Model years to avoid

Volvo S80

What it says about you

Opinion

The big quiet one, bought by someone who wanted a German car without the German attitude.

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

12 model years on record, 154 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. 2016 2 recalls 6 complaints
  2. 2015 2 recalls 7 complaints
  3. 2014 1 recall 1 complaints
  4. 2013 3 recalls 8 complaints
  5. 2012 3 recalls 8 complaints
  6. 2011 4 recalls 5 complaints
  7. 2010 5 recalls 27 complaints
  8. 2009 5 recalls 16 complaints
  9. 2008 7 recalls 25 complaints
  10. 2007 5 recalls 24 complaints
  11. 2006 4 recalls 12 complaints
  12. 2005 6 recalls 15 complaints

What does a Volvo S80 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.