Volvo S60 vs Nissan Xterra

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	Nissan Xterra
Complaints on file	1,678	4,194
Model years covered	2000–2024	2000–2015
Worst model year	2012	2006
Best model year	2021	2009
Crashes reported	96	173
Fires reported	35	60
Injuries reported	60	111
Deaths reported	0	8
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Fuel & Propulsion
Share of complaints involving harm	11.4%	8.4%

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%

Nissan Xterra by year

258 197 214 97 110 1,175 1,034 770 174 26 58 27 17 7 15 15

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 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

Fuel & Propulsion 1,106 26.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,045 24.9%

Engine & Cooling 823 19.6%

Electrical System 209 5.0%

Airbags 179 4.3%

Other & Unspecified 121 2.9%

Brakes 114 2.7%

Steering 110 2.6%