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On Friday morning, on my trip to Vermont, Google Maps on this BLOODY, ACCURSED 2022 Volvo XC60 stopped working AGAIN. This was a common problem during the first 6 months. But, then, with various software updates it got better.
This XC60 has been fairly decent for the last 6 to 7 months. Everything worked.
Then this.
I HATE THIS BLOODY VOLVO.
I can’t wait to get rid of it — albeit ON MY TERMS. I am not giving Volvo another bloody cent. They are crooks.
After 2 hours, after I had made a stop, it magically started working AGAIN!
I checked the software.
Claims I have a July 2024 Map update. The issue was on August 2.
Was it possible that it was updating the software, OTA — which is why maps wasn’t working? I don’t know.
It has been a long time since I was able to get an ‘OTA’ (Over the Air) update for my Volvo XC60 because it was B5. I have been taking it, regularly, to a dealer to have the updates installed. This, alas, has also not always been successful. Last year, when they were trying to install v. 2.7 they totally KILLED my car (i.e., it was not operational, & they had to give me a brand new LOANER for a week!)
So, I had some trepidation about installing this — OTA. But, I took a chance. I have yet to drive it, BUT it started. So, that is a start — & I got no error messages.
Since I have not driven it, yet, I can’t tell you what the improvements to the infotainment system might be. I am curious. I know it is not even worth hoping that we might get a compass.
Click to ENLARGE. E-mail I got from Volvo March 6, 2023.Click to ENLARGE & read here. Link to ‘Volvo Support’.
So, so, so frigging GLAD that this was NOT ‘OTA’ (Over the Air). I would have been totally dead in the frigging water.
This was a DEALER — a very big & super-good DEALER at that — doing it.
Totally KILLED the car. Couldn’t even open the tailgate! I had my hiking gear bag in the back (as always, packed & ready for action). LUCKILY we were able to pull it out by folding the backseat.
This is BEYOND STUPID. Car totally dead. They don’t know what is wrong with it!
They, at the dealership, can do OTA. Appears they tried doing it OTA 3 times. Failed each time. So, they plugged the car into the computer. That is when they FRIED the car!
I took the car (i.e., XC60) in at 12:30 (as agreed). They said about two hours. That is fair enough. It was 80F. I went ambling. {See the pictures}
At 3:30pm they sheepishly broke the news. WE HAD A PROBLEM. I am going ambling in upstate New York on Monday. I told them, forget the update, just get the car to the state it was when I brought it in. They admitted they couldn’t. Told me that they can’t even open the tailgate. I was NOT amused.
They, of course, immediately offered me a loaner. They had to.
My XC60 is my HIKING car. The Mazda CX-30 is my local car. The XC60 is PRECISELY packed with all my hiking gear. Spare boots, sticks, clothing, straps, picnic stuff, hotel/motel stuff (e.g., extension cords, nighlights {SMILE}), maps.
I had to transfer 90% of the stuff from my DEAD car to the loaner — which was a XC60. I was nearly done when I remembered SIRIUS XM. I can’t drive without Sirius {& I am NOT kidding} & there was no way I was going on a hiking trip WITHOUT Sirius. I need to listen to CNBC. SMILE. That loaner didn’t have Sirius. I am so RELIEVED that I had asked.
They scrambled around & got me another loaner that had Sirius. This was FANCY. Fancier than mine! It was a 2023 whereas mine is a 2022. It also has Premium Sound & is a B6 (whereas mine is a B5 with POLESTAR). So, at least, I don’t have to slum it. It is pretty nice car — with only 3,000 on the clock (whereas mine (after 16 months) has 12,900 miles). Plus, I will save myself around 800 miles on the lease. SMILE. They still owe me.
Got an e-mail from ‘Volvo‘ saying that these updates are now available. Since I (alas) have a ‘B5’ I will NOT get it ‘OTA’ (Over the Air).
As luck would have it I have an upcoming service appointment, for my 1-year service, this coming Monday. I called them today & asked them to kindly add this update. While none of the listed fixes seem applicable, I have learnt from the past updates that each version is more STABLE. That is what I am looking for. Some stable software.
I have been on Version 2.2 since August 2022. Suffice to say that is the best software I have had on this accursed car since I leased it 13-months ago.
I will let you know, of course, what I discover when they install Version 2.5.
Notice COMPASS on right (2nd circle) with the RED arrow pointing North (correctly).
Yes, yes, I know. 2.2 has been available for over a month now, but yesterday was the first day that I had the time to take it to a dealership to have it downloaded. You cannot get it ‘Over the Air’ (OTA) for XC60 B5 models! {Yes, so much for Volvo’s prior promises about OTA updates.} Please also note that 2.2 has a LONG & disturbing list of KNOWN (possible) PROBLEMS — including this gem: ‘System performance might be slow‘! Today’s Volvo is but a sad joke — but the joke is on us the stupid suckers that bought 2022 Volvos.
