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Volvo 200Years to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 1 owner complaint and 1 safety recall on record for the Volvo 200.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaintsBest years—Fewest complaints for their ageOwner complaints1Top: Service brakes, hydraulicSafety recalls11990–1995 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years.

Best & worst years

Volvo 200 years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the 200 median. Tap a year for its full report.

'90'91'92'93'95
  • Avoid
  • Caution
  • Solid
  • Best
  • Not rated
1995Not rated–/1001 complaint · 0 recalls1993Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall1992Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall1991Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall1990Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall
Complaints by system

Most common Volvo 200 problems

All model years combined: 1 complaint grouped by the system owners reported.

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.
Complaints by system
SystemComplaintsCrash, fire or injury
Service brakes, hydraulic10
1 recall

Volvo 200 recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

–Air bags94V-185 · 1990–1993 · Sep 28, 1994 · 269,000 vehicles
1 investigation

NHTSA investigations of the 200

  1. PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FIRESPE97012 · 1987–1991 · closed Sep 26, 1997
    Led to recall 97V-166