It finally happened

[Familyman 90]

Well, after 16 years and nearly 180,000 miles the Daughter's XC90 has suffered a fault. All in all I'm pretty pleased with that record.

It's been intermittently throwing an ABC/stability control warning, and just occasionally firing the ABS when pulling upmto a stop.

The V3.0 shows a mechanical ABS fault at the OSF wheel, ye olde ABS reluctor ring.

It's cold and damp outside and I'm not going to grovel about losing knuckle blood for a job that won't cost very much to get done at a garage. Which brings me to my next point.

The nearest specialist is Hortons, a 40+ mile round trip which I have to do twice to go back and collect it, and someone has to shadow me twice to bring me back. It's not a big job, so will they let me bring it in early and have them do it while I wait? You bet they won't. They quoted £110 all in. Ok, its not Hortons fault that I live where I do but they could have been a little more helpful, and a 1 year warrantly is only mediocre.

Rang Bells Northampton expecting to be bent over and rogered - their services and routine stuff have always been reasonable-ish, but I've never been to them for a repair. £126 and some pence all in, the part has a lifetime warranty, and if I can get it to them for bang on 8am this coming Thursday they'll have me on my way by 9.30am.

Any prizes for guessing where I'll be going?

[S60D5-185]

Originally Posted by Familyman 90

Well, after 16 years and nearly 180,000 miles the Daughter's XC90 has suffered a fault.

Have you thought of contacting the supplying dealer and officially rejecting the vehicle. 😁

[Familyman 90]

Originally Posted by S60D5-185

Have you thought of contacting the supplying dealer and officially rejecting the vehicle. 😁

It's a disgrace, I expected a quality car, will never buy a Volvo again [insert usual teddy throwing tantrum]

I cherished it with love and showered it with care during my ownership, but daughter essentually uses it as a van for her horsie stuff, tows a horsebox, goes mildly off road, never cleans it. It's a big advert for diligent maintenance - serviced without fail, always on time or early, and if the garage said something is on the horizon and will need attention in the foreseeable it simply got done. In the long run it's proven far cheaper than trying to maintain it on the cheap and then paying big dollar to repair it after the event.

Nevertheless, it is knocking on now and I do wonder what we will do when it dies. She can't tow with my R Design due to the exhaust layout precluding the fitment of a towbar. In addition, now I have retired I will probably keep it until it dies itself and then give up driving altogether so I most likely will not be passing it on to her.

[Tannaton]

Oh dear - you've had a fault. But it's still not left you stranded... when I had my 2003 XC90 which I sold at 184k I had two or three faults, but it never once didn't make it home....

:-)