Model years to avoid

Volvo C30

What it says about you

Opinion

A three-door with a glass tailgate, which is a shape nobody has attempted since. You bought it for that and you were right.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

7 model years on record, 49 complaints filed. That is too few to measure against. Every finding on this site compares a year with the same model's other years, and that needs about 40 complaints in a year and 4 years to compare it with. This nameplate has none. So nothing is claimed either way — the recalls and ratings below are the record, and they are the whole record.

Every year

  1. 2013 0 recalls 4 complaints
  2. 2012 0 recalls 10 complaints
  3. 2011 1 recall 14 complaints
  4. 2010 2 recalls 6 complaints
  5. 2009 2 recalls 6 complaints
  6. 2008 2 recalls 8 complaints
  7. 2007 2 recalls 1 complaints

What does a Volvo C30 say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.