2025 Volvo EX90
Complaints about this year name safety far more often than the model's other years — 40% of them, about 100× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 65 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 3 |
| Involving a crash | 2 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 82.5 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- other — 25% of complaints, 62× usual
- displayed — 20% of complaints, 50× usual
- only — 20% of complaints, 50× usual
What owners wrote
I was parked in a parking lot and when I released my foot from the break, the car accelerated on its own and crashed into the car in front of me. The automatic emergency braking did not deploy. It was most recently a safety risk and put others in the parking l…
One pedal driving randomly turns off when starting the vehicle. This is a safety issue because we often don't notice its off until we're attempting to stop and taking your foot off the accelerator does not result in braking as expected.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 24V869000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 25V071000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 25V654000 STRUCTURE
How this was worked out
Every year of the Volvo EX90 was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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