Volvo XC60 driver assist problems

124 of the 962 complaints filed about the Volvo XC60 are about the driver-assist systems — 100% of everything owners reported. The worst model year for it is 2022.

124

Complaints

100%

Share of all complaints

17

Crashes

0

Fires

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance complaints by model year

2010 XC60 1 0.8%
2013 XC60 2 1.6%
2014 XC60 1 0.8%
2015 XC60 3 2.4%

Median failure at 27,500 miles

2017 XC60 1 0.8%
2018 XC60 4 3.2%

Median failure at 13,000 miles

2019 XC60 5 4.0%

Median failure at 7,000 miles

2020 XC60 2 1.6%
2021 XC60 16 12.9%
2022 XC60 41 33.1%

Median failure at 40,000 miles

2023 XC60 20 16.1%
2024 XC60 11 8.9%
2025 XC60 17 13.7%

What owners said

2022 Volvo XC60 Canton, GA

LANE DEPARTURE: BLIND SPOT DETECTION

Component Failure & Inspection Availability: Infotainment Head Unit (IHU) / Audio Module (AUD) running Android Automotive OS. The vehicle and its components are available for inspection upon request. Safety Risk: The audio system completely crashes approximately every 3 drive cycles. This failure disables all safety-critical audio features, including turn signal clicks, backup camera and parking sensor chimes, blind-spot/cross-traffic warning alerts, and emergency system tones. Operating the vehicle without audible turn signals or proximity chimes creates significant driver distraction and an immediate hazard to traffic safety. Dealer / Service Confirmation: The issue occurs intermittently during daily operation and is being reported to Volvo dealer service Prior Inspection: The vehicle has been inspected by Volvo service department Symptoms & Onset: The problem began following a recent Android Automotive OS software update. No warning lamps, error messages, or indicators appear prior to the failure. The entire audio bus shuts off either at vehicle start or mid-drive. The only temporary workaround is forcing an infotainment reboot by holding the center display home button for 20–30 seconds, but the complete audio failure recurs every few drive cycles.

NHTSA complaint #11762138 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2022 Volvo XC60 Canton, GA

LANE DEPARTURE: WARNING

Component Failure & Inspection Availability: Infotainment Head Unit (IHU) / Audio Module (AUD) running Android Automotive OS. The vehicle and its components are available for inspection upon request. Safety Risk: The audio system completely crashes approximately every 3 drive cycles. This failure disables all safety-critical audio features, including turn signal clicks, backup camera and parking sensor chimes, blind-spot/cross-traffic warning alerts, and emergency system tones. Operating the vehicle without audible turn signals or proximity chimes creates significant driver distraction and an immediate hazard to traffic safety. Dealer / Service Confirmation: The issue occurs intermittently during daily operation and is being reported to Volvo dealer service Prior Inspection: The vehicle has been inspected by Volvo service department Symptoms & Onset: The problem began following a recent Android Automotive OS software update. No warning lamps, error messages, or indicators appear prior to the failure. The entire audio bus shuts off either at vehicle start or mid-drive. The only temporary workaround is forcing an infotainment reboot by holding the center display home button for 20–30 seconds, but the complete audio failure recurs every few drive cycles.

NHTSA complaint #11762138 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2022 Volvo XC60 Palm Harbor, FL

BACK OVER PREVENTION: WARNINGS

All audio including all warnings intermittently shuts off. No warning when it fails.

NHTSA complaint #11761105 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2022 Volvo XC60 Palm Harbor, FL

BACK OVER PREVENTION: REARVIEW SYSTEM BRAKING

All audio including all warnings intermittently shuts off. No warning when it fails.

NHTSA complaint #11761105 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2022 Volvo XC60 Palm Harbor, FL

LANE DEPARTURE: WARNING

All audio including all warnings intermittently shuts off. No warning when it fails.

NHTSA complaint #11761105 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2022 Volvo XC60 Castle Rock, CO

BACK OVER PREVENTION: REARVIEW SYSTEM BRAKING

Turn signal audio not present (lights working. No audio from radio, phone , collision warnings rear cross traffic warnings, door ajar audio warnings. Resetting the display fixes the problem. However, the issue returns the next day.

