I was driving, and just as it started to get dark, I noticed that my lights did not seem to be working. I stopped at a parking lot to check, and the lights were in fact not working. If I had not been close to home, it would have been a perilous drive home; and, if it happened half an hour later, I would have been on a busy highway with no lights.

- Marietta, GA, USA

This has to do with faulty headlight system on this car. I have had repeated failures of the low beam on both sides. The connector that the headlight plugs into overheats to the point where the plastic connector melts and no longer works. To fix it requires that a new connector be purchased and spliced in to replace defective part. It appears that the wire gauge is too low thus creating both a fire hazard as well as a safety hazard from having head lamps fail. I have spoken to both my local dealership and Volvo corporate about this problem and they both say that there is no recall thus there is nothing they can do to help fix it at their cost. Of course, they are more than happy to have me pay them a ridiculous price to repair it for me. They seems to care not that this is a safety issue. From research I have done, it appears that this is and has been a known issue for Volvo and yet they do nothing about it. The service person I spoke to today at the nally Volvo dealership in atlanta, ga admitted to me that they have all sorts of issues with headlights so this was not a surprise to him at all...but said they would not be able to do anything to help fix it. I would like to see NHTSA place serious pressure on Volvo to issue a recall to fix this serious safety hazard.

- Atlanta, GA, USA

There is a low beam failure intermittently on the driver's side regardless of whether I'm using the daytime running lights or the bi-xenon headlights. The bulb has been replaced, fuses checked, wiring connections checked and the failure continues. The only incident this has caused has been a warning from a police officer about getting it repaired. I have taken it back to the dealership twice and they indicate that everything is running fine, however the bulb failure typically happens after the car has warmed up and has been driven for a while.

- Westminster, CO, USA

My headlights, driving lights, park lights, and turn signals are not working. This began when I started to go somewhere last night. All of these things were working the day before. The tail lights, turn signals, and brake lights are working in the rear. My vehicle is garaged when it is not in use. My radio, cd player, or satellite radio would not operate 2 days ago and started working the next time I started my car. About 2 weeks ago the car wouldn't start. It acted like the security system had been activated as it would crank, but not start. I waited for about an hour and tried it again and it started the first time. I have checked all fuses. I am taking it to the repair shop today to see if they can figure out what is happening. These problems are intermittent and do not repeat often enough to diagnose properly. I can see this being very dangerous if I were driving at night and the headlights went out. I live in a rural area with a large deer population and it is hard enough to avoid them with the headlights working.

- Rogers, AR, USA

Main headlight system failure due to electrical system defect. In 2006 both vehicle head lights stopped working. On 07/03/06 main beam fuse replaced by dealer to correct problem. In 2010 right-side headlight stopped working. Customer replaced bulb per dash warning light but did not correct problem. Customer inspection of bulb contacts and bulb holder showed evidence of high heat due to melting of metal and plastic. On 07/16/10 Volvo dealer replaced headlight ballast, control module, contact unit and bulb. Right headlight problem corrected at cost of $435.09 - ballast & control module; $108.90 - contact unit; and $162 - bulb, plus labor. Current problem is left-side headlight not working and appears to be a repeat of previous right-side problem.

- Alpharetta, GA, USA

2004 Volvo XC90 headlight failure. Headlights failed Monday, August 30th in the evening. I have yet to take it to the Volvo dealership, but searched online and noticed that this is a concern for other owners and the NHTSA.

- Highland, MI, USA

Passenger side headlight bulb (philips D2R 85126 xenon hid) on my 2004 Volvo XC90 had to be replaced. After inserting a new replacement bulb identical to the original bulb, I am paying more attention to that headlight. It shines brighter than the driver's side headlight, and it blinks once for about a second after turning the car on. After reading on autoblog.com that Volvo are under investigation for faulty headlight circuitry, I suspect this is the case with my car, and that this replacement bulb will fail soon.

- Durham, NC, USA

On our 2004 Volvo XC90 the headlights suddenly went dark, no low or high beams at all. I am now being told it is a module and the repair cost is in excess of $1200. The car has hid headlights. This outage created a very serious safety issue in that we were driving up highway 395 at night when the complete failure of the headlights occurred. In researching the issue on the internet it appears it is a relatively common failure.

- Upland, CA, USA

While driving my 2004 Volvo xc-90 at night I experienced a momentary loss of control, followed by the headlights pausing and then going from high beams to low. The instrument cluster lost some of it's displays and the door locks became inoperative. The data display warned me of an "urgent SRS failure". I was at low speed a block from home so I crept home and the next day sent the car to triad Volvo by roll-back wrecker. Problem was failure of central electronic module. I called Volvo corporate and they seemed disinterested.

- Statesville, NC, USA

Unsafe front suspension repaired 4 times by Volvo involving district factory technical supervisor and technicians on 3 of four occasions and the vehicle still has serious safety and handling concerns - no one in the family will drive the car. It has also had serious performance related safety issues regarding vehicle electronics virtually shutting the vehicle down in the middle of an interstate. Anti skid problems on multiple occasions. Drivers seat belt anchor was improperly attached and would not have held in an accident. The steering wheel came dangerously loose while driving and the dealership stated that it had never been properly affixed. (I have owned 300 cars in my life and never has a steering wheel come loose)! tires were abnormally badly and quickly due to significant suspension problems and were not warranty by the manufacture.. electrical problems caused several fuses to blow in the dark effectively turning all rear marker and tail lights off. It was necessary to drive with the hazard lights on to avoid being hit by another driver.

- Sarasota, FL, USA