FaultScore

Worst years for a Volvo WIA

Owners have filed 91 complaints about the Volvo WIA with NHTSA across model years 1989 to 1999. More of them are about the suspension than anything else.

Avoid

1996 Volvo WIA

35 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly suspension.

Cleanest on record

1997 Volvo WIA

12 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Volvo WIA year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
1999 7 0 0 Electrical System
1998 4 0 0 Engine & Cooling
1997 A 12 0 0 Suspension
1996 C 35 0 1 Suspension
1995 B 29 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
1993 3 0 0 Suspension
1989 1 0 0 Tires

What breaks on a Volvo WIA

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Suspension 20 22.0%

Worst in 1995

Electrical System 14 15.4%

Worst in 1995

Transmission & Drivetrain 12 13.2%

Worst in 1995

Engine & Cooling 7 7.7%

Worst in 1996

Body & Structure 7 7.7%

Worst in 1997

Steering 6 6.6%

Worst in 1996

Equipment & Accessories 6 6.6%

Worst in 1996

Brakes 5 5.5%

Worst in 1996

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 4 4.4%

Worst in 1996

Other & Unspecified 3 3.3%

Worst in 1995

Lights 2 2.2%

Worst in 1996

Airbags 1 1.1%

Worst in 1996

Fuel & Propulsion 1 1.1%

Worst in 1996

Tires 1 1.1%

Worst in 1989

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Volvo WIA, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Feb 1997 peak 34 Jun 2014

Compare the Volvo WIA

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.