Volvo V90
Owners filed 17 complaints across 9 model years of the Volvo V90. The 1998 drew the most (10); the 2022 the fewest (0).
Model years9
Complaints17
Recalls12
Fires0
Deaths0
Every Volvo V90 model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | — | — | Visibility/Wiper | Routine | |
| 2019 | 1 | 3 | — | — | Exterior Lighting | Routine | |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | — | — | Exterior Lighting | Routine | |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 | — | 1 | Structure › Body › Door | Routine | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Routine | |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Engine and Engine Cooling | Routine |
Which Volvo V90 years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 1998 is the weakest year on record, with 10 complaints concentrated in the structure › body › door.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.