2025 Volvo XC60 B5 Problems

31 owner complaints filed with the United States safety regulator · top issue: Electrical System · verdict CAUTION 50/100

Source NHTSA public complaint and recall record · methodology

What breaks, by owner reports

Electrical System10
Back Over Prevention8
Visibility/Wiper6
Forward Collision Avoidance5
Structure4
Unknown Or Other4

In the owners’ words

“While parking our Volvo in the parking lot of Trader Joe's grocery store on [XXX], the Volvo suddenly accelerated and collided with the adjacent car in the next parking slip and rammed the car in the forward parking slip pushing about 15 to 20 feet ahead. Luckily, nobody was hurt though it could have been a disaster is someone was standing there near either of the other two cars. No one other than the auto body shop ”NHTSA complaint, 2025 Volvo XC60 B5 owner
“My wife was parking our Volvo 2026 XC60 in a parking slot at our local grocery store. Upon pulling into the slot, the car suddenly accelerated and surged forward colliding with the car in the next parking slot and the car in the parking slot directly in front of her. She jammed on the brakes as hard as she could causing the tires to screech. The impact was great enough to shove the car in front of her out into the op”NHTSA complaint, 2025 Volvo XC60 B5 owner
“The contact owns a 2025 Volvo XC60. The contact stated that while his wife was pulling into a parking space slowly, the vehicle independently accelerated, causing the vehicle to sideswipe a vehicle nearby on the driver’s side of the vehicle and then rear-end another vehicle before coming to a complete stop. The vehicle stopped and was turned off. There was no property damage reported. There were no air bags deployed.”NHTSA complaint, 2025 Volvo XC60 B5 owner

Questions owners ask

Is the 2025 Volvo XC60 B5 reliable?

On the federal record it scores 50/100: 31 owner complaints (31 per year on the road) and 0 recall campaigns, 0 touching safety-critical systems.

What is the most common problem with the 2025 Volvo XC60 B5?

The most-reported component in NHTSA complaints is Electrical System, with 10 of 37 categorised reports.

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The 2025 Volvo XC60 B5 scored 50/100 on the federal record.

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