The 2025 Volvo EX90 electric SUV is now undergoing its first recall, but it’s one that won’t require a dealership visit.
Volvo is recalling a relatively small number of 2025 EX90 SUVs–just 2,061—because a software issue could impair headlight operation, reducing visibility and increasing the risk of a crash.
2025 Volvo EX90
The EX90 has shutters that open to reveal the headlights. The lighting elements seen when the headlights are not in use are actually daytime running lights. Incorrect software could send a signal to the headlights to perform a “reference run” while driving, causing the shutters to close over the low beam or high beam elements, according to the NHTSA.
If this erroneous signal, which originates in the onboard low power control (LPC) unit, is sent, drivers may see a message on the dashboard in addition to experiencing reduced illumination of the road ahead.
2025 Volvo EX90
For the most part, these vehicles are already fixed. Volvo has determined that this software error is limited to vehicles made from the start of production until Jan. 31, 2025. Newer vehicles received updated software, which also was already pushed to the recalled vehicles in an over-the-air (OTA) update beginning Feb. 11, according to filed recall documents. Customers can still have the update performed at a dealership if they want, though, and it will be free of charge in either case.
Owners will be notified by mail after the fact, starting Apr. 3, and can also call Volvo’s customer service department at 800-458-1552 for more information. Volvo’s reference number for this recall is R10298.
Such issues—and resolutions—are part and parcel with the EX90, the first Volvo truly designed as a software-defined vehicle. While we generally liked the way the finished product drove, that future got off to a rocky start thanks to a delay and some issues at launch. The EX90 arrived without certain software-based features, as well as a battery-drain issue Volvo promised to fix with an OTA update.