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Volvo S90Years to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 70 owner complaints and 13 safety recalls on record for the Volvo S90.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaintsBest years—Fewest complaints for their ageOwner complaints70Top: Service brakes, hydraulicSafety recalls131997–2025 model years

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

Best & worst years

Volvo S90 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 S90 median. Tap a year for its full report.

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2025Too new–/1000 complaints · 3 recalls2024Not rated–/1002 complaints · 2 recalls2023Not rated–/1002 complaints · 3 recalls2022Not rated–/1003 complaints · 3 recalls2021Not rated–/1000 complaints · 2 recalls2020Not rated–/1003 complaints · 3 recalls2019Not rated–/1003 complaints · 4 recalls2018Not rated–/10016 complaints · 2 recalls2017Not rated–/1008 complaints · 4 recalls2016Not rated–/1000 complaints · 2 recalls1999Not rated–/1001 complaint · 0 recalls1998Not rated–/10025 complaints · 0 recalls1997Not rated–/1007 complaints · 0 recalls
Complaints by system

Most common Volvo S90 problems

All model years combined: 70 complaints 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, hydraulic90
Vehicle speed control84
Electrical system71
Visibility60
Suspension50
Equipment40
Power train40
Structure40
Air bags32
13 other systems262
13 recalls

Volvo S90 recalls

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

94%Back over prevention: software25V-908 · 2022–2025 · Dec 23, 2025 · 413,151 vehicles100%Back over prevention: software25V-282 · 2022–2025 · May 8, 2025 · 413,151 vehicles86%Propulsion system: traction battery25V-179 · 2020–2021 · Mar 24, 2025 · 7,483 vehicles80%Visibility: glass, side/rear25V-104 · 2025 · Feb 19, 2025 · 15 vehicles99%Engine: engine control module (ecu/ecm)22V-793 · 2022–2023 · Oct 20, 2022 · 15,674 vehicles100%Service brakes, hydraulic21V-716 · 2021 · Sep 15, 2021 · 9 vehicles97%Wiring: fuses and circuit breakers21V-414 · 2019–2020 · Jun 2, 2021 · 85,550 vehicles98%Forward collision avoidance: automatic emergency braking20V-144 · 2019–2020 · Mar 12, 2020 · 121,605 vehicles96%Seats19V-220 · 2018–2019 · Mar 20, 2019 · 2,297 vehicles97%Electrical system: software18V-800 · 2017–2019 · Nov 13, 2018 · 17,548 vehicles100%Air bags: side/window17V-104 · 2017 · Feb 16, 2017 · 10,476 vehicles96%Front: buckle assembly16V-798 · 2016–2017 · Nov 2, 2016 · 74,027 vehicles

Showing the 12 newest of 13 recalls. Each model-year page lists all recalls for that year.

3 investigations

NHTSA investigations of the S90

  1. Pedestrian alert soundsDP22005 · 2018–2022 · closed Aug 7, 2023
    Led to recall 22V-063
  2. THROTTLE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONEA05021 · 1999 · closed Dec 12, 2006
    Led to recall 06V-441
  3. INADVERTENT SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENTPE99040 · 1998–1999 · closed Oct 27, 1999
    No recall