NHTSA Complaint #10923904 — 2016 VOLVO XC90

ON APPROXIMATELY SIX DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, THE COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM HAS BEEN TRIGGERED ERRONEOUSLY, WHEN NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE NEAR MY CAR, TO THE POINT THAT THE AUDIBLE AND VISUAL ALARMS WERE TRIGGERED, MY DRIVER'S SEATBELT PULLED ME BACK AGAINST THE DRIVER'S SEAT, TWO OF THOSE TIMES THE CAR SWERVED ITSELF AND ANOTHER TWO OF THOSE TIMES THE CAR BRAKED ITSELF, WITHOUT ANY PROMPTING FROM THE DRIVER TO DO SO. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME TODAY THAT BECAUSE THE SYSTEM WORKS ON RADAR THAT SOMETIMES THIS WILL HAPPEN. I BELIEVE THAT THESE SYSTEMS NEED TO BE PRACTICALLY ERROR PROOF BECAUSE IF THE CAR BRAKES ITSELF, OR SWERVES ITSELF, WITHOUT ANY ACTION FROM THE DRIVER IT COULD POTENTIALLY *CAUSE* AN ACCIDENT. NOT TO MENTION THAT IT'S VERY SCARY WHEN IT HAPPENS AND THEN THERE HAS TO BE SOME EMOTIONAL RECOVERY AS A DRIVER TO OVERCOME THESE EPISODES. THE CAR HAS ABOUT 1000 MILES ON IT. ALL OF THESE INCIDENTS HAPPENED ON CITY STREETS, WHILE THE CAR WAS GOING ANYWHERE FROM 25-45 MPH.