Volvo S80

Which Volvo S80 years should you avoid?

Going by 954 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Volvo S80 years to avoid are 2000, 1999 and 2001.

• 2000318 complaints, 6.9× a typical S80 year, most often about the throttle and acceleration.
• 1999199 complaints, 4.3× a typical S80 year, most often about the throttle and acceleration.
• 2001164 complaints, 3.6× a typical S80 year, most often about the throttle and acceleration.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →