2001 Volvo Xc70: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 77 complaints
77
Total Complaints
78,900mi
Median Mileage
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Top Issue
2
Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

Distribution of NHTSA complaints by vehicle mileage at time of report.

65,000 25th Percentile
78,900 Median Mileage
99,000 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
19
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
14
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
5
SUSPENSION:FRONT
4
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
3
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
2
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
2
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
2
ENGINE
2
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
2

Severity Assessment

2
Crashes
1
Fires
4
Injuries
0
Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"CAR RIGHT FRONT BRAKE WAS MISSING CALIIPER TENSION SPRING-FELL OFF. *AK"
"FAULTY ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE. I HAVE ONLY 61000 MILES ON MY CAR AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE THIS. ON MOST CARS THIS PART HAS LIFETIME WARRANTY OR AT LEAST 70,000 MILES. I WAS DRIVING 70MPH WHEN MY CAR STARTED SUDDENLY SHAKING, CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING AND I HAD TO STOP. MANUAL DID NOT HAVE ..."
"SINCE I PURCHASED MY 2001 VOLVO XC70 WITH 16,535 MILES IN AUGUST 2004, I HAVE HAD IT INTO THE DEALER (BORTON VOLVO) FOUR TIMES TO FIX THE SAME ISSUE: GASOLINE SHOOTING OUT OF THE TANK UPON COMPLETION OF FILLING. THIS OCCURS AT ANY AND ALL GAS STATIONS, EVEN AFTER THE FOLLOWING REMEDIES HAVE BEEN T..."

Source: NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Names and identifying details omitted.

Data source: View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov | NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Public domain.

Methodology: Complaint counts and mileage distributions are computed directly from consumer-reported NHTSA complaints. This data represents reported issues, not failure rates — vehicles without complaints are not represented. Full methodology.

Data through: 2026-03-28