Volvo lighting problems
Across all Volvo models in NHTSA's complaint database, 465 complaints involve lighting. The XC90 accounts for the largest share (17%). The single worst model year is the 1998 S70 with 50 lighting complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 465 about lighting, all Volvo models
- Most affected
- XC90 17% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 84,000 miles 200 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 8 and 9
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Volvo models
Worst model years for lighting
- 1998 Volvo S7050 complaints
- 1998 Volvo V7038 complaints
- 2004 Volvo XC9033 complaints
- 2005 Volvo XC9026 complaints
- 2000 Volvo S4015 complaints
Lighting complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 2 |
| 1991 | 1 |
| 1992 | 1 |
| 1993 | 4 |
| 1994 | 1 |
| 1995 | 6 |
| 1996 | 10 |
| 1997 | 8 |
| 1998 | 98 |
| 1999 | 42 |
| 2000 | 45 |
| 2001 | 32 |
| 2002 | 22 |
| 2003 | 23 |
| 2004 | 51 |
| 2005 | 33 |
| 2006 | 13 |
| 2007 | 15 |
| 2008 | 4 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2016 | 4 |
| 2017 | 3 |
| 2018 | 6 |
| 2019 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 5 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 |
Among the 200 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 84,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.