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Volvo S40 by model year

677 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Volvo S40 across 12 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 S40

Complaints by model year

Total NHTSA complaints by model year, Volvo S40 0 100 200 2000: 166 '00 2001: 112 '01 2002: 34 '02 2003: 23 '03 2004: 75 '04 2005: 91 '05 2006: 81 '06 2007: 36 '07 2008: 27 '08 2009: 14 '09 2010: 11 '10 2011: 7 '11
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 yearComplaints
2000166
2001112
200234
200323
200475
200591
200681
200736
200827
200914
201011
20117

All model years

Model yearComplaintsMost reportedRecallsMPGSafety
2011 7 2 24
2010 11 2 22 to 24
2009 14 3 20 to 24
2008 27 Electrical system (15%) 2 20 to 23
2007 36 Brakes (17%) 2 21 to 23
2006 81 Electrical system (31%) 3 20 to 23
2005 91 Fuel system (23%) 3 20 to 22
2004 75 Electrical system (17%) 6 22 to 23
2003 23 2 22
2002 34 Brakes (24%) 1 22
2001 112 Brakes (24%) 2 23
2000 166 Brakes (34%) 1 21