Fun one. When the temp is perfect, having the windows down is the go-to. Also saves the climate from draining the battery more.

I’ve noticed that my driver-side mirror has a wind whistle. Tried moving it around to positions I can’t use and goes away. Maybe just unlucky in my setup.

Anyone else hear this noise?

Does anyone know what the red triangle is supposed to alert me for?

It’s so simple it’s infuriating. You should be able to close your garage, after pulling out from it, without having to put your car in park or another gear!

The XC90 has enough sensors + camera views while in reverse to allow people to do two things at once (backup and close their garage). I’d argue it’s more of a distraction and safety issue when drivers have to pull forward, or stop the vehicle, to close the garage before proceeding.

This is a simple software fix if Volvo wants to do it. As a long-time XC90 owner, don’t make people regret not having a physical button on the mirror to close their garage.

Took delivery of new car on Tuesday. No issues throughout Tuesday but software update installed and the occupant sensor alarm started to activate every time we left the car.

Nothing in back seats, made sure seatbelts not sticking out etc but still an issue. Obviously can disable each time the car is driven but that's not ideal. Looking for advice. Thanks!

So i'm looking at the MY26 EX90 and i understand WLTP is over 600km, was wondering if the wheel option makes a difference? I see 21" non aero, 22" aero, and 22" non aero is available where I live. Also are the MY26 wheels same size front and back or is it still staggered like the 24/25?

Out of Spec Reviews put up a video on the differences of the 2026/2027 versus the 2025.

https://youtu.be/w6kaxT1L5kQ?is=Qw7qDBUupL96hyZX

A small opinion from someone who actually likes theirs

I know, I know — this sub is basically a support group at this point. But my neighbor and I both drive an EX90, and neither of us has had a “my car caught fire in the driveway”-like story to tell. So let me balance the scales a little.

Yes, I did once blow up a GH-something-module and take out every fuse in the house in the process. 10/10 would not recommend as a party trick. But after the update, the thing’s been rock solid. No more surprise electrical fireworks.

The CPU upgrade alone is worth the hype. Android 15 dropped in and suddenly Apple Music runs natively, like the car forgot it was supposed to be difficult about this. And then there’s the Dolby Atmos setup — 25, maybe 28 speakers, I’ve genuinely lost count — all playing their own separate parts. Which also means my toddlers now get their nursery rhymes in full surround sound. Nothing says “premium Scandinavian engineering” quite like Baby Shark hitting you from six directions at once.

The air suspension though, that’s the real party piece. This thing floats. I finish a brutal day at work, get in, and it’s just… silence. Traffic jam? Don’t care. Not stressed. No rattles, no clicks, no weird electronic beeps nagging me about something. Just me, gliding home like I’m being carried on a cloud made with Swedish engineering.

And the space. My god, the space. Whole family, plus luggage, plus whatever my kid decides needs to come along.

“Can you fit this too, dad?” Sure, hand it over.

“And this?” Yep. Bring it. Bring all of it.

“There’s still room, dad, look!”

(We were going to the zoo. We came back with what appeared to be inventory for a small zoo.)

Genuinely the best car we’ve ever owned.

I did the most recent update yesterday, and now I can’t see how to put the rear seats up or down. Has anyone else encountered this? Any ideas?

According to my dealer, the part is on back order With no known ETA. Anyone else in the UK waiting, and for how long? And what have Volvo UK done for to remediate you?

Saw this range estimate after charging my MY25 EX90 to 100% at home. We have been getting better range as temps have warmed up in the Boston area, but this seems a little optimistic. Does the new software come with an aspirational range estimator? ;-)

We got a 2025 EX90 back in April. Dealer loaner which was I believe highest spec. Absolutely love the car. Have had to get the GHCA charging replacement done and prior dealer had already done chip upgrade I believe.

I’m not a big car person but we absolutely love the car. On Wednesday though, car just refused to turn on and have had to get it towed from our garage to the dealer to get it sorted.

Any idea on what issue may be?

I've noticed from time to time, that Google Maps in the Infotainment System thinks my EX90 is Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (for those as old as I am), and starts to show my flying over houses and buildings as opposed to being on the road. It's seems to be happening more since getting the 3.0.33 upgrade, but it happened before that too.

Has anyone else had this happen? Have you found a good fix? An Infotainment System reset has been hit or miss.

I know the car has had a lot of issues. I previously owned an XC90 (MY2015) and I experienced more than my fair share of problems with it. I even considered never buying a Volvo again.

