Volvo S70 vs Buick Park Avenue

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 S70	Buick Park Avenue
Complaints on file	781	1,880
Model years covered	1995–2002	1984–2005
Worst model year	1998	1998
Best model year	2000	2005
Crashes reported	36	95
Fires reported	7	174
Injuries reported	33	64
Deaths reported	0	4
Most complained-about part	Acceleration & Cruise Control	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	9.7%	17.9%

Volvo S70 by year

3 4 317 257 197 3

95 97 98 99 00 02

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

What breaks

Acceleration & Cruise Control 147 18.8%

Electrical System 122 15.6%

Brakes 96 12.3%

Engine & Cooling 94 12.0%

Lights 74 9.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 44 5.6%

Body & Structure 31 4.0%

Airbags 30 3.8%

Buick Park Avenue by year

2 15 16 14 21 28 12 134 104 102 63 164 68 355 327 174 104 71 41 38 17 10

84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 356 18.9%

Brakes 281 14.9%

Electrical System 198 10.5%

Seat Belts 142 7.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 117 6.2%

Steering 114 6.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 102 5.4%

Body & Structure 97 5.2%