1. CAN BARELY SEE OUT OF INSIDE REARVIEW MIRROR IN THE DAYTIME. PARTICULARLY HAZARDOUS IF CARS FOLLOWING DO NOT HAVE THEIR HEADLIGHTS ON. VOLVO SAYS THEY CANNOT LIGHTEN/CORRECT THE AUTO DIMMING MIRROR. 2. BLIS SYSTEM IS NOT RELIABLE FOR CARS IN BLIND SPOT AND SHOULD BE IGNORED. HOWEVER, IT CANNOT BE TURNED OFF. RESPONSE FROM VOLVO: HI , THANK YOU FOR CONTACTING VOLVO CARS OF NORTH AMERICA. THE AUTO-DIM REARVIEW MIRROR IS UNABLE TO BE LIGHTENED FOR DAYTIME USE. THERE IS NO PERMANENT SHUT-OFF FOR THE BLIS FUNCTION IN YOUR VEHICLE. OF COURSE, IT CAN BE SHUT OFF DURING USE, BUT MUST BE DONE MANUALLY EACH TIME THE VEHICLE IS STARTED. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND. DRIVE SAFELY, VOLVO CARS OF NORTH AMERICA*TR
2011
SERVICE BRAKES
WHILE DRIVING ON A LOCAL STREET THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN, BRAKING THE VEHICLE TO A SUDDEN STOP AND LOCKING THE STEERING WHEEL IN THE MIDDLE OF MOVING TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A SUDDEN COMPLETE STOP WITHOUT DRIVER INPUT NARROWLY AVOIDING A COLLISION. VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO START OR BE MOVED AND HAD TO BE PLACED ON A FLATBED BY THE USE OF A DOLLY SYSTEM. IF THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY CONTROL WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST CAUSING A VERY SERIOUS AND MOST LIKELY FATAL ACCIDENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE NEXT STEP IN THIS PROCEDURE AS I FEEL THIS CAR IS UNSAFE, IN THAT NO WARNING WAS PROVIDED IF A MALFUNCTION WERE TO AND DID OCCUR, WHY DID THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN, STOPPING THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY AND LOCKING THE STEERING WHEEL. NO CONTROL WAS POSSIBLE DUE TO THIS SITUATION. AS STATED PREVIOUSLY IF THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AT THE TIME THIS WOULD SURELY HAVE BEEN FATAL. *TR