2002 Volvo S80 problems
NHTSA has received 59 complaints about the 2002 Volvo S80, and 20% of them involve fuel system. After that come transmission (12%) and engine (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 59 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Fuel system 20% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 100,000 miles 47 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 3 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 3 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 11 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 8 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 6 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 3 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 3 |
| 200k+ miles | 4 |
What the data shows
Among the 47 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 100,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 1 complaint mentions a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2002 ranks 7th most-complained-about out of 10 model years of the Volvo S80 with enough data (11 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
My volvo s80 spontaneously combusted in my driveway, when I was away from home. The car had not been driven for approximately two hours, when it caught fire (under the hood) and burned.
Tl* the contact owns a 2002 volvo s80. While driving 30 MPH, the accelerator pedal traveled to the floorboard and smoke appeared under the hood. The vehicle was taken to several unknown independent mechanics who determined that the fuel pump needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 160,000.
Volvo s80 2002 -pa .while reversing rear wheel locked and car could not be driven.parking brake not engaged. Car towed to volvo dealer. On assessment dealer indicated that parking shoes froze up and delaminated causing collateral damage. Another possibility was that parking cable froze up and parking shoes delaminated. Car had approx 85000 miles. Either way this is a defect if occurred on the highway would have had disastrous consequence. Irrespective of age of car cable cannot freeze.
When the vehicle warms up from start it will not move forward or reverse it started at like 30 miles and I parked the car till I could get it fixed now when the car just warms up (not gets hot) it will not engage trans I have on more senser to check but the car will move when you first start it both forward and back but when it warms up it stops