r/VolvoRecharge

I got tired of waiting for Plex to release an official app for my Polestar 2, so I just went ahead and built one.

A few things about it:

• Plex client built specifically for the car screen
• IPTV player built-in as well (so you can watch live TV)
• Profile sync across your other Android devices (iOS coming later)
• All features are free except for multiple profiles!

Looking for some fellow Polestar drivers to try it out and give feedback. Let me know if you want to test it!

To be clear, you do not need a phone (android or iOS) to install this app. You can download it directly in the car from the Google Play Store by searching for 'Material IPTV & Plex Player'.

u/mods, let me know if the post is okay, I tried to reach out but received no reply

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ahaan.materialiptv

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About to pay off my lease buyout on a 23 xc40 Recharge. 33K miles, purchased May 2023. I'm the first owner, and know how solid these cars are mechanically. I Drive about 11k/yr, and this will become my 2nd car in about 3-4 yrs.

I'm debating a platinum warranty to bring total coverage to 10 yrs / 100K miles. Main concerns are HVAC and infotainment failures out in the yr 8-10 timeframe.

I got quoted $4750 including swedespeed discount from steingold. Haven't cross shopped my local dealer but I'm on the fence with that price point vs. investing that 4750 and paying as I go, especially with the power train warranty lasting through May 2031.

What would you do? If both the HVAC and infotainment systems fail then the warranty will pay for itself. Classic insurance dilemma, I know, but what would you do in my situation?

I’m looking into buying a new car, and I’ve stumbled upon a Volvo v60 t6 TE AWD from 2020 with barely 110000km on it. The car is directly from Volvo and will have full warranty for 2 years and the battery warranty is until 160000km. Fully served at Volvo.

I’m driving around 2100km a year (often trips around 10-30km) but 1-3 longer trips where AWD is needed. I know about the LG recall on the battery but the car does have the latest SW and therefore shouldn’t need an exchange (according to seller).

Is it a good car? Do I have to worry about the AWD or the battery? I’ve tested the care, everything felt alright, nothing stood out at least.

Should I go for another car? Let me know your experiences/knowledge about this specific model or if you recommend something else!

So I get into discussions often with friends on the merits of bev vs phev vs ice and impact on the environment bla bla

One item that has come up often is that most phev owners do NOT plug in daily (making phevs a waste of resources with greater fuel consumption bc of extra weight for example).

Having owned my v60 PE for almost 3 years i find this hard to believe. Its so much easier to plug in than to go the freaking gas station- and of course up to 10x cheaper on time of use electrical utility plans. And while I do enjoy the sprited driving possible on the V60 PE, I am othetlrwise a hypermiler on battery usage - have averaged about 2.3l/100km for the life of the vehicle.

My question- do all of you phev owners, honestly always be chargin? (Yes for me unless i stupidly forget which has happened maybe 4 times/nights).

Edit: perhaps a dumb post. Old(?) 'studies' suggested people for the most part dont plug in daily. This is beyond stupidity to me... that old study(?) Might be garbage. I have to look up where that was quoted.

Hey there, Currently on the way (in France) with a XC40 electric and when we're at a fast charger (Tesla supercharger) the car won't go any faster then 75kw. Is there any way to up the speed? Is it the tesla charger that is cutting us off at that speed?

What would be the recommended interval for changing ERAD fluid in a 2023 XC60 T8?

Mostly driven in pure, no towing or super high speed driving.

Have 60k km service coming up and wondering if it's too early? Transmission fluid is scheduled for 90k km according to Volvo but that feels a bit long to wait for ERAD which is doing a lot of the heavy lifting.

With the design direction new cars are taking it's looking more likely I will keep this one for up to 10 years/300k km. I'm happy to Invest in preventative maintenance but don't want to be excessive if it's not warranted

I don’t think this is available, but I would LOVE the ability to set a cabin threshold when exceeding a certain temperature the A/C will turn on (or heat).

Would also require setting a battery % threshold in the event you didn’t want to go below X% SOC.

