by Anura Guruge
on November 17, 2021
I think (I could (as ever) be wrong) that most mature drivers like to see the odometer, every once in awhile, to see where they are in terms of the age of their car.
So, yesterday, during which I spent about 7 hours in the car, I kept on trying to get it to display the odometer alongside the trip meter. I had no luck. As ALWAYS, I thought it was just I being my usual inept self. Never occured to me that the folks at Volvo could be even more inept than I. In the 1970s, at IBM, we were taught: “You can’t make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenuous“. Well, all I can think is that Volvo must have turned that adage on its head & hired a motherlode of …
Appears that (for a pleasant change) it is not my ineptness.
Volvo really does NOT have an option for displaying the odometer — outside of the trip computer.
Smile.
No compass. Sirius XM display freezes. Does this remind you of ‘Windows XP’?
You can just see the Volvo folks telling you: “OK, power off, roll down all the Windows, now wait 3 minutes, roll up all the Windows, sit sideways, stick your finger in the cigarette holder … now recycle power, keeping your finger in the lighter …” Caveat emptor.
I was wondering about this issue myself. There are so many half-baked items with the technology that it’s not funny. I am truly baffled that this software system was approved. Google overselling their product? Volvo inept at coding? What is going on?
Frank, your misery & frustration has ONLY started. Take it to the dealership & make them install software version 1.10 & IF NECESSARY, fix the RECALL to do with the antena. That might help. Keep me posted. I am trying to see if we can get a Class Action Suit against them. I am SORRY. We are in the same sinking boat. ALL the BEST. Anura