This car was an upgrade from a Mazda CX-5. The woefully underpowered engine made me look forward to the end of the three year lease, and of course double the HP coming from this Volvo still feels great to this very day.

That being said, there's some concerns I've had with various aspects of the interactive systems.

• WiFi, when at home, doesn't detect a single WiFi network. It only works when I'm not sat on my driveway.
• Google Maps is stuck in an almost perpetual state of telling me the speed limit is 10mph below the actual speed limit. The Mazda had a camera to pick up the signs, apparently the Volvo does not - AND we're talking most motorways are being displayed as 60mph when they should be 70mph. Annoyingly, this results in a flashing warning on the dash infotainment panel that I am speeding. It's also dangerous for roads I'm not used to where it's telling me I'm in a 20 zone when it's a 30, and vice-versa.
• "OK Google" stopped working recently. A thread on the forum suggests I just need to reset the centre console info screen and this should come back. I also know I can use the button on the steering wheel.
• Remote climate when I first got the car in December worked almost flawlessly. Recently some sort of update occurred and I now get a choice of just powering the climate, or starting the car. Literally every single time I use the 'start the car' choice, I am told it's failed as "the car is in use". It's not. It's sat on my driveway charging. Is that the error - because it's charging and thus I do not need to use the 'start the car' option as it'll draw power from the cable?

Does anyone have similar issues or know of a resolution to the first two?

 

Thanks for the information. I really like your post.

 

regarding the wifi - Check the owners manual and your phone. Does the Volvo have its own mobile service modem or is it relying on your phone to provide the Internet service? Reason I ask is most phone that provide a mobile hot spot use the 4G network for the internet and then broadcast that via WIFI similar to your home's router but it disables the wifi receiver when acting has a hot spot (in other words, it takes your mobile data and creates the wifi hot spot but it doesn't relay from a router's wifi to the wifi hot spot. I suspect the car has the same restriction.