I did NOT know that satellite view was finally there. Happen to see it, under settings, when I invoked maps. It looked updated, so I hit settings & BINGO, a on/off slider for satellite view. That is cool.
You also get this TEMPORARY display (mode) with the compass IF you tap on the screen. I have NOT worked out how to keep that mode on permanently. It reverts back to the non-compass mode after a ‘few seconds’. DAMN. The compass works.
I haven’t had time time to discover what else has changed. I did notice the “a stored pressure-message after the update” per the notes for software version 2.1 (which was also installed).
6 hours AFTER the update I was driving back home on I-95. It was 6:30. I-95 was busy. I was in the middle lane. I had traffic on both lanes on either side. That is when I noticed that my passenger side Blind Spot Detection WAS NOT WORKING. Driver side working like a champ. Could be just a coincidence.
I thought you were supposed to get a WARNING message if the sensors died. No warning message. I spoke with the dealership today. They are going to look into it. I will take it in — a FEW WEEKS from now! I don’t have time to take this car back & forth to the dealership which is 90-minutes away.
OK. More later if I see additional stuff. Hope this helps.
Click to ENLARGE. Annotated from an e-mail I received.
Click to ENLARGE. This was what I am at, as of Feb. 26, 2022, after having the update installed by a dealer.
WOW. WOW. WOW. It just looks too good to be true. Can it really be so?
Volvo actually going to release a MUCH-NEEDED Android update to fix all the myriad of bugs. Nah. Can’t be true. Volvo has lied, cheated & deceived us for too long — like 9-months, when it comes to the XC60, Google & Android.
With the last OTA update, i.e., 1.8, I had to wait 18 days between the e-mail & the update. I expect that it will take as long as that, if not longer, for this update to come OTA.
I am going to call a dealer later this week to see if I can take the car in next week to get the update installed by them rather than wait, forever, for the OTA.
I will, of course, keep you updated of my progress & woes. Please keep your fingers crossed for me. I need it. This bloody Volvo XC60 is the BANE of my life.
Click to ENLARGE. Got this on Christmas Day when going out at 7pm to get Chinese takeout.
Click to ENLARGE. To be honest, this doesn’t seem to ADD much of importance.
But, the ALL IMPORTANT Android software has also been updated — without mention. That might help.
Click to ENLARGE. Got this, WITHOUT the arrows, in my e-mail on December 7, 2012
I got the above shown e-mail, notifying me that an OTA (i.e., Over The Air) update was available, on December 7, 2012. I tried a number of times over the next few days to get the update but was singularly unsuccessful. I was going to take it to a Dealership and get them to download it, BUT I could not get an appointment till after Christmas.
Then, on Christmas day, yesterday. Around 7pm. I am driving to get Chinese takeout. I get a notification message on my watch. I have an OTA update. Well, you can see from the images above as to what happened.
It did not start the download until the car was parked & locked — & I had authorized the download. It said 90 minutes, but I think it was done in about 40.
I have not driven it since the update so I can’t tell you if I can see any improvements. But, I will. I will. So, we still have some hope — I hope.
Click to ENLARGE. Got this, WITHOUT the arrows, in my e-mail today.
Click to ENLARGE. (From Wikipedia). Yep, ‘Pigs will fly’ (before Volvo gets this right).
NO. NO. I haven’t tried it yet. I haven’t driven this accursed car in over a week. I will admit it. I am SCARED to drive it. No, I am not scared of dying, BUT I do NOT want to be maimed or to be a cripple. So, I opt not to drive this piece of $57K junk. It sits in the garage. It has 670 miles on it.
[OTA = Over The Air.]
Today, we had to go to an doctor’s appointment (not for I) 90-minutes away. I took my 19-year old Jaguar XJ8 rather than the damned, accursed XC60! That alone must say something. It was nice to drive the Jag. It is a much nicer car than the garbage Volvo. SMILE. Yes, I made a HUGE mistake. I will rectify it. SMILE.
Well, I will try over the next few days to see if this download.
Click to ENLARGE. Photo on my 2022 Volvo XC60 B5 AWD (Polestar).
Sirius XM is there for sure. I have it. I used it. It works well. I listened to it, non stop, for just over an hour yesterday — driving home in my new 2022 Volvo XC60 B5 AWD (Polestar).
The Over-the-Air (OTA) update to include it might not work. You might have to take your 2022 Volvo to a dealership & ask them to update the software.
As I had pointed out in this post, on October 29, 2021, Volvo had said it was sending out an OTA update to include support for Sirius XM. Appears the OTA might not have worked or it has rolled across that many customers as yet.
But, it appears that Volvo dealers got a new update around October 28, 2021. That had Sirius XM.
So, any dealer installed updates as of around October 28, 2021 will have Sirius XM.