Hi everyone. I recently purchased a CPO 23 s60 T8 plus. It’s running Michelin cross climate 2s right now with decent tread left. I’m currently having an issue with handling while driving in hybrid mode (default).

When turning from a stop, accelerating up hill, or on curves, the rear end of the vehicle seems to slip or swing out. It’s kind of scary some times as it feel like I’m going to lose control of the steering.

I bought this as one of the only AWD luxury sedans with a hybrid option. Did I accidentally buy something rear-wheel drive? I am coming from a bmw x3 m40i so I understand the difference in handling but this doesn’t seem safe. Happens on dry and wet roads under normal speeds.

Anyone have any similar experience?

This morning I started the car with my key and took a brief moment for the profile to be switched to mine, long enough for me to see a screen featuring the new gemini and asking to accept it.
Got excited waiting for me profile to load, and after a few seconds everything was loaded, my phone connected and my podcast started to play. No sign of Gemini, the central button displayed “Google Assistant”. I tried to find something in settings, notifications, but nothing.
I changed back to my wife’s profile and there it was, the window again. I hit accept and voa la, the central button changed to Gemini.
At that time I was sure this would’ve enabled in my profile as well, but nope, still silence.
My wife uses only FM radio, I think she’s not even logged into her google account. I’m the one always tweaking, have several apps, google connected, use the dumb assistant to get directions etc…
So the question is, have you guys seem this? Will it be available on my profile soon? Or maybe I changed something someday that opted out of it? I don’t know, I will probably try to log out and in again with my google account.

Hi all. Recent owner of a 2023 s60 t8. I have been hearing a lot of wind noise only coming from my driver side window at speeds above 60 mph when the window is fully closed. The weird thing is on that window whenever I have to close it after having it open it opens itself again briefly and then closing again. Almost like it is readjusting itself. I brought it to the dealer and they recalibrated the window and said if that doesnt work then it is my tints. I bought the car with the tints and only noticed it recently. Additionally it is only on the one side and the the tints are on every window. Anyone have this issue or know what it could be? Thanks!

Assuming you get a completely dead 12V main battery can you "wake" up the inverter if the main 12V battery is flat? My understanding is that even with the EV battery having juice you still need a somehow operational 12V battery for all the car modules to work.

Or you have to dig out the 12V from the trunk and trickle charge it?

Last filled up the tank 6 months ago 😂 and has 1/3 of a tank left. AI says I need to fill up the tank, dilute the old gas, and start using gas to drive. Anyone else has stretched this long to fill up the tank?

Updated to 5.1.17 UK about a week ago. All seemed working well. MY23 FWD. Tusker lease

Three days later- lost all audio. Reading through these subs, did the IHU reset. Did a TCAM front defrost reset. It worked (SOS light blink etc)

Yesterday cleared the Google Maps cache and storage and did a force stop

The network connection (through the car) is now lost! Tried the front defroster reset and it doesn’t respond.

Did the voodoo ritual I read somewhere about unlocking and locking the car three times with remote key, and then going in after 15 minutes! No effect!!

Any tips on how to do the connection reset right (maybe I’m missing some steps) or make it work? ? Please help. Thanks!

Has anyone had luck with “new” Google Gemini? Mine doesn’t work at all,
Any tips to get it to work or totally disable it so I can dictate texts and voice directions like I used to be able to do flawlessly

Hi all. New to volvo but currently have a 2023 s60 t8 recharge. Its coming time for me to replace the tires [technically only 3 need to be replaced but prob just going to do them all]. Currently running the oem pirelli p zeros however they dont seem to have great traction and looking into other options. I have history with continental dws 06 on my audi and those are great. I have heard those and Michelins are what people get but wanted some recommendations and opinions on what people are running. If you kept the pirellis I'm open to keeping them too. Thanks!

Thinking about going from our 2023 XC60 Recharge Ultimate to an XC90 Recharge. Other than the obvious larger vehicle, are there any significant differences between the two? Better ride or performance? Range difference? Loved the XC60 but want something different as the 2026 XC60 is not much different from our 2023. Or, should we just go get the Lexus TX500h??