Volvo XC40
Owners filed 218 complaints across 9 model years of the Volvo XC40. The 2021 drew the most (52).
Which Volvo XC40 years should you avoid?
No Volvo XC40 year stands out. Across the 5 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 37), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.
Too new to judge: 2025. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.
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 →
Every Volvo XC40 model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025Too new | 11 | 2 | — | 1 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2024 | 28 | 4 | — | 5 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2023 | 48 | 4 | — | 8 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2022 | 37 | 3 | — | 2 | Back Over Prevention › Sensing System › Camera | Routine | |
| 2021 | 52 | 5 | — | 3 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2020 | 12 | 1 | — | 1 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2019 | 30 | 4 | — | 4 | Unknown or Other | Do not drive | |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.