NHTSA complaint #11756075 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2022 Volvo XC60 Castle Rock, CO

BACK OVER PREVENTION: WARNINGS

Turn signal audio not present (lights working. No audio from radio, phone , collision warnings rear cross traffic warnings, door ajar audio warnings. Resetting the display fixes the problem. However, the issue returns the next day.

NHTSA complaint #11756075 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2024 Volvo XC60 Salem, MA

LANE DEPARTURE: WARNING

Vehicle is repeatedly losing functionality of features controlled by what is referred to as the infotainment system, included lane departure warning, sound associated with turn signals, sound associated with GPS, use of hands-free calling system, etc. Upon reset, functionality resumes but the reset takes a few minutes and must be performed again and again as the issue is recurring. The main problem is that you don't know the functionality is temporarily down until something causes you to notice (IE no steering wheel vibration when departing a lane without turn signal, no alerts on backup camera - objects are visible but off-screen objects don't trigger a warning like they typically do, etc) so you don't expect anything to be wrong when it is. I marked that this incident occured today - which it did, coincidentally on the way to a service appointment about this issue specifically, but it has been happening with increasing frequency over the last couple of months.

NHTSA complaint #11755919 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2024 Volvo XC60 Salem, MA

LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST

Vehicle is repeatedly losing functionality of features controlled by what is referred to as the infotainment system, included lane departure warning, sound associated with turn signals, sound associated with GPS, use of hands-free calling system, etc. Upon reset, functionality resumes but the reset takes a few minutes and must be performed again and again as the issue is recurring. The main problem is that you don't know the functionality is temporarily down until something causes you to notice (IE no steering wheel vibration when departing a lane without turn signal, no alerts on backup camera - objects are visible but off-screen objects don't trigger a warning like they typically do, etc) so you don't expect anything to be wrong when it is. I marked that this incident occured today - which it did, coincidentally on the way to a service appointment about this issue specifically, but it has been happening with increasing frequency over the last couple of months.

NHTSA complaint #11755919 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2023 Volvo XC60 Westport, CT

BACK OVER PREVENTION: WARNINGS

Entire car audio does not work. Blinker click, collision warning, navigation etc. Volvo has blamed software but each update in the past 3 years has not fixed the issue. Driving a car where the entire audio system is not working reliably is a safety issue

NHTSA complaint #11755690 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2023 Volvo XC60 Westport, CT

FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS

Entire car audio does not work. Blinker click, collision warning, navigation etc. Volvo has blamed software but each update in the past 3 years has not fixed the issue. Driving a car where the entire audio system is not working reliably is a safety issue

NHTSA complaint #11755690 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2025 Volvo XC60 Morgan Hill, CA Crash

FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS

While parking our Volvo in the parking lot of Trader Joe's grocery store on [XXX], the Volvo suddenly accelerated and collided with the adjacent car in the next parking slip and rammed the car in the forward parking slip pushing about 15 to 20 feet ahead. Luckily, nobody was hurt though it could have been a disaster is someone was standing there near either of the other two cars. No one other than the auto body shop has inspected the car. The police came but did not write up a report because it was on private property and there were no injuries. Nothing on the instrument panel then or now shows any indication of a malfunction. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

NHTSA complaint #11754817 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2025 Volvo XC60 Morgan Hill, CA Crash

BACK OVER PREVENTION: WARNINGS

While parking our Volvo in the parking lot of Trader Joe's grocery store on [XXX], the Volvo suddenly accelerated and collided with the adjacent car in the next parking slip and rammed the car in the forward parking slip pushing about 15 to 20 feet ahead. Luckily, nobody was hurt though it could have been a disaster is someone was standing there near either of the other two cars. No one other than the auto body shop has inspected the car. The police came but did not write up a report because it was on private property and there were no injuries. Nothing on the instrument panel then or now shows any indication of a malfunction. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

NHTSA complaint #11754817 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2025 Volvo XC60 Morgan Hill, CA Crash

FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS

My wife was parking our Volvo 2026 XC60 in a parking slot at our local grocery store. Upon pulling into the slot, the car suddenly accelerated and surged forward colliding with the car in the next parking slot and the car in the parking slot directly in front of her. She jammed on the brakes as hard as she could causing the tires to screech. The impact was great enough to shove the car in front of her out into the open isle in front. Luckily, no body was hurt. This could have been a deadly disaster if there were pedestrian near by at the moment of impact. The police came but did not write up an accident report since it was on private property and no one was hurt.

