2004 Volvo XC90 steering problems

21 complaints about steering have been filed for the 2004 Volvo XC90, which is 3% of all its NHTSA complaints.

Complaints: 21 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 65,000 miles 15 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 1 and 0
Injuries and deaths: 0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When steering problems show up

Based on 15 complaints that include mileage. 40% 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	3
20k to 40k miles	3
40k to 60k miles	0
60k to 80k miles	5
80k to 100k miles	0
100k to 120k miles	0
120k to 140k miles	0
140k to 160k miles	1
160k to 180k miles	2
180k to 200k miles	1
200k+ miles	0

What the data shows

Of the 15 steering complaints that report mileage, the median is about 65,000 miles, and 40% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash.

What owners wrote

I have had numerous failures with my 1990 volvo: I am on my third set of tires, and I have 30,000 miles. I have had several shock absorbers replaced ,a tie rod break, and many electrical problems.

Reported at 1,000 miles, October 2004

After driving 125 miles without incident, we left our 2004 volvo xc 90 t6 AWD parked for 4 hours before driving again. After less than a half mile at low speed, there was a "thump" from the front of the car, the wipers cycled, the gauges all went blank, some of the windows stopped working, the A/C went out (blower stayed on). The car stayed on, but seemed "stuck" in second gear and the brakes became "spongy," but operable. Turn signals were inoperable and the power steering went out.

Reported at 75,000 miles, July 2010

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Steering problems across all Volvo models