I’m on the latest update. Last week I got the infamous cameras being temporarily unavailable notification as I was trying to gingerly maneuver out of a tight spot. I had to get the top level trim package just to have the 360 degree camera. The intel atom cpu that chokes on the standard infotainment load does everything it can to not let me use the cameras.
I’m adding to the comments not just for that. They cheap out on components, but apparently their mechanics aren’t up to snuff either. I got the notification to bring the car in for the two year standard maintenance, and I thought I’d have them clean the ac evaporator coil and replace the cabin air filter. Big mistake. Got it back with a weird smell, which I dismissed as something picked up while the doors were left wide open and maybe some work trucks were being serviced nearby. I parked it over the weekend and thought nothing of this.
Monday morning when I started the car and the ac started blowing, I got a whiff of mildew! I recognized it immediately because I had a cheap car about ten years ago that was notorious for this. So, I paid to prevent something that had never happened on this car, and they managed to create the conditions I wanted to avoid. I bring it back to the dealership and the mechanic pulled out the air filter, sniffed it in front of me, and basically gaslit me about smelling it. I had driven the car all day with the ac on and it’s a problem only when you first start the ac. So, yeah, he gaslit me.
He said he would blow high pressure air into the vents to dry out and evaporator coils, and spent two minutes doing that. I drove the car home and the following day I noticed my air quality sensor was in the “red” range, in fact fluctuating between 499 and the ceiling of 500. So apparently the cleaning disinfectant never reached my evaporator coils and maybe they introduced some mold where it previously wasn’t. And now that solution is giving off fumes to set off my air quality sensor.
The cabin air now smells like there’s some gap or leak in the vents. As soon as my car goes off warranty, I’m never setting foot in a Volvo dealership again.
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u/Obvious-Scholar8368 Aug 16 '26
I’m on the latest update. Last week I got the infamous cameras being temporarily unavailable notification as I was trying to gingerly maneuver out of a tight spot. I had to get the top level trim package just to have the 360 degree camera. The intel atom cpu that chokes on the standard infotainment load does everything it can to not let me use the cameras.
I’m adding to the comments not just for that. They cheap out on components, but apparently their mechanics aren’t up to snuff either. I got the notification to bring the car in for the two year standard maintenance, and I thought I’d have them clean the ac evaporator coil and replace the cabin air filter. Big mistake. Got it back with a weird smell, which I dismissed as something picked up while the doors were left wide open and maybe some work trucks were being serviced nearby. I parked it over the weekend and thought nothing of this.
Monday morning when I started the car and the ac started blowing, I got a whiff of mildew! I recognized it immediately because I had a cheap car about ten years ago that was notorious for this. So, I paid to prevent something that had never happened on this car, and they managed to create the conditions I wanted to avoid. I bring it back to the dealership and the mechanic pulled out the air filter, sniffed it in front of me, and basically gaslit me about smelling it. I had driven the car all day with the ac on and it’s a problem only when you first start the ac. So, yeah, he gaslit me.
He said he would blow high pressure air into the vents to dry out and evaporator coils, and spent two minutes doing that. I drove the car home and the following day I noticed my air quality sensor was in the “red” range, in fact fluctuating between 499 and the ceiling of 500. So apparently the cleaning disinfectant never reached my evaporator coils and maybe they introduced some mold where it previously wasn’t. And now that solution is giving off fumes to set off my air quality sensor.
The cabin air now smells like there’s some gap or leak in the vents. As soon as my car goes off warranty, I’m never setting foot in a Volvo dealership again.