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Volvo acceleration problems

Owners have filed 1,192 complaints with NHTSA about the throttle and cruise control on Volvo vehicles — 8% of everything reported about the brand, across 47 models. The model that accounts for most of them is the Volvo S80, worst in 2000.

These are raw counts. A model that sold in millions appears near the top for that reason alone — the grade never compares one model with another.

1,192

Complaints

8%

Share of all Volvo complaints

147

Crashes

8

Fires

Which Volvo models have the most acceleration problems

S80 228 19.1%

Worst in 2000

V70 160 13.4%

Worst in 2001

S70 147 12.3%

Worst in 2000

S60 121 10.2%

Worst in 2001

V70XC 118 9.9%

Worst in 2000

XC90 51 4.3%

Worst in 2004

S40 42 3.5%

Worst in 2000

XC70 34 2.9%

Worst in 2001

740 30 2.5%

Worst in 1990

XC60 30 2.5%

Worst in 2022

Worst Volvo model years for acceleration problems

Vehicle Complaints Share of that year Median miles Grade
2000 Volvo S80 94 21% 70,117 C
2000 Volvo S70 70 36% 75,893 F
1999 Volvo S70 66 26% 80,000 D
2001 Volvo S80 64 29% 66,712 D
2001 Volvo V70 61 23% 66,000 D
1999 Volvo V70 53 24% 78,000 C
1999 Volvo S80 53 18% 84,000 C
2000 Volvo V70XC 45 34% 68,105 F
2001 Volvo S60 42 16% 75,000 B
2001 Volvo V70XC 39 21% 64,790 D
1999 Volvo V70XC 29 31% 73,698 D
2000 Volvo V70 23 20% 83,500 C
2002 Volvo S60 20 8% 89,563 A
2003 Volvo S60 18 11% 40,000 B
2000 Volvo S40 17 10% 91,500 F
2004 Volvo XC90 17 3% 113,026 A
2001 Volvo XC70 15 19% 76,250 B
1990 Volvo 740 14 25% 170,000 F
2002 Volvo V70 12 13% 116,331 D
2004 Volvo S60 11 4% 92,058 D

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