Volvo XC90 — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 4,526 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Electrical system874 (19.3%)Official recall records for this system: 12, covering model years 2005–2023.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)632 (14.0%)
• Engine608 (13.4%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 2008–2023.
• Fuel system378 (8.4%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 2003–2020.
• Brakes222 (4.9%)Official recall records for this system: 11, covering model years 2004–2026.
• Driver-assistance systems178 (3.9%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2019–2025.

Other / uncategorized: 312 classifications (6.9%) 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 (3,020 records, model years 2003–2025) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and engine.
• Safety recalls (117 records, model years 2003–2025) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, seat belts and air bags (restraint system).
• Transport Canada recalls (125 records, model years 2003–2026) are most frequently classified under: seat belts, brakes and air bags (restraint system).
• Manufacturer communications (7,219 records, model years 2003–2024) 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

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 2,002reports included a mileage
• 80,033average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

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

1. 2003 343 records for 2003 343
2. 2004 699 records for 2004 699
3. 2005 456 records for 2005 456
4. 2006 277 records for 2006 277
5. 2007 263 records for 2007 263
6. 2008 250 records for 2008 250
7. 2009 223 records for 2009 223
8. 2010 235 records for 2010 235
9. 2011 242 records for 2011 242
10. 2012 215 records for 2012 215
11. 2013 234 records for 2013 234
12. 2014 216 records for 2014 216
13. 2016 935 records for 2016 935
14. 2017 789 records for 2017 789
15. 2018 607 records for 2018 607
16. 2019 416 records for 2019 416
17. 2020 293 records for 2020 293
18. 2021 264 records for 2021 264
19. 2022 256 records for 2022 256
20. 2023 192 records for 2023 192
21. 2024 121 records for 2024 121
22. 2025 32 records for 2025 32
23. 2026 2 records for 2026 2

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

• 84mention a crash
• 88mention a fire
• 112mention 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 117
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 7,219
• Investigations NHTSA 20
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 125
• Owner complaints NHTSA 3,020

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• U029D in 2 records · 2021–2022
• U029E in 2 records · 2021–2022
• U02A3 in 2 records · 2021–2022

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.