Safety Score
42
High Risk
Recalls
7
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (7)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-07 | 23V827000 |
SEAT BELTS:CRITICAL FASTENERS | 2,911 | — | Details |
| 2021-04-21 | 21V273000 |
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE | 162 | — | Details |
| 2019-04-17 | 19V308000 |
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:HOSES/LINES/PIPING/FITTINGS | 34,006 | — | Details |
| 2016-09-26 | 16V690000 |
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER | 43,766 | — | Details |
| 2016-05-04 | 16V268000 |
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY | 30,214 | — | Details |
| 2015-08-06 | 15V497000 |
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW | 3,911 | — | Details |
| 2015-06-03 | 15V342000 |
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW | 584 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | My car started smoking on the road, I parked it. It smoked, Then it caught on fire. |
| 2025-12-27 | ENGINE | No | 0 | My vehicle was signaling me to add oil every 600 - 1000 miles around 85,000 miles. The dealership charged me for a chem… |
| 2025-09-30 | ENGINE | No | 0 | On September 30, 2025, a 2016 Volvo XC90 T6 experienced sudden engine failure while driving westbound on I-75 (Alligato… |
| 2025-09-09 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Known supercharger leak on 2016 Volvo XC90 at 60,000 miles. Numerous reports of the same failure. Dealer and Volvo decl… |
| 2025-08-12 | ENGINE | No | 0 | This car is consuming oil and has the potential to catastrophically fail, or catch fire. |
| 2025-07-30 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Piston ring failure, excessive oil consumption. There was an extended warranty regarding the issue, but it has since be… |
| 2025-05-20 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 1 | The back door, or liftgate, closes automatically (without me pressing the close button). This is inconsistent, as it do… |
| 2025-03-19 | ENGINE | No | 0 | *the engine is the part that failed due to excessive oil consumption. *it became a safety risk once it started selecti… |
| 2025-03-01 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | Safety belt will not retract in pillar when unbuckled. |
| 2025-02-03 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | Loaded children into second row of vehicle, confirmed all doors closed. Began driving, passenger rear door swung open. … |
| 2025-01-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The rear two car doors will not open. It started months ago with the left side and now is both doors. This is dangerous… |
| 2024-12-09 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I have a 2016 XC90 T6 Inscription. The issue started after refill the engine oil and led to malfunction in engine syst… |
| 2024-09-14 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2016 Volvo XC90. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the oil light illuminated.… |
| 2024-08-30 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Started getting high coolant temperature warning, indicating to slow down and then after a short while to stop the vehi… |
| 2024-08-12 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I am filing a safety complaint regarding a failed rear door latch actuator in my 2016 Volvo XC90. This is a known issue… |
| 2024-08-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The hybrid motor periodical will hesitate when accelerating from a stop, specifically it'll start accelerating then los… |
| 2024-07-24 | ENGINE | No | 0 | There is a engine coolant leak from the plastic coolant line connector going into the motor |
| 2024-07-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2016 Volvo XC90. The contact stated that water had been leaking into the vehicle on rainy days. The … |
| 2024-06-25 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2016 Volvo XC90. The contact stated that after starting the vehicle, the vehicle failed to accelerat… |
| 2024-06-07 | ENGINE | No | 0 | We are a repair facility and the vehicle arrived for a concern with a weak battery and a battery warning light. The bat… |
| 2024-05-31 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Excessive Oil consumption. Volvo knowingly allows for the sale and resale of their 2013-2016 vehicles all makes and mod… |
| 2024-05-30 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owned a 2016 Volvo XC90. The contact stated that while her daughter was driving at an unknown speed, white … |
| 2024-05-22 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2016 Volvo XC90. The contact stated that after arriving at his workplace and parking the vehicle, he… |
| 2024-03-23 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Your site states that my vehicle does not have active recalls for my vehicle but there is a recall that the manufacture… |
| 2024-03-20 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The exhaust manifold and supercharger on my 2016 Volvo XC90 have malfunctioned. The exhaust manifold has a visible crac… |
| 2024-03-13 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LOCK | No | 0 | The rear doors get stuck closed. No unlocking or releasing child lock solves this issue. Had the passenger rear door un… |
| 2024-03-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The car has a factory fault with the Windshield Wiper or Turn Signal contact switch, which is causing the inability to … |
| 2024-02-14 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The rear door locking system has failed. Both doors will not open from the interior or exterior. I have read thousands … |
| 2024-02-09 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | Rear driver's side door has the door lock motor fail and the door is unable to be opened from either the inside or outs… |
| 2024-02-06 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | When driving slowly to enter a parking garage, the steering wheel on the car started to feel stiff, and as I completed … |
| 2024-02-03 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | My rear door, driver-side, will not unlock. I cannot open it from inside nor outside. I have cycled door and child-lo… |
| 2024-02-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The engine is burning oil due to a factory design defect in the piston ring design, as verified by Volvo through a tech… |
| 2024-01-14 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The left rear door of my vehicle flew open while we were moving with my 10-year-old daughter sitting adjacent to the do… |
| 2024-01-13 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Low engine coolent alert started and when we got home we noticed that the coolant had leaked. |
| 2024-01-12 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | It started with the right rear passenger door not opening from the inside or outside of the car. At first you could loc… |
| 2024-01-11 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Doors do not latch. Started in the winter. Car has to warm up some so far. It might pop open. This is reported all over… |
| 2024-01-10 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | In cold weather, doors will not close back once opened. It just bounces back at you. Thought door was closed a few time… |
| 2024-01-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | When driving and stop in a traffic light, for example, the Volvo ignition going off and I have to re-start it. The prob… |
| 2024-01-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Both of the rear doors fail to unlock and open from the inside or outside. This is a safety issue, as in a fire or acc… |
| 2023-12-05 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I have a 2016 XC90, been letting Volvo know of my oil consumption since Feb 2022 when I noticed more oil being used bef… |
| 2023-11-11 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Car had a known issue regarding inappropriate oil consumption and was awaiting repair by Volvo dealership. While mergin… |
| 2023-11-10 | STEERING | No | 0 | Yesterday I had my vehicle checked at a Volvo Dealership shop for the malfunction of the DIM (driver/driving instrument… |
| 2023-11-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The DIM (driver/driving instrument module), also known as the dashboard, on my vehicle suddenly stopped showing anythin… |
| 2023-11-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | On a travel trip to Seattle, we stopped at few stop, and when my sons tried to exit the rear doors, both would not open… |
| 2023-10-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I OWNED A 2016 VOLVO XC 90 IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. IN EARLY SEPTEMBER 2023, I TOOK IT FOR AN OIL SERVICE. SHORTLY THE… |
| 2023-09-14 | ENGINE | No | 0 | What seems to be a plastic coolant line cracked and is leaking antifreeze everywhere. Found a recall that mentions this… |
| 2023-08-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The low coolant warning went off and the turn off engine notification came on. I turned off my vehicle and noticed all … |
| 2023-08-02 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I own a 2016 XC90 that was regularly serviced by the Volvo dealer we bought the car from. My son and I were in my car o… |
| 2023-07-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | It came to my attention this summer that my 2016 Volvo XC90 has an extensive sunroof drainage problem that has resulted… |
| 2023-07-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2016 Volvo XC90. The contact stated that the vehicle had experienced high oil consumption. After add… |