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A funny thing happened on the way home

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Old Jun 11th, 2020, 22:20   #1
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I have a Volvo XC40 2019 and when I was driving home yesterday suddenly the back of my drivers seat started to tip forward. I hadn't touched anything and just tried to force it with my shoulders to stop it pushing me against the steering wheel until i found a safe place to stop. Has anyone heard of this happening? I phoned the Volvo garage today and they just said if it happens again we will have a look at it. It probably sounds funny now but I was so panicked at the time that I didn't think to press 1 or 2 of the seat settings which are on the door, I think that would have stopped it. Any comments would be much appreciated. I am quite new to this site.
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You would be better posting this in the following sub forum https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=205.
This is just the general section. Hope you find an answer
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I have a Volvo XC40 2019 and when I was driving home yesterday suddenly the back of my drivers seat started to tip forward. I hadn't touched anything and just tried to force it with my shoulders to stop it pushing me against the steering wheel until i found a safe place to stop. Has anyone heard of this happening? I phoned the Volvo garage today and they just said if it happens again we will have a look at it. It probably sounds funny now but I was so panicked at the time that I didn't think to press 1 or 2 of the seat settings which are on the door, I think that would have stopped it. Any comments would be much appreciated. I am quite new to this site.
It’s the Volvo geriatric ejector seat. Similar to the sort used in fighter aircraft but more sedate. In the event of ejection being deployed, an alarm will sound, a flask of tea and a ham sandwich will be delivered to the driver and over the course of the next five minutes the seat will propel him gently through the windscreen. The car will then cruise to a stop outside the nearest National Trust property.
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It’s the Volvo geriatric ejector seat. Similar to the sort used in fighter aircraft but more sedate. In the event of ejection being deployed, an alarm will sound, a flask of tea and a ham sandwich will be delivered to the driver and over the course of the next five minutes the seat will propel him gently through the windscreen. The car will then cruise to a stop outside the nearest National Trust property.
I will now chuckle myself to sleep.......I hope I am replying to Joe........that’s the funniest thing I have read in a while.
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Yep, you got me. I’m live at the Apollo in the autumn. (Selling ice creams in the interval)
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