Volvo S60 vs Acura TL

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 S60	Acura TL
Complaints on file	1,678	4,055
Model years covered	2000–2024	1995–2014
Worst model year	2012	2003
Best model year	2021	2014
Crashes reported	96	223
Fires reported	35	62
Injuries reported	60	136
Deaths reported	0	8
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	11.4%	10.6%

Volvo S60 by year

1 262 248 168 262 57 42 34 14 9 5 167 105 35 81 34 17 5 31 25 14 28 3 31

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 322 19.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 273 16.3%

Electrical System 224 13.3%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 121 7.2%

Other & Unspecified 91 5.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 86 5.1%

Airbags 72 4.3%

Brakes 66 3.9%

Acura TL by year

3 33 29 22 197 325 163 403 466 766 553 345 167 181 51 75 23 162 74 17

95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 921 22.7%

Airbags 834 20.6%

Body & Structure 549 13.5%

Electrical System 263 6.5%

Other & Unspecified 244 6.0%

Steering 213 5.3%

Engine & Cooling 174 4.3%

Brakes 125 3.1%