39 owner complaints filed with the United States safety regulator · top issue: Back Over Prevention · verdict BUY 79/100
“The car recently received a 5.05 update of the infotainment system. Since then, the infotainment system would be shut off and auto-restarts itself during driving every 10 or 15 minutes. The car would lose all the functions related to the infotainment system, such as the camera, navigation, sound and air conditioning for a few minutes during driving. It is dangerous that this would happen randomly and so frequently. T”NHTSA complaint, 2023 Volvo XC90 B5 owner
“While the vehicle was parked, the trunk opened and the alarm sounded. Using the buttons on the trunk, I shut the trunk and locked the car. A few moments later, the trunk opened and the alarm sounded again. This continued for 40 minutes. Today, if I place a battery in the main black key fob, the trunk will open with the car running. I have an appointment next week at the dealer, however, most correspondence with ”NHTSA complaint, 2023 Volvo XC90 B5 owner
“I was driving on the internstate and my blind spot indicator came on and stayed on even though there were no cars in my blind spot. I needed to change lanes and tried to despite the blind spot indicator being on and the automatic collision avoidance system put me back into the lane I was in. I had to fight the vehicle to get over to be able to exit the interstate.”NHTSA complaint, 2023 Volvo XC90 B5 owner
On the federal record it scores 79/100: 39 owner complaints (13 per year on the road) and 0 recall campaigns, 0 touching safety-critical systems.
The most-reported component in NHTSA complaints is Back Over Prevention, with 12 of 44 categorised reports.
The 2023 Volvo XC90 B5 scored 79/100 on the federal record.