Looking at a CPO Volvo XC90 T8 Recharge good price but don’t know a lot about Volvos. Looks for people’s info

Reliable?

Oil change prices at dealers

Anyone have repair issues?

According to Volvo T6 and above engines “require 91 octane”. Anyone use 87 or 88 in these engines regularly

Anything else to chime in.

Your questions are a bit too detailed for me. Our daughter drives a 2022 XC 90. It’s a great looking car, very roomy interior. Fit, finish, and quality of materials all top notch.

Oil change price? See below
Repair issues? None. She’s had no problems with it.
Octane? I think it does require 91. Maybe I’ll send her a text.

Alright, dealership oil service runs $250. Her first 3 were covered. Next month is 40K service and a lot of other things require attention. That will be $625, but she was told that one is the most expensive until 100K

Confirm 91 octane

My only experience with Volvo was when I got my wife’s last car. The Volvo was my first choice going in. Beautiful car, well made. Absolutely perhaps the most over priced car for what you are getting that it isn’t even funny. It actually had less features than the high end jap cars. I don’t mind paying for quality. This was paying for style points. $250 for an oil change? That’s the tip of the iceberg. It gets worse from there. I ended up getting the wife what she preferred which turned out to be a loaded Highlander.

I have owned several XC90s since they first came out in the early 2000s. My current vehicle is a 2021 XC90 T8 Recharge (FYI, a "hybrid"), which I purchased through COSTCO during a February 2021 President's Day sale during COVID at a very good price at the time. The three XC90s I have owned have been reliable vehicles with a good resale/trade-in value, if done through a Volvo dealer. Volvo and its dealers stand behind their product. When a front axle went out in a prior XC90, the dealer replaced the axle at no cost. As others have noted, it runs on high octane gas (not surprising given the relatively small size of the engine and the HP output). My current car is still under warranty, so I do not have a good feel for the vehicle service costs once outside warranty. Since I have gotten older, I do not do much highway driving; in town, I can run my errands on one hybrid charge, circa 20 miles. If you are a senior, the T8 has adaptive LED headlights which make night driving doable. You are quite fortunate to have the opportunity to buy a T8 which comes fully loaded (including a great B&W audio system) and is in very limited supply. My local dealer has had only about 3 new T8s over a period of 2-3 years (as of probably 2022, including vehicles purchased from other dealers).

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Originally posted by uvahawk:
I have owned several XC90s since they first came out in the early 2000s. My current vehicle is a 2021 XC90 T8 Recharge (FYI, a "hybrid"), which I purchased through COSTCO during a February 2021 President's Day sale during COVID at a very good price at the time. The three XC90s I have owned have been reliable vehicles with a good resale/trade-in value, if done through a Volvo dealer. Volvo and its dealers stand behind their product. When a front axle went out in a prior XC90, the dealer replaced the axle at no cost. As others have noted, it runs on high octane gas (not surprising given the relatively small size of the engine and the HP output). My current car is still under warranty, so I do not have a good feel for the vehicle service costs once outside warranty. Since I have gotten older, I do not do much highway driving; in town, I can run my errands on one hybrid charge, circa 20 miles. If you are a senior, the T8 has adaptive LED headlights which make night driving doable. You are quite fortunate to have the opportunity to buy a T8 which comes fully loaded (including a great B&W audio system) and is in very limited supply. My local dealer has had only about 3 new T8s over a period of 2-3 years (as of probably 2022, including vehicles purchased from other dealers).

Huge thanks. The recharge is exactly what I’m looking at

I wish I could afford these modern Volvos. My Volvo experience was (1) 1972 145S (2)1970 164E (3)1983 240 DL (4)1985 245 DL (5)1975 164E (6)1974 164E and (7)1998 XC. I always loved the safety and the quality of the Volvo. Once the marque was sold to the Chinese I worried that the Swedish culture so vital to the brand was lost forever.

We've had have the XC90's little brother, the XC60 in the recharge, for just under 2 years.

Maintenance is every 10,000 miles or every 12 months. We had it serviced once, in March of last year. I'm not sure of the cost, because we pre-paid maintenance for 6 years. Other than the 1 year service we've only had it in for service twice. Once was for a nail in the tire (covered under the tire/wheel hazard plan) and once when it was not downloading the over the air software updates. We're coming up on 2 years of ownership and only have ~14,500 miles on it.

We regularly run 87 octane with no issues. Our biggest issue is that since my wife doesn't drive much, and most of the trips are accomplished in Pure mode, we have to specifically run it in Power mode to keep the gas from getting too old.

We have a preowned 2017 XC90 T6 that we’ve put just over 60K miles since purchasing it in June 2020. It’s a great driving vehicle and the safety features have proven useful. I like it and my wife loves it.

