MODELYEARINDEX

Volvo XC60

538 complaints across 11 scored model years and 35 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Volvo XC60 Full report
F
Grade 2010–2021
2021 vs model median 3.1×
Model median3× median
Driver Assist 12
Electrical 9
Brakes 7
Avoid

2018 · 2021

Best

2013 · 2014

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2010
0.86× 18 C
2011
1.25× 20 C
2012
1.00× 11 C
2013
0.68× 10 B
2014
0.63× 10 B
2015
2.25× 36 D
2017
0.75× 12 B
2018
2.21× 30 F
2019
1.77× 27 D
2020
0.96× 21 C
2021
3.11× 55 F
2022 P
6.54× 115 F
2023 P
4.46× 81 F
2024 P
2.48× 35 F
2025 P
3.32× 48 F

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG24
City / Highway21 / 28
Engine2L, 4 cyl
DriveAll-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$3,150

Recalls

35 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
25V282000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE 2022–2025 413,151
25V908000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE 2022–2025 413,151
20V378000 SEAT BELTS:FRONT 2010–2015 308,260
20V144000 FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING 2019, 2020 121,605
20V503000 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES 2018–2020 87,226
21V414000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS 2019, 2020 85,550
16V798000 SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY 2017 74,027
19V046000 STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE 2018, 2019 45,990

+ 27 further campaigns

Others in Compact SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura RDX
20192020
C
Audi Q5
20182021
C
Audi SQ5
none flagged
C
BMW X3
20132019
C
Buick Envision
2017
C
Cadillac SRX
2013
C
Cadillac XT5
2017
C
Chevrolet Blazer
none flagged
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2021 XC60
Complaints in window
55
Severity-weighted
87
Model median (weighted)
28
vs model median
3.11×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
5
Open investigations
0
Score 12.5 F