Nissan Stanza vs Volvo V70XC

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Nissan Stanza	Volvo V70XC
Complaints on file	212	521
Model years covered	1983–1996	1998–2007
Worst model year	—	2001
Best model year	—	2003
Crashes reported	16	14
Fires reported	18	11
Injuries reported	17	12
Deaths reported	2	1
Most complained-about part	Fuel & Propulsion	Acceleration & Cruise Control
Share of complaints involving harm	25%	7.3%

Nissan Stanza by year

1 2 7 18 32 7 11 47 43 38 2 1 1 2

83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Fuel & Propulsion 77 36.3%

Engine & Cooling 26 12.3%

Seat Belts 24 11.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 18 8.5%

Body & Structure 12 5.7%

Brakes 11 5.2%

Electrical System 7 3.3%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 7 3.3%

Volvo V70XC by year

35 94 132 189 32 21 5 3 6 4

98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Acceleration & Cruise Control 118 22.6%

Electrical System 84 16.1%

Fuel & Propulsion 69 13.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 67 12.9%

Engine & Cooling 54 10.4%

Brakes 23 4.4%

Suspension 22 4.2%

Lights 15 2.9%