Volvo problems by model
Owners have filed 7,515 complaints with NHTSA about the 14 Volvo models with enough data to profile here, covering 37 model years from 1994 through 2025. The XC90 draws the most at 1,551, 20.6% of the make's total.
Complaint volume tracks how many cars a make sold as much as how they held up, and NHTSA complaints are unverified owner reports rather than confirmed defects. Nothing on this page compares Volvo against another manufacturer. Use it to find the model, then the model year, then read what owners of that year actually filed.
Every Volvo model
| Model | Model years | Complaints | Most-reported year | Top system that year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| XC90 | 5 2003–2017 | 1,551 | 2004 669 | Electrical system (23.8%) |
| S60 | 6 2001–2013 | 1,212 | 2001 262 | Fuel system, gasoline (27.1%) |
| V70 | 5 1998–2004 | 964 | 2001 268 | Vehicle speed control (22.8%) |
| S80 | 3 1999–2001 | 948 | 2000 442 | Vehicle speed control (21.3%) |
| S70 | 3 1998–2000 | 771 | 1998 317 | Service brakes, hydraulic (19.9%) |
| 850 | 4 1994–1997 | 633 | 1996 235 | Service brakes, hydraulic (21.3%) |
| V70XC | 2 2000–2001 | 321 | 2001 189 | Vehicle speed control (20.6%) |
| S40 | 2 2000–2001 | 278 | 2000 166 | Service brakes, hydraulic (31.9%) |
| 770 | 2 1999–2000 | 213 | 1999 110 | Suspension (24.5%) |
| VN610 | 1 1998–1998 | 164 | 1998 164 | Suspension (25.6%) |
| EX90 | 1 2025–2025 | 122 | 2025 122 | Electrical system (25.4%) |
| XC60 | 1 2022–2022 | 119 | 2022 119 | Electrical system (27.7%) |
| XC70 | 1 2004–2004 | 118 | 2004 118 | Fuel/propulsion system (20.3%) |
| VN770 | 1 2000–2000 | 101 | 2000 101 | Suspension (24.8%) |
Model years shown are those with at least 100 complaints on file, the gate every page on this site has to clear.
Reading the numbers
Across every Volvo model year on the site, electrical system is the system named most often: 1,118 complaints, 19.7% of those filed under a named system. Individual model years diverge from that sharply, which is the reason to read the year rather than the badge.
The three most-reported Volvo models (XC90, S60 and V70) account for 49.6% of the make's complaint volume. The rest is spread across the other 11 models. Bear in mind that a nameplate selling in the millions will out-file a niche one whatever its record.
Of the 7,515 complaints, 322 describe a crash, 190 describe a fire and 7 report a death.
Most-reported Volvo model years
The single heaviest model year of each Volvo nameplate, 1994–2025. Heaviest is not worst. Read it alongside the model page.