However, due to stories of problems with Volvo’s reliability issues, particularly with respect to electronics issues, in Consumer Reports and elsewhere, we chose to get the extended warranty. That decision has paid for itself over two times over. Electronics issues have been frequent as we feared and would have been very expensive for us without the extended warranty. The most recent issue was broken engine mounts in a vehicle that has never been used off-road.

last I knew the chinese owned them.

I have always been a Volvo guy. I currently own an older 2006 Volvo V70R AWD 6-Speed. Here are some crash videos. I recommend if you can find a good Volvo shop or mechanic to service it after the warranty goes if you want to keep it. I hope they help. God Bless

I’ve owned three, with the last one being a xc90. As previously mentioned, safety is a plus. Comfort is stellar! The included bells and whistles, wow! Living in Vermont, I really liked the fact they were more rust resistant and, I understand the fuel and brake lines run in the frame under cover. Smart!
Unfortunately, after 8-10 years, all the electrical issues pop up. One or two I would expect, but it was so aggravating we gave up.
If you upgrade every 4-6 years, I think you would be very happy.

Octane requirements are much more important today than they were back last century. The combustion chamber geometries and fuel injection are just completely different than the old days of carburetors and 2 valves per cylinder.

Not to mention turbocharging, which greatly increases the opportunity for detonation.

The electronics may detect knock and make adjustments, but that is just a band-aid which may not prevent damage.

Isn't Volvo owned by the Chinese government now?

I have a 2020 XC90 and it replaced a 2017 XC90. They're nice cars. Well made, comfortable, nice equipment, etc. Both of mine were/are T6 Momentum (low-mid trim) and not the T8 or recharge drivetrain. I really enjoy Pilot Assist and use it daily.

Oil Changes - My closest Volvo dealer is an hour away. I believe it's a 6 quart oil change. I generally suggest finding an independent that specializes in luxury imports (Audi, BMW, MB, Volvo, etc.) as they will be cheaper than the dealer and often easier to work with.

I had three issues with my 2017 that were covered under warranty: a fuel sender failure, auto-bending headlight motor failure, and leaky sunroof. I was not aware of the sunroof issue and the dealer found it while addressing the other two things. The 2017's turbo took a shit out of warranty, which was disappointing. I am not aware of it as a known issue or common. Because of where it died (on my way to a class out of state), I had it towed to a dealer. The dealer claimed that the engine needed to be rebuilt. I had it towed to a local independent who diagnosed it as just the turbo. I had no issues with it for another year of ownership before trading it off.

Volvo has a 4 year/50,000 factory warranty that can be extended on a CPO car (I believe just buying CPO gets you another year but I might be out of date). It is probably worth doing a cost/benefit analysis on it because, as I recall, it was pretty expensive to extend.

I have always used 91 octane in mine (93 is not available here except in ethanol blend). My experience with other cars rated for premium is that they need premium to run correctly.

The biggest downside to the cars in my opinion is that they have been the same body style since 2016. They are a good looking car with a mature, enduring design, though. Even the first gen XC90s still look pretty good.

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Originally posted by VBVAGUY:
I have always been a Volvo guy. I currently own an older 2006 Volvo V70R AWD 6-Speed.

Winner!
Bonus if it's the light blue color.

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Originally posted by DaBigBR:
My experience with other cars rated for premium is that they need premium to run correctly.

Yeah, it's not a suggestion. The lower octane rated gas explodes too early in the cycle - timing, valves, etc. When the engineers set the engine up for higher compression they need to get the explosion not to happen before the valves are in the right position.

Save a few pennies on the gas, pay big bucks for engine repairs. I think the mechanics may be able to look at the damage and tell it's been eating the wrong gas regularly too - may affect warranty coverage.

The Volvo I owned was a sedan and had a turbo charged engine that required premium fuel. It had seats that were as comfortable as those in my Cadillac STS which says a lot. Very well made and solid but parts when needed were quite expensive. Dealer network is somewhat sparse. Overall good cars other than the parts prices.

Yes sir. Volvo's Sonic Blue. Not a great picture but here she is. God Bless !!!

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Originally posted by P250UA5:

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Originally posted by VBVAGUY:
I have always been a Volvo guy. I currently own an older 2006 Volvo V70R AWD 6-Speed.

Winner!
Bonus if it's the light blue color.

I owned seven Volvos over about forty years.
I always liked them - they were built well, were safe and dependable.
But they were always expensive.

My last one was a 2010 C30.
Great little car, but when It came time to buy a new car in 2014 I decided they had gotten too expensive for me and moved on.

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Originally posted by VBVAGUY:
Yes sir. Volvo's Sonic Blue. Not a great picture but here she is. God Bless !!!

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Originally posted by P250UA5:

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Originally posted by VBVAGUY:
I have always been a Volvo guy. I currently own an older 2006 Volvo V70R AWD 6-Speed.

Winner!
Bonus if it's the light blue color.

Never driver one, but have always liked these & a bit less, it's sedan counterpart.
AWD, 6MT, Wagon. Win win win