NHTSA complaint #11754531 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2025 Volvo XC60 Morgan Hill, CA Crash

FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING

My wife was parking our Volvo 2026 XC60 in a parking slot at our local grocery store. Upon pulling into the slot, the car suddenly accelerated and surged forward colliding with the car in the next parking slot and the car in the parking slot directly in front of her. She jammed on the brakes as hard as she could causing the tires to screech. The impact was great enough to shove the car in front of her out into the open isle in front. Luckily, no body was hurt. This could have been a deadly disaster if there were pedestrian near by at the moment of impact. The police came but did not write up an accident report since it was on private property and no one was hurt.

NHTSA complaint #11754531 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2022 Volvo XC60 at 40,000 miles Renton, WA Crash 2 injured

BACK OVER PREVENTION: REARVIEW SYSTEM BRAKING

The contact owned a 2020 Volvo XC60 II. The contact stated while reversing, the rear view camera displayed a black screen. The contact stated that the accelerator pedal was depressed, however the vehicle failed to accelerate as intended. The vehicle's speed independently accelerated. The contact's vehicle crashed into a parked vehicle. The contact stated that there were two additional occupants in the vehicle. The contact sustained pain in the right knee, no medical treatment was provided. The passenger, who was seated in the rear seat, sustained neck and upper back injuries. The passenger received medical treatment at the local medical center. The vehicle was driven to the residence. The failure was intermittent. The contact stated that the vehicle was previously taken to the dealer, however the failure was not duplicated. The contact later received a recall notification, NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V908000 (Back Over Prevention). The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 40,000

NHTSA complaint #11750906 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2023 Volvo XC60 Chicago, IL

LANE DEPARTURE: BLIND SPOT DETECTION

Loss of all audible components after start up (Infotainment system has Android Auto 5.1.17 system installed); no turn signal sound, no back up or lane departure audible alert. This is dangerous because the system can fail to confirm whether the turn signal is on or whether there is hazardous condition outside. Had to perform a complete system reboot to resolve the issue. The reboot is hazardous during driving condition as it is a distraction to the driver. This is issue has been happening on a persistent basis since the latest software update, the system needs to be rebooted two to three times a week, sometimes during driving.

NHTSA complaint #11749979 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2023 Volvo XC60 Chicago, IL

LANE DEPARTURE: WARNING

Loss of all audible components after start up (Infotainment system has Android Auto 5.1.17 system installed); no turn signal sound, no back up or lane departure audible alert. This is dangerous because the system can fail to confirm whether the turn signal is on or whether there is hazardous condition outside. Had to perform a complete system reboot to resolve the issue. The reboot is hazardous during driving condition as it is a distraction to the driver. This is issue has been happening on a persistent basis since the latest software update, the system needs to be rebooted two to three times a week, sometimes during driving.

NHTSA complaint #11749979 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2023 Volvo XC60 Rock Rapids, IA

BACK OVER PREVENTION: REARVIEW SYSTEM BRAKING

After Volvo’s software update 5.1.17 was installed, all sound in the vehicle including all warning alerts, turn signals, stereo, etc. have no sound. If you reboot the system it MIGHT work, but it reverts back to not working once it is parked. Does not show any alerts when you’re close to an object. I have serious concerns about any of my safety systems working properly.

NHTSA complaint #11749140 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2023 Volvo XC60 Rock Rapids, IA

LANE DEPARTURE: WARNING

After Volvo’s software update 5.1.17 was installed, all sound in the vehicle including all warning alerts, turn signals, stereo, etc. have no sound. If you reboot the system it MIGHT work, but it reverts back to not working once it is parked. Does not show any alerts when you’re close to an object. I have serious concerns about any of my safety systems working properly.

NHTSA complaint #11749140 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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