CarFault1998 Volvo S90 — reported problems
CarFaultIQ holds 158 evidence records for the 1998 Volvo S90, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.
What owners report: issue areas
Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 37 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.
- Brakes13 (35.1%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 2019–2021.
- Visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors)5 (13.5%)Official recall records for this system: 7, covering model years 2019–2025.
- Equipment & accessories4 (10.8%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2017–2019.
- Speed control & accelerator4 (10.8%)
- Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)3 (8.1%)
- Body & structure2 (5.4%)
Other / uncategorized: 2 classifications (5.4%) 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 (120 records, model years 1998–2024) are most frequently classified under: brakes, speed control & accelerator and electrical system.
- Manufacturer communications (3,276 records, model years 1998–2024) 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.
- 1998 158 records for 1998
- 2017 558 records for 2017
- 2018 485 records for 2018
- 2019 334 records for 2019
- 2020 228 records for 2020
- 2021 202 records for 2021
- 2022 275 records for 2022
- 2023 136 records for 2023
- 2024 73 records for 2024
- 2025 4 records for 2025
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
- 2mention a crash
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
- Manufacturer communications NHTSA 132
- Investigations NHTSA 1
- Owner complaints NHTSA 25
Where to go next
- Volvo S90 coverage hub Published problems, year windows and buyer guidance for this model.
- Evidence Explorer — the underlying records Read the individual recalls, investigations, manufacturer communications and complaints these counts come from.
- All model years of the Volvo S90 Compare how much evidence is held for each year before narrowing to one.
- Browse all vehicle coverage Every make and model CarFaultIQ has published coverage for.