Um if all your fuses are good you have a defective regulator in your alternator.replace alternator and youll be good to go.
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Complaint Number: 10343465
Incident Date: June 16, 2010
Date Added to File: July 15, 2010
Description of the Complaint:Volvo xc90 2005 v8 - counter balance shaft failure leading to total engine failure and requiring engine replacement
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Complaint Number: 10324165
Incident Date: November 16, 2009
Date Added to File: April 7, 2010
Description of the Complaint:Counter
balance bearing failed at 55,504 miles. Non-greased bearing failure,
caused by rusting, due to moisture build up inside of engine chamber.
Vehicle had all required service done a volvo dealerships. Engine was
repaired not replaced, for a cost of $5000.00. Repair work was done at
volvo dealership. Volvo mechanic drilled weeping hole in chamber where
counter balance shaft sits to allow water caused by moisture build up to
escape. Drilling weeping hole was part of a tech bulletin issued by
volvo. V8 engines for the xc90 produced in 2005 did not initially have
this weeping hole in them. This design change was implemented part way
through the production year (I believe post engine #6833). Letter was
written to the ceo of volvo cars of n.A. Llc and representative from his
office refused to provide any support, stating that the vehicle in
question was out of Warranty
and that there were no recalls with regards to this issue. Info
provided to volvo from swedespeed.Com (see ODI id #10313311), however,
this was rejected by volvo as a non-valid source of information (their
own customers!). The repair job to replace the cb shaft and bearing was
over 30 hours, not to mention the parts cost. What will it take volvo
to admit there is a problem here and issue a recall to replace bearings
and drill weeping holes in their 2005 xc90's with v8 engines?
considering the cost they will incur, I'd suggest they will need to be
pushed. The cost of engine repair is ($5,000) and engine replacement
($15,000+). All bearing failures outside of Warranty
are falling on the shoulders of the consumer. Recalls are about safety
not cost to the manufacture. Just because this problem may only be
linked to the 2005 v8 engines doesn't mean it is not important enough to
be addressed for not only consumer financial protection but also for
safety reasons. Thankfully my engine didn't fail while my family was
driving on a busy interstate!
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Complaint Number: 10313311
Incident Date: February 13, 2010
Date Added to File: February 23, 2010
Description of the Complaint:Ungreased
bearing failing on 2005 v8 volvo xc90 a balance shaft bearing is
failing due to the fact that the bearing is not greased and water can
enter into the bearing cavity and make it rust. Once this happens, it
can produce a total engine failure, and besides the fact the engine is
totally compromised and needs replacement, it would obviously impair the
ability to drive the vehicle, especially at highway speeds. This
particular car has an engine with only 60k miles, serviced regularly and
with the last major service performed at a volvo dealer at about 50k
miles. The car has been driven very lightly and it only has made about
10k miles in about two years. Here is in summary what I found about
this: -the bearing that is failing is not lubricated (so nothing to do
with oil in this case), and it fails due to the fact that water and/or
humidity gets to it, by washing the engine(?) never did that anyway -
or by the car just sitting in a lot.. -there is a volvo bulletin that
details what needs to be done, including drilling a weeping hole into
the engine block to drain water; this shows that the problem is
acknowledged and a fix has been put into place; it also shows that there
is significant number of vehicles out there that have the same issue.
-this seems to be a very common problem with this type of engine and
year (2005 xc90, v8 engine, engine series less than #6800) I have
pointed out a few threads below that mention the same issue. Given all
the reasons enumerated above, I am asking for an evaluation of this
issue and I really feel volvo should recognize this as a design problem,
issue a recall and step up to fix this
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