2008 Volvo S80 — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 38 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Fuel system7 (18.4%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2001–2010.
• Electrical system5 (13.2%)Official recall records for this system: 11, covering model years 1999–2016.
• Seat belts4 (10.5%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 2001–2016.
• Visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors)4 (10.5%)
• Air bags (restraint system)3 (7.9%)Official recall records for this system: 7, covering model years 2001–2012.
• Engine3 (7.9%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 2008–2011.

Other / uncategorized: 4 classifications (10.5%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (1,908 records, model years 1999–2016) are most frequently classified under: speed control & accelerator, electrical system and engine.
• Safety recalls (109 records, model years 1999–2016) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, engine cooling and equipment & accessories.
• Transport Canada recalls (77 records, model years 1999–2016) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, engine and air bags (restraint system).
• Manufacturer communications (4,979 records, model years 1999–2016) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and engine.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1999 465 records for 1999 465
2. 2000 555 records for 2000 555
3. 2001 412 records for 2001 412
4. 2002 231 records for 2002 231
5. 2003 218 records for 2003 218
6. 2004 248 records for 2004 248
7. 2005 213 records for 2005 213
8. 2006 206 records for 2006 206
9. 2007 278 records for 2007 278
10. 2008 282 records for 2008 282
11. 2009 263 records for 2009 263
12. 2010 284 records for 2010 284
13. 2011 274 records for 2011 274
14. 2012 272 records for 2012 272
15. 2013 277 records for 2013 277
16. 2014 254 records for 2014 254
17. 2015 335 records for 2015 335
18. 2016 330 records for 2016 330

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 4mention a crash
• 3mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 7
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 243
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 6
• Owner complaints NHTSA 26

Explore the underlying evidence records