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Former Volvo XC40 owner, now have a 2024 PS2. Since the XC40 was my first EV, I spent a lot of time on the VX40 forums. There were several threads about unintended acceleration for the XC40, some of them were written off to user error, but in several cases the owners found a way to duplicate the unintended acceleration. Some of the legitmate cases included one that was a sequence of stopping the car, getting back in without closing the door and the car would "lurch" forward, other owners were able to duplicate this; another case was of coming to a stop on uneven ground on a hill, and with the foot off of the brake and accelerator, the car would lurch forward; and at least two other owners were able to lemon law the car because Volvo acknowleged an intended acceleration issue and was unable to repair.

It seems to me that the XC40/C40 are so similar, that if Volvo is having issues, then Polestar would also have issues. They don't happen frequently, but they do happen, and in some cases are repeatable.

 

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Are you able to find or share the links to these? I am especailly interested in cases that have been reproducible. I am not saying what you are saying isn't true, but if this really is a defect that can be duplicated as you are saying, there is no way these cars are still on the road and not immediately all recalled.

The last part around people being able to lemon law the car because Volvo acknoweledge the issue but not able to fix it should be front page headline.

I will take a look to find the posts that I referenced, but we're getting ready to head out for vacation and time is getting short, so I may not get around to it for a while.

In the meantime here is the Volvo forum that I was active in from 2021-2024 when I owned the XC40 Recharge. If you do a search on "uninteded acceleration" you will see that there a good number of threads there, some were probably user error, others were repeatable by users under controlled conditions.

Volvo XC40 Recharge Forum