Klaus,

You are right I am glad I did not buy a 2017 XC90. Recently, I took a friend out for lunch who works for corporate Volvo. He was retiring after 29 years. When he mentioned to a co-worker he was having lunch with a friend who drove a 2016 XC90 T8, the co-worker asked: "And he is still your friend?" I had heard from the service writers at my local Volvo dealer, the 2016XC90 T8 though a great car, was because it was a first year model, was prone to a lot of "teething" problems that were eventually eliminated in later year models.

So far, and I say this "knocking on wood". My wife's T8 has been pretty much problem free. A "Electrical Rear Axle Drive" on the rear passenger wheel failed, but that was covered under warranty. Apparently, on the T8 that is not an unusually failure. Apparently the ERAD is considered part of the emissions system and is covered by a 10 year 150,000 mile warranty.

To be on the "side of the angels" at 50,000 miles I had the coolant in the cooling system for the engine and the separate cooling system for the battery pack changed. I also had the transmission fluid changed. Recently, I noticed the charge range went from 18 miles to 17 miles. I had the charging system checked out and it was "OK. I was told by the service writer at the Volvo dealership, as long as the recharge range is between 16 to 18 miles, it is considered "OK". I know these batteries lose their charging ability over time, and this degree to 17 miles occurred shortly after the T8 hit the 50,000 mile mark. I guess if I lose 1 mile in range every 50,000 miles, I can live with that.

Hugh