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2005 Volvo XC90 fuel system problems

33 complaints about fuel system have been filed for the 2005 Volvo XC90, which is 11% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
33 11% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
115,000 miles 27 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 1
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When fuel system problems show up

Fuel system complaints by mileage, 2005 Volvo XC90 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 115,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 5 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 4 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 9 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 115,000 miles
Based on 27 complaints that include mileage. 11% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles1
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles5
100k to 120k miles4
120k to 140k miles9
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 27 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 115,000 miles, and 11% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 fire.

What owners wrote

When cranking it stalls and cuts off and after doing it around 10 times it finally cranks then I have to hurry to put in drive to get the motor going in order to keep her crunk and couple weeks ago because this problem she stalled out and I hit a hole in the road and busted the oil pan so she has been parked every since cause I had my daughter in the car and that wasn't a pretty sight since the hit made her nervous now can't get her to get in the car so I need my car fixed and I see it has several recalls and all…

July 2020 Fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 volvo xc90. The contact stated that there was a fuel odor emanating from the vehicle while driving at various speeds. The odor caused the contact to sustain occasional headaches. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 137,000.

Reported at 137,000 miles, September 2016

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