Volvo 240 vs Chevrolet Captiva

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	Volvo 240	Chevrolet Captiva
Complaints on file	186	465
Model years covered	1976–1994	2011–2015
Worst model year	—	2014
Best model year	—	2012
Crashes reported	37	17
Fires reported	8	13
Injuries reported	18	24
Deaths reported	0	0
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	33.9%	11.6%

Volvo 240 by year

1 1 2 9 5 8 29 8 12 19 26 19 29 16 2

76 80 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94

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

What breaks

Electrical System 32 17.2%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 22 11.8%

Brakes 19 10.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 18 9.7%

Airbags 17 9.1%

Tires 15 8.1%

Engine & Cooling 12 6.5%

Lights 9 4.8%

Chevrolet Captiva by year

1 100 143 198 23

11 12 13 14 15

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

What breaks

Electrical System 140 30.1%

Engine & Cooling 98 21.1%

Other & Unspecified 57 12.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 34 7.3%

Stability & Traction Control 27 5.8%

Steering 19 4.1%

Airbags 14 3.0%

Body & Structure 14 3.0%