Useful information, thank you. However, it does raise the question of how a Volvo trained mechanic in a Volvo dealer's workshop can possibly put the wrong size brakes on a Volvo. Are they blind, blind drunk or just stupid? Well, I've certainly been wondering the same thing! They always tell us how ...

They should refund you for the first 2 sets of incorrect pads and the labor to put them on as well...this still doesn't make up for the $ you spent, the annoyance you had to endure and the time you've wasted, but it would be a good gesture just the same. If they haven't offered to do this, insist o...

We were having the premature brake wear problem as well with our 2005 XC90 T6. We have 41,000 miles on the car and we are on our third set of brakes in three years. We asked the dealer's service center to do a comprehensive look at our car's brake system because of this issue - and a strange chirpin...

xc90incanada, I had the same problem. I have a 2005 XC90 as well. The car is on its third set of brakes in just three years - and finally, the dealer brouiht ina a Volvo rep to comprehensively look at the premature brake wear problem as well as the chirping noise you describe. It turns out that ther...