NHTSA — Electrical System Problems

10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
0 miles

About These NHTSA Complaints:

This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.

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2019 Volvo XC60 electrical problems

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2019 Volvo XC60 Owner Comments

problem #7

May 282024

XC60

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

The moon roof leaks and drains into the area of the electronic gateway. This causes the car to become inoperable, slowing it to a crawl, once in park it will not get out of park, and sometimes results in not being able to turn off the engine. Many error codes become displayed ranging from no parking brake available, ESB not responding, check engine light, and others. According to user forums, this issue has been around since 2017 for many of the models and Volvo will do nothing to repair it or acknowledge it. I have paid $2250 so far and the vehicle is still unusable.

- Hillsborough, NC, USA

problem #6

Apr 012024

XC60

  • miles
The right side module buttons on steering wheel stops working

- Hicksville, NY, USA

problem #5

Nov 112023

XC60

  • miles
Water intrusion via a faulty sunroof seal and drain system. Water drains into the vehicle and collects under the flooring carpets and is not detectable. Water then disables and shorts out electrical components and computer modules eventually rendering the vehicle completely inoperable -?? including airbags, suspension system and electronic engine components. All control is lost. System also displays a number of random and often times confusing and erroneous error message to display console. This is an extremely dangerous problem, and extremely expensive to remedy, and appears to be related to a significant design flaw. According to internet reports, this is a known issue. Dealer is the one who diagnosed the problem. Given this problem affects electronics - there is a threat of fire.

- Bainbridge Island, WA, USA

problem #4

Sep 262023

XC60

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

The drainage system from the roof of the vehicle is faulty and causes water to collect in the space between the carpet in the interior of the vehicle and the floor of the vehicle. Key electrical components are located beneath the front passenger seat of the vehicle. When the water collected, it caused key systems, such as collision warning and other systems to malfunction. When we took the vehicle to the dealership, several other vehicles had to be towed in due to more severe electrical failure as a result of the drainage malfunction.

- Seattle, WA, USA

problem #3

Feb 242022

XC60

  • miles
Driving down the interstate in rush hour at 30 mph, the entire entertainment system as well as the dashboard went black and went through a system restart. The dashboard, including spedometer and related controls were black and unusable for approximately 10 seconds. Approximately 3 minutes later, the system reboot again and all visual aids were unusable for 10 seconds or so.

- Saint Anthony, MN, USA

problem #2

Apr 202021

XC60

  • miles
While I was driving in a busy multilane city traffic situation, the car's center console went completely blank and the turn signals, hazard lights, and Volvo on call were not functioning properly. I am not sure what else was affected. This continued for a full 1-2 minutes, unlike times before when the system has done the same thing but quickly re-booted. The safety of others and myself was compromised, as I needed to change lanes to get onto the interstate. I could not tell if my signals were functioning because the signals were not making a clicking sound and the flashing signal indicator lights were completely nonfunctional. I tried the hazard lights as well, which did not function. I pressed the Volvo on call button, but nothing happened. When I took the car to the dealership, the service manager stated that a "software update" was performed to fix the problem, and when I questioned how I was to know if this would be a problem in the future, I was told that I "wouldn't know unless there was a problem" and they claimed to know nothing about whether the incident would be reported to the NHTSA. I feel unsafe driving this car now, which is ironic considering that I bought a Volvo for its purported safety.

- Easley, SC, USA

problem #1

Jun 222019

XC60

  • miles
Safety issue the auto-hold brake function malfunctioned. I am using this feature a lot. When entering a paid parking garage the car stopped correctly before the gate. But when opening the door and unbuckling the driver's belt the system malfunctioned- instead of entering auto parking mode and be stopped if moved forward fast, breaking the parking gate completely, damaging city's property, breaking my mirror and getting dents on the hood, driver's door and B-pillar trim panel. Also my left ankle had a big bruise and lump after that, but luckily was not broken. This case was reported to police. The vehicle was stopped. Parking garage entrance

- Hollywood, FL, USA

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