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Volvo brake problems

Owners have filed 1,109 complaints with NHTSA about the braking system on Volvo vehicles — 100% of everything reported about the brand, across 66 models. The model that accounts for most of them is the Volvo S40, 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.

1,109

Complaints

100%

Share of all Volvo complaints

107

Crashes

15

Fires

Which Volvo models have the most brake problems

S40 119 10.7%

Worst in 2000

850 117 10.6%

Worst in 1996

XC90 111 10.0%

Worst in 2004

V70 103 9.3%

Worst in 1998

S70 96 8.7%

Worst in 1998

S80 69 6.2%

Worst in 2000

S60 67 6.0%

Worst in 2004

XC60 62 5.6%

Worst in 2021

V40 34 3.1%

Worst in 2000

960 30 2.7%

Worst in 1996

XC40 30 2.7%

Worst in 2023

Worst Volvo model years for brake problems

Vehicle Complaints Share of that year Median miles Grade
1998 Volvo S70 79 25% 77,000 C
1996 Volvo 850 60 26% 97,000 D
1998 Volvo V70 56 23% 72,500 D
2000 Volvo S40 56 34% 44,191 F
1997 Volvo 850 34 24% 64,000 D
2001 Volvo S40 27 24% 60,000 F
2000 Volvo S80 26 6% 113,250 C
2000 Volvo V40 24 36% 29,000 F
1999 Volvo S80 19 7% 83,100 A
2004 Volvo XC90 19 3% 104,789 D
1999 Volvo V70 15 7% 92,436 C
2016 Volvo XC90 15 5% 2,670 B
1996 Volvo 960 14 16% 38,788 F
1998 Volvo S90 13 34% 89,187 D
1995 Volvo 850 12 8% 120,000 A
2004 Volvo S40 12 16% 42,000 F
2000 Volvo 770 11 11% — A
2004 Volvo S60 11 4% 77,600 F
2018 Volvo XC90 11 15% 16,500 D
2001 Volvo V70 10 4% 70,100 C

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