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Volvo tires problems

Across all Volvo models in NHTSA's complaint database, 388 complaints involve tires. The S60 accounts for the largest share (16%). The single worst model year is the 2002 S60 with 19 tires complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
388 about tires, all Volvo models
Most affected
S60 16% of these complaints
Typical mileage
22,000 miles 146 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
11 and 3

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Volvo models

ModelComplaintsShare
S606116%
8504512%
V703710%
XC90308%
XC60226%
S80185%
940154%
VN770133%
770123%
S70123%

Worst model years for tires

  1. 2002 Volvo S6019 complaints
  2. 1995 Volvo 85015 complaints
  3. 1996 Volvo 85012 complaints
  4. 1997 Volvo 8509 complaints
  5. 2004 Volvo S609 complaints

Tires complaints by model year

Volvo tires complaints by model year 0 20 40 1990: 2 '90 1992: 6 1993: 8 1994: 19 '94 1995: 26 1996: 19 1997: 11 '97 1998: 40 1999: 22 2000: 31 '00 2001: 22 2002: 24 2003: 11 '03 2004: 25 2005: 15 2006: 12 '06 2007: 8 2008: 8 2009: 14 '09 2010: 5 2011: 5 2012: 6 '12 2013: 5 2014: 3 2015: 2 '15 2016: 1 2017: 3 2018: 5 '18 2019: 6 2020: 3 2021: 2 '21 2022: 4 2023: 5 2024: 4 '24 2025: 3 2026: 3
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
19902
19926
19938
199419
199526
199619
199711
199840
199922
200031
200122
200224
200311
200425
200515
200612
20078
20088
200914
20105
20115
20126
20135
20143
20152
20161
20173
20185
20196
20203
20212
20224
20235
20244
20253
20263

Among the 146 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 22,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.