Volvo EX40: Years to Avoid and Best Years to Buy

Year-by-year data table

Running cost is fuel or energy plus the maintenance band midpoint for that car at its age today, re-priced to your country. Purchase price, insurance and depreciation are not included.

Photographs and every generation of the EX40, through the years →

EX40 sub-models & family

Variants & trims on record

Body, powertrain and trim variants of the EX40 on the federal record. Variants folded into this nameplate are counted in this page's data; the rest have too thin a record for a page of their own yet.

What goes wrong on the Volvo EX40

Across every EX40 model year in our index, owners report these component groups most often. The cost beside each one is the representative repair for that group at a US independent shop, re-priced to your country.

• Steering1 complaints across all EX40 years · typical job: Electric power-steering rack or column motor replacement$1,020–$2,500
• Service Brakes1 complaints across all EX40 years · typical job: Pads, rotors and caliper service, both axles$580–$1,140
• Power Train1 complaints across all EX40 years · typical job: Transmission service or clutch-pack repair$1,290–$4,040
• Engine1 complaints across all EX40 years · typical job: Cooling-system or timing-drive repair$1,040–$2,220
• Electrical System1 complaints across all EX40 years · typical job: Alternator, battery-drain or body-module diagnosis and replacement$540–$1,310

Flat-rate labour hours x local shop rate plus a parts band. An estimate of what this class of failure costs, not a quote. Formula.

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