Volvo V70 vs Mazda MAZDA6

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	Mazda MAZDA6
Complaints on file	1,177	2,937
Model years covered	1996–2010	2002–2021
Worst model year	1998	2014
Best model year	2003	2021
Crashes reported	64	191
Fires reported	31	37
Injuries reported	43	112
Deaths reported	1	2
Most complained-about part	Acceleration & Cruise Control	Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm	11.8%	11.6%

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%

Mazda MAZDA6 by year

40 245 197 180 207 184 121 529 318 186 128 34 196 78 111 77 78 6 3 19

02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

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

What breaks

Airbags 638 21.7%

Body & Structure 298 10.1%

Engine & Cooling 235 8.0%

Electrical System 231 7.9%

Suspension 225 7.7%

Other & Unspecified 223 7.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 202 6.9%

Brakes 155 5.3%