[sbixby]

Has anyone experienced this message showing in the consoles? I've seen it twice since I picked it up on Wednesday evening -- that evening and again last night. I think this occurred when I switched the lights on in my semi-dark garage.

I forget the exact text but something like "Detected a headlight malfunction". It shows up in the vehicle status screen on the center console. And then it seems to go away on it's own.

Both times, the headlights seemed fine; the high/low beams work, and the left-right actuation while driving also worked.

Anyone else?

Side note: I was thinking about starting a sticky "Bug List" topic where we can track all these issues in hopes of finding commonalities and being able to get Volvo to look at them. I think I might be moderated on editing posts, I tried to update one for a minor typo and it's showing as "waiting for moderation".

 

[Homer]

I had that warning appear once after going through a car wash.
As you noted, all headlight functions appeared to work.

It self cleared when I turned the car off and restarted the car.

I believe it is a glitch in the active bending headlights.

It has not recurred.

 

[ewbrown]

 

[SeattleCat]

No and I do not want to!!!

Sorry your having that. How they fix it soon.

 

[MissB]

I had that one last week and the service department said that the upcoming software update would fix.

 

[sbixby]

I saw it twice, then no further for 8+ days. <knock on wood>

 

[206KZ]

Another for the “headlight malfunction” tally. They seemed to be fine. Went away on its own.

 

[SeattleCat]

Did you do anything to make them go away or did they just go away? I hate intermittent faults. Is there anyway to feed this back to Volvo in case there is a pattern?

 

[jay_man2]

I saw this a few times on my XC40 R-Design, but haven't seen it yet on the Recharge. It always resolved itself.

 

[sbixby]

I'm still getting this, periodically. Virtually always when starting out from my garage or entering my garage and the headlights come on. Maybe 1 out of 5 times.

So -- still wondering if it's software or an actual fault in the headlamp system. Any other ideas?

 

[SeattleCat]

The other part of the trifecta is sensor error.

Could be a faulty sensor?

 

[sbixby]

The other part of the trifecta is sensor error.

Could be a faulty sensor?

A reasonable guess. I'm reluctant to take it to the dealership yet in case it is indeed a software issue. I'm waiting for the/an OTA update, if it's coming. I'm working at home today so the car is in the garage (on Wifi tho), dunno if I'd be getting it yet or not. (Or even if I'm misunderstanding posts about it from today, actually.)

 

[SeattleCat]

Good News there is a new update for P8

https://www.volvocars.com/en-ca/support/software-release-notes/xc40-recharge-pure-electric/2020w37

www.xc40forum.com

 

[blitzswede]

My Model 3 threw the same intermittent message during its early days, no hardware problem - eventually fixed by software update.

 

[Seattleman]

These two error messages showed up today. Will take it to the service dept tomorrow and see what they have to say.

 

[SeattleCat]

Oh fun times! (Sarcasm)
Hope they fix it quick.
Be glad when they get P8 loners

 

[Homer]

This error code appears to be universally common in virtually all makes of cars using headlights that align and use LEDs. It seems to be a problem with how the headlight sensors report information back to the main car information system. Many people have "hacks" that bypass the sensor as this problem is so frequent.

People in this forum have reported this error. In my case, it appeared once about two weeks into car ownership. It disappeared the next morning and has never recurred over the past two months.

I would be curious if it isn't gone on the next car restart.

As cars have more sensors and more electronics, this kind of sensor error may be more common.

I do agree with SeattleCat that many of the issues that are being posted are due to the increasing technological demands and expectations of the electric car driver. Many of these issues do seem to self resolve on a reboot or cold restart.

In my case, the most annoying problem was the AC failure. This was fixed with the software upgrade.

 

[Seattleman]

I agree, that most of the error messages related to this car are software related and like many software issues, a restart fixes most of them. A few weeks ago, while I was driving, the driver display showed the image of a turtle and warned of low battery even though the car battery was 70% full. When I took the car to the dealership service dept, I was told that they have one person who is qualified to work on this issue and so I will have to leave the car there for a few days. He also suggested that since the error message did not occur again, to keep using the car and come back if the problem persists. To this day, it has not come back.🤞

 

[MMK]

I love how the default statement (with confidence) and conclusion by Service is ".....the next software update will fix it...."

 

[SeattleCat]

Even better when they claim that they are going to do a software upgrade when you know **** well there is. It another out and it will have the same software after the service