2019 Volvo XC90
This year drew an ordinary 114 complaints for a Volvo XC90 — the model's median is 51. What they were about is the unusual part: 23.7% of them mention two, against 8.2% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 2 of the Volvo XC90, which began in 2016. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
| Complaints filed | 114 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 51 |
| Involving a crash | 6 |
| Involving a fire | 9 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| EPA combined | 23.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- two — 23.7% of this year's complaints, against 8.2% across the other years of this generation (2.9×).
- year — 21.1% of this year's complaints, against 5.9% across the other years of this generation (3.6×).
- floor — 7.9% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the other years of this generation (39.5×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
while stopped and attempting to accelerate, the brake became inoperable. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was towed two times and taken to the local dealer, where it was diagnosed three times that the brake booster had failed. The vehicle…
Vehicle started experiencing stalling and when trying to accelerate it would not pick up on speed, I have been quoted by Volvo that the supercharger is bad on a car that is only 6 years old. That repair for this is $2,000 as the engine valve also has to get cl…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 20V144000 FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE Fixed free of charge.
- 21V414000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 21V273000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 18V800000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 23V001000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 23V827000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Volvo XC90 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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