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2025 Volvo XC60 problems

NHTSA has received 56 complaints about the 2025 Volvo XC60, and 21% of them involve electrical system. Next are backover prevention (16%) and wipers, windshield & visibility (14%).

At a glance

Complaints
56 filed with NHTSA
Most reported
Electrical system 21% of complaints
Crashes and fires
9 and 0
Injuries and deaths
10 and 0

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%.

  • Electrical system 21%
  • Backover prevention 16%
  • Wipers, windshield & visibility 14%
  • Forward collision avoidance 11%
  • Body & structure 7%
  • Cruise control 5%
  • Fuel system 4%
  • Lane departure 4%
  • Tires 4%
  • Brakes 2%

What the data shows

Safety-related details: 9 complaints mention a crash; 10 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 91% of model years in our database.

Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2025 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 15 model years of the Volvo XC60 with enough data (56 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 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.

The contact owns a 2025 Volvo XC60. The contact stated that while his wife was pulling into a parking space slowly, the vehicle independently accelerated, causing the vehicle to sideswipe a vehicle nearby on the driver’s side of the vehicle and then rear-end another vehicle before coming to a complete stop. The vehicle stopped and was turned off. There was no property damage reported. There were no air bags deployed. The vehicle was not towed and was deemed inoperable.

Reported at 19,000 miles, July 2026 CrashInjury

The rear tailgate has a feature that allows a driver to open it by waving their foot underneath the bumper in case their hands are full. The system will also unsafely cause the door to close if a person places their foot too close when loading cargo. This has twice lowered the door on my head. The most recent time causing bleeding when the latch struck my scalp. This feature should only be used to open the gate, not close it.

November 2025 Injury

was on interstate I-95 8:00am doing speed limit when car soundly reduces speed to zero and had to maneuver over four lanes of traffic to avoid death i am also disabled and have a permanit disabled license plate. the car light stated engine failure lights and only after almost dieing was able to put on hazard and car would not idle past 10MPH while vibrating and jolting causing excruciating pain

September 2026 Injury

The contact owns a 2025 Volvo XC60. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the instrument cluster displayed a blank screen. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was diagnosed with an inoperable instrument cluster. The contact was informed that the instrument cluster needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer performed a software reboot; however, the failure reoccurred.

Reported at 3,000 miles, August 2025

The contact owns a 2025 Volvo XC60. The contact stated that while depressing the brake pedal, there was an abnormal grinding sound coming from the rear driver’s side wheel. A dealer was contacted. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, where it was diagnosed, and determined that the rear driver’s side brake pads needed to be replaced. The driver’s and passenger’s side brakes were replaced, and the vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 129,000.

Reported at 129,000 miles, December 2025

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