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Volvo XC70 by model year

515 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Volvo XC70 across 16 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

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Complaints by model year

Total NHTSA complaints by model year, Volvo XC70 0 75 150 2001: 77 '01 2002: 46 '02 2003: 28 '03 2004: 118 '04 2005: 31 '05 2006: 22 '06 2007: 39 '07 2008: 54 '08 2009: 20 '09 2010: 17 '10 2011: 18 '11 2012: 17 '12 2013: 9 '13 2014: 3 '14 2015: 9 '15 2016: 7 '16
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
200177
200246
200328
2004118
200531
200622
200739
200854
200920
201017
201118
201217
20139
20143
20159
20167

All model years

Model yearComplaintsMost reportedRecallsMPGSafety
2016 7 2 21 to 26
2015 9 1 20 to 27
2014 3 2 20 to 21
2013 9 2 20 to 21
2012 17 2 20 to 21
2011 18 3 19 to 21
2010 17 5 18
2009 20 5 18
2008 54 Fuel system (24%) 8 17
2007 39 Electrical system (18%) 2 19
2006 22 2 19
2005 31 Transmission (19%) 2 19
2004 118 Fuel system (30%) 3 19
2003 28 Fuel system (21%) 4 19
2002 46 Transmission (24%) 4
2001 77 Transmission (26%) 5