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Volvo model years compared
Every Volvo model in the catalogue (1996–2027), with owner complaints, recall campaigns, urgent advisories and fatal-crash involvement summed across all model years. Open a model to see its years side by side and the best and worst year called out.
Volvo models ranked by complaints
| Model | Years | Complaints | Recalls | Urgent | Fatal (FARS) | MPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XC90 | 2003–2027 (24) |
1,510
|
35 | — | 158 | 22.2 |
| S60 | 2001–2025 (24) |
1,261
|
40 | — | 134 | 25 |
| S80 | 1999–2016 (18) |
954
|
27 | — | 44 | 20.4 |
| V70 | 1998–2010 (13) |
933
|
22 | — | 53 | 20.7 |
| XC60 | 2010–2026 (17) |
638
|
36 | — | 90 | 23.8 |
| S70 | 1998–2000 (3) |
593
|
6 | — | 22 | 21.5 |
| S40 | 1999–2012 (14) |
491
|
12 | — | 54 | 21.6 |
| XC70 | 2003–2016 (14) |
417
|
19 | — | 45 | 21.5 |
| XC40 | 2019–2026 (8) |
212
|
13 | 1 | 14 | 26.4 |
| C70 | 1998–2013 (16) |
195
|
10 | — | 17 | 20.7 |
| VNL | 2000–2026 (27) |
127
|
86 | — | — | — |
| EX90 | 2024–2027 (4) |
74
|
3 | — | — | 86.7 |
| V40 | 1999–2019 (12) |
73
|
5 | — | 3 | 22 |
| S90 | 1997–2025 (11) |
68
|
13 | — | 6 | 25.6 |
| VN | 1998–2004 (3) |
56
|
47 | 1 | — | — |
| V60 | 2013–2025 (13) |
56
|
16 | — | 5 | 25.8 |
| C30 | 2007–2013 (7) |
49
|
4 | — | 13 | 23.5 |
| V50 | 2005–2011 (7) |
42
|
8 | — | 4 | 21 |
| V90 | 1997–2021 (7) |
17
|
8 | — | — | 25.9 |
| VHD | 2001–2026 (26) |
15
|
60 | 1 | — | — |
| VNM | 2000–2018 (19) |
11
|
44 | — | — | — |
| EX30 | 2024–2027 (4) |
10
|
3 | 1 | — | 109 |
| WG | 1996–2001 (6) |
7
|
23 | — | — | — |
| ACL | 1996–2002 (7) |
3
|
19 | — | — | — |
| VT | 2006–2010 (5) |
3
|
16 | — | — | — |
| EX40 | 2025–2026 (2) |
3
|
3 | — | — | 106 |
| VNR | 2018–2026 (9) |
2
|
17 | — | — | — |
| WAH | 1996–2002 (7) |
2
|
11 | — | — | — |
| WX | 1996–2004 (9) |
1
|
24 | — | — | — |
| VAH | 2011–2026 (16) |
1
|
20 | 1 | — | — |
| VNX | 2014–2021 (7) |
—
|
4 | — | — | — |
| EC40 | 2025–2026 (2) |
—
|
3 | — | — | 106 |
| 7300 BRT catalogue only | 2015–2023 (9) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| 8300 catalogue only | 2015–2016 (2) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| 9700 catalogue only | 2009–2025 (16) |
—
|
— | — | 1 | — |
| 9700 Grand catalogue only | 2015–2017 (2) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| 9800 catalogue only | 2016–2025 (9) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| Access catalogue only | 2015–2025 (10) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| B11R catalogue only | 2018–2023 (6) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| B13R catalogue only | 2020–2025 (5) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| B290R catalogue only | 2016–2017 (2) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| B410R catalogue only | 2016–2017 (2) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| B8R catalogue only | 2018–2025 (7) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| B8RLE catalogue only | 2018–2025 (7) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| BZL catalogue only | 2022–2023 (2) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| C40 catalogue only | 2022–2023 (2) |
—
|
— | — | 3 | 87 |
| C40 Recharge catalogue only | 2022–2024 (3) |
—
|
— | — | — | 101.3 |
| EX30 Cross Country catalogue only | 2026–2027 (2) |
—
|
— | — | — | 89 |
| ProCity catalogue only | 2015–2025 (10) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| S60 Cross Country catalogue only | 2016–2018 (3) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| V40 Cross Country catalogue only | 2013–2018 (6) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| V60 Cross Country catalogue only | 2015–2026 (12) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| V90 Cross Country catalogue only | 2017–2026 (10) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| VAH 300 catalogue only | 2019–2020 (2) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| VAH 430 catalogue only | 2017–2019 (3) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| VAH 640 catalogue only | 2019–2020 (2) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| VNL 300 catalogue only | 2016–2020 (5) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| VNL 400 catalogue only | 2017–2020 (4) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| VNL 430 catalogue only | 2015–2016 (2) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| VNL 630 catalogue only | 2015–2016 (2) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| VNL 670 catalogue only | 2015–2016 (2) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| VNL 740 catalogue only | 2017–2020 (4) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| VNL 760 catalogue only | 2017–2020 (4) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| VNL 860 catalogue only | 2017–2020 (4) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| VNR 300 catalogue only | 2017–2020 (4) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| VNR 400 catalogue only | 2017–2020 (4) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| VNR 640 catalogue only | 2017–2020 (4) |
—
|
— | — | — | — |
| XC40 Recharge catalogue only | 2021–2024 (4) |
—
|
— | — | — | 96.2 |
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Sources. Owner complaints, recall campaigns and advisories are from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation datasets; fatal-crash vehicles from FARS; fuel economy from the EPA. VehDB sums them per model; the figures are not VehDB's own findings.
How to read it. Complaints and recalls are summed over every catalogue year of the model, so long-running best-sellers rank high on volume alone; the model page ranks each year against other vehicles of the same model year, which is the fairer read. Urgent counts do-not-drive and park-outside campaigns. Fatal (FARS) is a census of vehicles in fatal crashes from 2020 onward, exact, and is never mixed with CRSS estimates. MPG is the EPA combined average across the model's trims. Sources are U.S. public domain; nothing here is a verified defect finding.