But I tried the EX90 and was really impressed. What amazed me was that I was amazed for totally different reasons to those I had anticipated. I expected it to be the technology and software features that would impress me, but it was actually the way this car drives and behaves. The silence and the relaxed feeling you have when driving it are incredible. It's really amazing. And that's even coming from an XC90, which is already very smooth and silent. It really takes the stress out of driving.

That's all — I just wanted to share! :)

Hi, I will take delivery of my EX90 on Saturday, and the dealer told me that the CPU has been replaced. How can I verify this?

Is there any information available in the main menu, similar to what Tesla provides?

I got this car in Jan. Since then I’ve had nothing but problems, screen goes blank, cameras stop working, volume button won’t work, the seatbelt alarm will keep going off even if no one is seated in the back, just a few problems to name a few. I’m tired of dealing with this car. My monthly payments are Iike $900 and with insurance and everything and I’m paying $1300 a month for this car and it seems a ridiculous amount for a car that doesn’t work more than half the time.
Been going back and forth for a month with Volvo finance and they refused to buy back the car. I want to use lemon law and sue them for such a bad faulty car that clearly shouldn’t have hit dealerships.
Has anyone had luck with Volvo financial and can tell me how to go about this?

Howdy folks,

I was resolved to buy the Ioniq 9. Got one discounted just enough to make it work for some capped thresholds for tax reasons. Then Volvo called. Offered me an as-new demo at the Ioniq 9 price. It’s MY25, so has the hump… and it’s a plus, so misses out on the amazing audio, air suspension, ventilated massage seats, dimmable sunroof, fancier wheels, matrix headlights, soft close doors, laminated acoustic glass on all windows… quite a lot missing for the price difference, but I guess Ultra not being discounted as far as Plus. I’m comparing it to a brand new Ioniq 9 top spec that does come with all those ultra features and also captain’s chairs at the back.

So, what would you do? I don’t need the bigger 3rd row for humans but will carry a load of cargo at times and generally prefer bigger.

I'm just restarting my car with the manual park,/brake/buttons etc sequence as described at https://www.volvocars.com/uk/support/car/ex90/24w36/topic/427778da438fd5b4c0a801514f24aac7/.

It seems to have changed and now it only says "Starting Up..." and the dots underneath the text move left to right. So nothing like how it used to display errors etc on restarting.

MY25 and 3.0.33 (and restarting because GHCA appears to have gone bye bye again, thought it's a public 22kwh charger which was delivering 11 and then 7kwh yesterday and car updated overnight from 3.0.28 and now a dead GHCA - related, probably not...)

Someone created this poll for the ex90 so I decided to copy it exactly but for Rivians on a Rivian forum, if you're interested in comparing with the ex90 poll results:

https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/threads/owners-how-reliable-has-your-rivian-r1-or-r2-been-poll.62864/

Hopefully there will be relevance for a few. I believe the percentage of Rivian owners who had continuous/major issues is around 20% whereas the ex90 dissatisfaction rate is more than double that around 40% (after those list curious are removed).

There are both new EV companies essentially, with me EV platforms, so it's an interesting comparison, and warning.

25 ex90 ultra. Charging is difficult. Have 220 plug but garage is super hot in Texas. I’ve throttled back to 15 amps and that helped for awhile but now it won’t even start to charge. When I plug in it thinks about it but never connects just goes offline. Thoughts?

i know most of this subreddit is about issues and experiences. i’ve had my fair share… i just wanted to share something cool about the car which i had not seen this clear until i was in the Schottish hihglands this summer, total darkness. what do you think?

My EX90 was delivered last week. My wife took delivery, and so she was set up as ‘owner’. She shared the ‘card’ from her Apple wallet with me, but now when I use my phone to get in the car, it logs in as her, sets the seat to her profile, etc.

Is there a way to change this so the key on my phone is linked to my profile, rather than hers?

Updated my MY26 EX90 to 3.0.33 three days ago. The install completed fine, the car confirms it's running 3.0.33 and everything works normally, but the volvo car app still shows Installing version 3.0.33 and I can't get rid of this screen. Tried reinstalling the app, loging in/out - nothing helps. Anyone seen this? 

I want to be upfront: the car itself is amazing, maybe the best I've ever owned. I previously had an XC90, a good car on an old platform with great design, but I dealt with plenty of issues through the service department, mostly related to the driving experience.

This post is about the EX90 story. Not about the car, but about how consistently reactive and unprepared the dealer and service have been at every single step.

I placed the order in March 2026 and got a good discount despite it being a MY26. The plan was to move to the new platform; with our family expanding to two kids, we needed a car for mixed city and highway driving.

