What 36 owners told NHTSA about the 2018 Volvo XC60 T8 Polestar Engineered Plug-in Hybrid

THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE DECEMBER 21,2019 AND IT WAS TOTALED DECEMBER 22,2019. THE CONSUMER HAD THE FEATURE ON THEIR E ON MY VEHICLE THAT CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SHUT OFF WHILE STOPPED AND START UP AGAIN AS THEY PUT THEIR FOOT ON THE GAS. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART WHEN THEY HIT THE GAS WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT ON 27 SOUTH. THE ENDING RESULT WAS AN ACCIDENT FOR WHICH THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY IS BEING PERSONALLY SUED BY THE LIABLE COUPLE THAT HIT THEIR VEHICLE. THEY WERE UNABLE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND THE STEERING COLUMN AND BRAKE PEDAL WERE LOCKED WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED THIS. THE VEHICLE TURNS ON WHEN THE KEY IS IN THE CAR AND THE BRAKE IS PUSHED WHILE THE IGNITIONS BUTTON IS TURNED. THEY ATTEMPTED THIS MOVE BECAUSE IT IS ALSO HOW THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. THIS WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. WHEN THE VEHICLE'S REPAIR RECORD WAS PULLED IT WAS NOTED THAT A SENSOR FOR THAT DEVICE HAD BEEN REPAIRED PREVIOUSLY. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THEIR CONCERN IS THAT THE MILEAGE FOR THIS VEHICLE WAS 26000 MILES AND IT WAS A 2018. IT COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY RESULTED IN MORE SERIOUS INJURIES OR DEATH IF THE SITUATION HAD BEEN DIFFERENT. THANK YOU *LN *AS

NHTSA ODI 11299270

ON THE EVENING OF NOVEMBER 20, 2018 MY FAMILY AND I WERE IN A CAR ACCIDENT. MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY HUSBAND'S NEW XC60 THAT HE HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED. AS THE FIVE OF US SAT STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, 2 CARS COLLIDED AND ONE HIT US HARD ENOUGH FROM THE FRONT CORNER THAT THE IMPACT FORCED MY DAUGHTER BACK INTO THE SEAT AND THEN PROPELLED HER FORWARD SLAMMING HER CHEST INTO THE STEERING WHEEL DESPITE HER WEARING HER SEATBELT. NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DAMAGE TO THE CAR WAS SO EXTENSIVE IT TOOK OVER 2 MONTHS TO REPAIR. YET NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.

NHTSA ODI 11207490