2004 Volvo XC90 brakes problems

Owners reported brakes problems in 19 complaints for the 2004 Volvo XC90, 3% of the complaints on file.

Complaints: 19 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 105,000 miles 17 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 3 and 0
Injuries and deaths: 1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Based on 17 complaints that include mileage. 24% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	1
20k to 40k miles	1
40k to 60k miles	2
60k to 80k miles	1
80k to 100k miles	3
100k to 120k miles	3
120k to 140k miles	3
140k to 160k miles	1
160k to 180k miles	2
180k to 200k miles	0
200k+ miles	0

What the data shows

Of the 17 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 105,000 miles, and 24% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Hit another car from behind before a red traffic light. Tried the best to stop my 2004 xc90, but seemed I lost the brake (fully or partially) and was not able to stop it to avoid the collision. Although I did all my best to brake it, did not feel ABS at all. I was not driving fast, 10 - 30 MPH, maybe. The weather was pretty nice, sunny and dry. Northern nj.

October 2013 CrashInjury

When traveling at high rates of speed (on the highway) the car completely shuts off. The dashboard and all electrical shuts off, the hazards do not seem to work or the turn indicators, ABS does not work so it is a very slow heavy stop. This happened to me in this car one other time in 2010, and there was an immediate computer module upgrade issued.

Reported at 166,000 miles, December 2016

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