2025 Volvo Xc90: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 31 complaints
31
Total Complaints
2,300mi
Median Mileage
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Top Issue
7
Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

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

550 25th Percentile
2,300 Median Mileage
3,650 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
5
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
4
BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA
4
SERVICE BRAKES
3
BACK OVER PREVENTION: REARVIEW SYSTEM BRAKING
2
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
2
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
2
VISIBILITY/WIPER
2
WHEELS
1
AIR BAGS
1

Severity Assessment

7
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"Brand new vehicle emitting moderate amount of smoke from exhaust when stopping, idle, or when pulling out from stopped position (I.e. traffic light, stop sign). Notice exhaust smoke more when coming to stop on slight decline or accelerating from stopped position to incline roadway. Smoke is malodor..."
"When I try to back the car out of parking lot, it shows "Camera temporary unavailable". The problem disappears sometime. It is a new car and this has happened a couple of times already."
"Remote start, infotainment system which controls everything, dashboard, lights, and cigarette lighter all intermittently turn off and on. Everyday, something else seems to stop working. My vehicle is 2.5 weeks old. This is apparently is a know latent defect that Volvo has chosen to keep from cust..."

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