Volvo 850 by model year

732 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Volvo 850 across 5 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

See the best and worst years for the Volvo 850

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
1993	96
1994	108
1995	148
1996	235
1997	142

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls	MPG
1997	142	Brakes (24%)	3	19 to 21
1996	235	Brakes (26%)	2	19 to 21
1995	148	Fuel system (11%)	2	19 to 21
1994	108	Fuel system (13%)	2	19 to 21
1993	96	Transmission (24%)		21