Volvo seat belts problems
Across all Volvo models in NHTSA's complaint database, 298 complaints involve seat belts. The V70 accounts for the largest share (12%). The single worst model year is the 1998 V70 with 13 seat belts complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 298 about seat belts, all Volvo models
- Most affected
- V70 12% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 60,000 miles 127 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 25 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Volvo models
Worst model years for seat belts
- 1998 Volvo V7013 complaints
- 1996 Volvo 85011 complaints
- 2012 Volvo S609 complaints
- 1995 Volvo 8508 complaints
- 1998 Volvo S708 complaints
Seat belts complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 4 |
| 1991 | 2 |
| 1992 | 3 |
| 1993 | 6 |
| 1994 | 3 |
| 1995 | 14 |
| 1996 | 13 |
| 1997 | 10 |
| 1998 | 23 |
| 1999 | 11 |
| 2000 | 23 |
| 2001 | 14 |
| 2002 | 13 |
| 2003 | 7 |
| 2004 | 18 |
| 2005 | 6 |
| 2006 | 9 |
| 2007 | 11 |
| 2008 | 10 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2011 | 12 |
| 2012 | 12 |
| 2013 | 4 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | 6 |
| 2016 | 16 |
| 2017 | 3 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | 7 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 5 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2025 | 6 |
Among the 127 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 60,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.