Affected Years: 2020, 2021, 2022 Volvo S90. Our law firm is also investigating 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Volvo S90 for the same issues.
These issues seem to arise from defects in the Door Latch Mechanism.
Luxury cars came with push button door locks beginning in the late 1950s, with the adoption of the evolved electric/electronic door locks in the late 1990s for most vehicles as standard equipment. For years, things like door locks and windows using motors and buttons to work were viewed by many people as just something else that could break on your car. Despite that thought, and the fact that it was an option that cost extra when ordering the vehicle from the manufacturer, they became popular enough that they eventually became standard equipment. The utility and popularity of features like door locks also drove continued development to the point where they rarely failed. Like anything mechanical, though, they still do fail.
This is when you learn that if you own a Volvo S90, you find out that other people are experiencing random failures on the door lock mechanisms that render them inoperable, and sometimes randomly and unexpectedly unlock and open. From a safety perspective, you definitely need to have this issue fixed. After multiple visits to the dealer, this issue still exists, and you begin to wonder if this kind of issue could be a Lemon Law defect. Your next step is to start searching for a Volvo S90 lemon law attorney, and you call Guardian Lemon Law. We are ready to help you when you have an issue with your vehicle that the dealer is unable to repair in a timely fashion or at all. We offer a case review of your details and claim, and if it confirms that your issue does qualify for a lemon law claim, Guardian Lemon Law can file a Volvo S90 defective door latch mechanism lemon lawsuit for you, and get your Volvo replaced or have the price you paid for your S90 refunded to you.
What Qualifies A Vehicle For Lemon Law Claims?
There are two sets of qualifications. One for the vehicle, in which all of them need to be met. These qualifications for the vehicle are standard across all makes and models.
- The vehicle cannot be abused in a way that contributes to or causes the fault.
- The vehicle is under the manufacturer’s warranty at the time of the first failure, and during all repair attempts
The second set of qualifications pertains to the defect and repair efforts, and impact on your use and access to your vehicle, and the impact the issue has on the vehicle itself. Only one of them needs to be met for eligibility, though the repair attempts offer what is referred to as presumption.
- Reasonable repair attempts have been made, meaning at least two attempts for issues that are safety related, and four attempts for non-safety related issues have been completed
- The vehicle is in the shop for repair longer than an aggregate of 30 days
- The issue is impacting either the safety, the actual use, or the value of your vehicle
Guardian Lemon Law will perform a case review for you to determine the vehicle status for a lemon law claim. We will also be ready to give you a lawyer experienced in Volvo for door lock actuator failure lemon law cases if you decide to file legal action. The final step before a Lemon Law claim or lawsuit is evaluating the time limits set by the California Statute of Limitations.
What Are The Time Limits To File A Lawsuit Or Claim Under California Lemon Law?
The time limit has two time limits, and the one that applies will be the earlier of the two. The time limit restriction states that your claim or lawsuit must be filed within one year of the expiration of your factory warranty, or filed no later than 6 years after you take delivery of your vehicle. Guardian Lemon Law will verify which time limit applies as part of your case evaluation so that your claim or lawsuit is filed before the Statute of Limitations expires.
Do I Have To File A Lawsuit When Making A Lemon Law Claim?
If your vehicle and the issues you have with it qualify it for a Lemon Law claim, you do not have to file a lawsuit as part of the process. Sometimes the manufacturers will work to offer solutions, including the remedies detailed under the law. Lemon Law always advises you to have the documents you will be signing as part of the resolution made available by Volvo reviewed by a lawyer.
What Is Lemon Law, And What Remedies Will It Offer Me?
The Lemon Law in California protects consumers from manufacturers that do not or cannot honor their express warranty for items like homes, vehicles, appliances, and similar items. In March of 1971, the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act went into effect as a state law. It has remained the foundation for California Lemon Law since then. For it to apply to your problem, the manufacturer or their representatives must be given a chance to repair the issue. If you wonder if your vehicle qualifies as eligible for a lemon law claim, Guardian Lemon Law will provide you with a Volvo S90 defective door latch mechanism lemon lawyer. If Volvo isn’t responding to your claim, the next step is to have Guardian Lemon Law contact them and prepare to file a Volvo S90 door lock actuator failure lemon law lawsuit.
Resolution of this claim can be one of three things. Volvo buys the vehicle back with a full refund of all money paid, less a mileage deduction for the use of the car before the 1st report of your Lemon Law issue. The second option is a cash settlement, the details of which will vary and are negotiable. The final option is to receive a replacement vehicle of the same make and model, if available, or a comparable make and model if not.
The 2020-2022 Volvo S90 Defective Door Latch Mechanism Symptoms And Resolutions
The reported symptoms are a failure to consistently perform. This means that the door lock system will not lock or unlock each time you push the buttons to do so. It will correspondingly allow the door to open unexpectedly at times.
In cases such as this, the symptoms are in fact the issue. The biggest challenge for a repair like this is not that it didn’t get fixed, but that the issue may continue to occur at random and unknown times. This happens more often than not, in part because a defect might be one of design versus product failure. If you realize that software controls the function of many mechanical parts, it introduces another different testing effort.
The causes we see shared by the Volvo S90 customers indicate there are several different reasons this issue happens and often continues to occur.
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- Electrical wiring between the switch and the lock mechanism actuator
- Software glitches are causing erratic function, with the potential for updates required
- Using the remote to perform the functions, the key fob may have a weak battery or signal
- Bad fuses that are in line with the electrical system that provides power to the locking system
- A failing door lock actuator in one or more doors affecting the other doors
Guardian Lemon Law is ready to provide you with a lemon lawyer to sue Volvo for door lock actuator failure when Volvo is unwilling or unable to fix the issue.
Guardian Lemon Law And Our Zero-Fee Guarantee
When you hire us, and you are ready, we can sue Volvo for selling you a defective, lemon Volvo S90. When it comes to fees, this is our promise to every one of our clients. There will never be any upfront costs to hire Guardian Lemon Law, and no obligation to hire the firm after we meet. That initial meeting with us is free of charge, as is any second opinion on an existing case with a different law firm.
Where the guarantee shines the most is that if we do not win your case, the litigation will be free. We are confident in our ability to evaluate your claim and win it in court, so we offer this promise. The best part of this promise is that the Lemon Law assigns the cost of your legal fees to the manufacturer after we win your claim. Please contact with Guardian Lemon Law if you believe you have a Lemon Law issue.
