FaultScore

Volvo equipment problems

Owners have filed 258 complaints with NHTSA about the equipment on Volvo vehicles — 2% of everything reported about the brand, across 37 models. The model that accounts for most of them is the Volvo 850, worst in 1996.

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.

258

Complaints

2%

Share of all Volvo complaints

6

Crashes

5

Fires

Which Volvo models have the most equipment problems

850 36 14.0%

Worst in 1996

XC90 25 9.7%

Worst in 2004

Worst Volvo model years for equipment problems

Vehicle Complaints Share of that year Median miles Grade
1999 Volvo VN 14 29% C
1996 Volvo 850 12 5% 108,738 A