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Model years to avoid

Volvo XC60

What it says about you

Opinion

Safety was on the list, and you would like it noted that it was not the only thing on the list. The interior is calmer than your house. That may be the actual reason.

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

19 model years on record, 1,063 complaints filed.

The years to look at closely: 2022 (backup). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.

What owners report, and when

Faults that dominated the complaints of more than one model year. Not the same question as which year to avoid — a car can have an ordinary number of complaints every year and have most of them be about the same thing.

  • accident 2012, 2021 peak 29% of that year's complaints

Every year

  1. 2027 nothing on record 0 complaints
  2. 2026 nothing on record 13 complaints
  3. 2025 3 recalls 32 complaints
  4. 2024 2 recalls 23 complaints
  5. 2023 5 recalls 102 complaints
  6. 2022 backup 207 complaints
  7. 2021 5 recalls 93 complaints
  8. 2020 6 recalls 63 complaints
  9. 2019 8 recalls 102 complaints
  10. 2018 5 recalls 108 complaints
  11. 2017 4 recalls 15 complaints
  12. 2016 3 recalls 38 complaints
  13. 2015 1 recall 47 complaints
  14. 2014 2 recalls 16 complaints
  15. 2013 3 recalls 66 complaints
  16. 2012 3 recalls 46 complaints
  17. 2011 4 recalls 36 complaints
  18. 2010 7 recalls 56 complaints
  19. 2009 1 recall 0 complaints

What does a Volvo XC60 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.