Don’t buy a XC40 P8

[Stewart1359]

A year ago I purchased my XC40 P8 first edition full electric twin motor AWD car. It has been a year of problems. I really like the car and it is great to drive. My problem is with the infotainment system and various other sound problems. I have an Apple IPhone 13 pro max which I use for phone calls and playing my music. I never know what is going to happen when using the car. Sometimes I have to reconnect my phone for either calls or Bluetooth, sometimes the music starts plying when I open the door, sometimes when I sit in the seat, sometimes I have to press play in the centre screen, sometimes it will not play any music by Bluetooth, Apple CarPlay or the radio. When the car does this it will not start playing music until the next time I drive the car. It has played music for some of my journey then just stopped and won’t start again until the next time I drive the car. When this happens the music is playing but no sound comes out.When making phone calls it sometimes cuts out the sound. The person I am talking to can hear me but I cannot hear them and it will not clear until the next time I drive the car. There have been times that my indicator is flashing but there is no sound in the car from the indicator. While using the satnav the sound sometimes comes out of the front right speaker then maybe the rear speaker.
This problem has been reported to Volvo, the dealer that I purchased the car from and my local dealer. The car has been in my local dealer six or seven times for they to try and solve the problem but it always returns.
During the time I was getting told by Volvo customer services that it a minor problem and only in my car, the dealer I purchased the car from were saying the same. I have contacted Volvo financial services as I am not happy. They have looked it and they are now saying that this problem is the same in every XC40 P8 and some other models of the Volvo range.
The dealer and Volvo now just think that I should just accept this as they are trying to solve the problem.
The moral of this story is do not pay £60,000 for a Volvo XC40 P8 from Paul Rigby Volvo Stourbridge or from Volvo because they all have this problem

[Haldex]

As you didn’t specify th MY of the car - is this a Sensus or Android Automotive system?

[Stewart1359]

Originally Posted by Haldex

As you didn’t specify th MY of the car - is this a Sensus or Android Automotive system?

It is the android. The car is a first edition 20 plate

[SuffolkBoy]

Originally Posted by Stewart1359

It is the android. The car is a first edition 20 plate

If it’s a 20 plate, isn’t it a Sensus based system?

[giftgrub100]

XC40 BEV is Android.

Most of the issues described above, in relation to the sound are solved with a center screen reset, press and hold the button under the center screen for about 30 seconds (Has the same effect as turning on and off phone), will fix the issue and happy days all will be back to the way it should be.

https://www.volvocars.com/ie/support...isplay-restart

Most of the above is common to the Android cars covered on here in great detail.

[Ilovelifts]

Originally Posted by giftgrub100

XC40 BEV is Android.

Most of the issues described above, in relation to the sound are solved with a center screen reset, press and hold the button under the center screen for about 30 seconds (Has the same effect as turning on and off phone), will fix the issue and happy days all will be back to the way it should be.

https://www.volvocars.com/ie/support...isplay-restart

Most of the above is common to the Android cars covered on here in great detail.

It’s been in the garage 4 or 5 times according to the OP. I think the garage would of thought of a centre screen reset…..