENT........ 0 RECALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS VIN.. CB”
“"TAKATA RECALL" THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON. IT IS ON ALL THE TIME. I HAVE PAPER FROM THE VOLVO DEALER WAS CHECKED TO DIAGNOSTIC THE AIR BAG. I PAYED FOR IT.”
“WHILE DRIVING ANY DISTANCE OVER 60 MINUTES THE CAR WARNING COMES ON SAYING SUDDEN LOSS OF BRAKES, STOP SAFELY. AIRBAG CHECK LIGHT COMES ON. WITHIN A FEW SECONDS ALL THE ELECTRONICS SHUTS DOWN; ALL DASH, STEREO, LIGHTS, WIPERS, WINDOWS AND LACK OF POWER TO ENGINE BUT CAR STAYS RUNNING. THIS WAS ALMOST A DEADLY CRASH WHILE DRIVING IN POURING RAIN AND THERE WERE CARS EVERYWHERE. NO WAY TO SIGNAL OR FLASHERS, I HONESTLY THOUGHT ME AND MY FAMILY WERE GONNA GET IN AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE READ OTHER STORIES ONLINE SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF THIS? HOW DO I FIX IT BEFORE SOME GETS HURT OR EVEN WORSE KILLED! *TR”
“WHILE DRIVING OUR VOLVO XC-90, THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHUTS DOWN (DASHBOARD DISPLAY, LIGHTING, AC, POWER WINDOWS, POWER DOOR LOCKS, EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL ETC.). ADDITIONALLY, FOR A SPLIT SECOND THE ENGINE/TRANSMISSION JERKS AND/OR STALLS BEFORE RESUMING. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS IN 2010 AND NEVER OCCURRED AGAIN FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THEN SUDDENLY ON A RECENT TRIP IN AUGUST 2014 THIS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM NEVER RETURNED TO OPERATION DURING THAT TRIP. IN THAT AUGUST 2014 OCCURRENCE WE WERE TRAVELING DOWN NARROW STATE HIGHWAY 1 IN BIG SUR, CALIFORNIA. HAD WE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE DURING THE JERKING EPISODES WE COULD HAVE GONE OFF THE NARROW ROAD AND DOWN THE STEEP CLIFF SIDE TO OUR DEATHS. THIS PUT OUR FAMILY IN A VERY PERILOUS SITUATION. ADDITIONALLY, SINCE THE ABOVE INCIDENT IN LATE AUGUST 2014 THE VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS OTHER FLASHES/JERKING INCIDENTS WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS OCCURRENCE SEEMS TO BE INCREASING. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WITH A NATIONAL RE-CALL. *TR”
“WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE AT 60MPH, EXPERIENCED TEMPORARILY LOSS OF POWER, THE IP DISPLAYS AND AN ABNORMAL 'JERKING' IN THE TRANSMISSION/DRIVETRAIN. THE SRS AIRBAG AND BRAKE FAILURE ERROR MESSAGES APPEARED IN THE IP ERROR DISPLAY. THE WIPERS MOMENTARILY CAME ON. LIGHTS DIMMED. POWER FAILURE WAS ONLY FOR A SPLIT-SECOND (AT 60MPH) BEFORE RETURNING TO NORMAL. AFTER NORMAL POWER WAS RESTORED, ERROR MESSAGES CONTINUED TO BE SHOWN IN THE IP ERROR DISPLAY. THE BRAKE FAILURE MESSAGE INSTRUCTED ME TO PULL OVER AND BRING THE VEHICLE TO A SAFE STOP. UPON BRINGING THE VEHICLE TO A SAFE STOP AND TURNING OFF IGNITION, I HEARD EXCESSIVE ELECTRICAL CLICKING UNDER THE DASH (LIKE RELAYS CLICKING). ALL IP DISPLAYS WERE NON-RESPONSIVE (DARK). I LOCKED THE CAR (ALARM ARMED) AND LATER RETURNED WITH A TOW-TRUCK. UPON RETURN TO THE CAR, I WAS UNABLE TO UNLOCK IT OR DISARM THE ALARM. CAR WAS UNRESPONSIVE. ALARM WAS ARMED (UNABLE TO BE DISARMED) AND THE ENGINE BYPASS FEATURE OF THE ALARM PREVENTED ME FROM STARTING THE CAR. COULD ONLY GAIN ENTRY INTO THE CAR FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WITH PHYSICAL KEY. CAR WAS PLACED IN NEUTRAL AND LOADED ONTO A FLATBED TRUCK FOR TOW BACK TO VOLVO…”
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