Volvo V70 vs Buick Lacrosse

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 V70	Buick Lacrosse
Complaints on file	1,177	2,918
Model years covered	1996–2010	2005–2019
Worst model year	1998	2006
Best model year	2003	2018
Crashes reported	64	150
Fires reported	31	88
Injuries reported	43	80
Deaths reported	1	1
Most complained-about part	Acceleration & Cruise Control	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	11.8%	10.9%

Volvo V70 by year

3 3 242 220 116 268 91 36 118 22 23 8 13 8 6

96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10

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

What breaks

Acceleration & Cruise Control 160 13.6%

Electrical System 142 12.1%

Engine & Cooling 139 11.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 124 10.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 108 9.2%

Brakes 103 8.8%

Lights 75 6.4%

Airbags 52 4.4%

Buick Lacrosse by year

415 383 327 343 146 278 244 308 200 90 54 61 42 19 8

05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

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

What breaks

Electrical System 595 20.4%

Lights 502 17.2%

Engine & Cooling 257 8.8%

Airbags 252 8.6%

Steering 229 7.8%

Brakes 144 4.9%

Suspension 142 4.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 139 4.8%