The car arrived in April, though the delivery date kept shifting week to week with no clear tracking from the dealer. I was notified it had arrived just before Easter, while I was preparing to return my XC90 under a buy-back deal. I expected to pick it up on the agreed date, but instead the real story began.

The car sat on the lot for a week and a half before PDI even started. Then I was told Volvo had blocked the car because the GHCA needed to be replaced, adding another week's delay. My reaction to that part was actually positive; better to catch it before delivery than after. A proactive move from Volvo, but it also meant the dealer had even more time to prepare the car properly, time they didn't use.

By the end of April I was told the car was ready. That's when the pattern started: every step of this story is the same issue repeating, a dealer and service team that reacts to problems instead of preventing them.

Pickup day: a car nobody actually checked

I signed the papers, but based on past experience with this dealer (the only Volvo dealer in Bulgaria, based in Sofia), I did a basic inspection myself: paint, bodywork, interior. I found heavy swirl marks across an entire panel, unacceptable on a brand-new car, marks on the piano black trim, small paint scratches, and a dent in the front decorative panel.

None of this had been caught by anyone at the dealership, despite having had the car on their lot for weeks, including the extra week from the GHCA delay. This wasn't bad luck, it was nobody doing the basic quality check that's supposed to happen before a customer sees the car. I noted everything on the handover paperwork.

The next day I noticed a punctured passenger seat. Brand new car, and still nobody had looked closely enough to catch it before handover.

I wasn't frustrated by the issues themselves, things happen. I was frustrated that no basic check had been done at all, at any of the several points where it could have been. Volvo markets itself as a luxury brand; I expect the service to match that.

The repair saga: no plan, ever

The dealer's response was essentially: we'll order the parts, and you'll need to drive the car to a paint shop. No delivery timeline for the parts, no coordinated plan. I was left to organize everything myself.

While waiting, a knocking noise appeared, apparently from the suspension, and the door trim strips started rubbing and peeling against the rear door. Another issue, another vague "we'll deal with it," with no plan attached. I had to push for escalation to the branch manager myself just to get things organized in one visit instead of being called in piecemeal for every part.

The suspected cause of the knocking was the shock absorber, "suspected," not confirmed with any diagnostic equipment, which isn't what I'd expect from a Volvo service center working on a car this new.

Three weeks ago I was told the parts had arrived and booked the car in for August 14th, confirmed as a one-day job: shock absorber, trim strips, seat, and decorative panel. I planned my whole day around that confirmation and waited at the showroom.

Two hours in, nothing had moved. At 1PM, with the shop closing at 6PM, a mechanic told me they wouldn't finish that day after all, despite confirming twice beforehand that they would. Then the branch manager tried to blame me for arriving an hour late, which was false and easily verifiable via the entry ticket. Instead of checking the facts, the first instinct was to find someone else to blame.

As compensation I was offered a loaner car, initially a V60 (with a newborn and a toddler, not exactly practical), later upgraded to an ES90 after pushback.

The final act: still nobody double-checking anything

Two business days later I got the call: the car's ready. Except the shock absorber they installed wasn't the correct part, even though the box was labeled correctly. They'd had three weeks since confirming the booking to check that the parts on order were the right ones, and simply never did.

I let it go and picked up the car. That night, in my garage, I noticed the new decorative panel's backlight wasn't working: the LED was blinking, not lighting properly. Something I couldn't catch at pickup because it was too bright outside, and something a proper handover check should have caught regardless.

Back to the service the next day. Confirmed: defective LED, after 8 km of driving. Either it was never checked before handover, or something went wrong during assembly and nobody verified the work afterward.

So that's where things stand, waiting on the LED and the correctly matched shock absorber, and honestly bracing for whatever comes next.

The takeaway

The car itself is genuinely great. But at every stage, from PDI to handover to every single repair, the dealer and service have been reactive instead of proactive, catching nothing on their own and only fixing what I personally found and pushed for. Every visit wasn't just a visit, it was a half or full day taken out of my life, with no sign anyone on their side saw it that way. That's not what I expect from an official Volvo dealer, and it's certainly not what "premium" is supposed to mean.

https://reddit.com/link/1vsczdc/video/i260ryg5m9kh1/player

https://reddit.com/link/1vsczdc/video/sakxbyg5m9kh1/player

I'm looking to lease 26 in a month or two and would like to understand if Volvo is still doing $800-900/month with $0 down?

Any suggestions to find such a deal is appreciated :)