1 NHTSA safety recall covers the 2016 Volvo XC90. Owners have filed 197 complaints with NHTSA about this model year. Every recall repair is free at any Volvo dealer.
Is yours affected? Recalls cover ranges of VINs, not every 2016 Volvo XC90. Check your XC90 by VIN and confirm open recalls at NHTSA.gov.
Each campaign as NHTSA published it: what is wrong, what can happen, and the fix. Newest first.
Owners filed 197 complaints with NHTSA about the 2016 Volvo XC90, reporting 5 crashes, 10 fires, 8 injuries. Volvo has issued at least 721 technical service bulletins (repair instructions to dealers) for this model year. Complaints are unverified owner reports; a recall is the manufacturer’s admission of a safety defect.
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation lists this model year in one investigation. An investigation is not a recall; it is how NHTSA decides whether one is needed.
Owners have filed 197 complaints with NHTSA about the 2016 Volvo XC90. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“The contact owns a 2016 VOLVO XC90. The contact stated that while coming off a red light at 10 MPH, the contact was involved in a vehicle accident. The front end of the vehicle impacted the vehicle on the passenger side, which impacted more of the contact's front side on the passenger side.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11733694
“About a month ago I received an Engine Coolant Low warning from the vehicle so the fluid was topped off. This past Friday, April 17th as I was driving home around midnight, I received an Engine Temperature is High, please pull over notice so I stopped the vehicle and had it towed home.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11732429
“My car started smoking on the road, I parked it. It smoked, Then it caught on fire.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11721075
“The back door, or liftgate, closes automatically (without me pressing the close button). This is inconsistent, as it doesn't happen all the time. Each time the car has been off, and maybe it's on some kind of timer. It's happened 3 times, at random, where each time it caught me off guard.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11663205
“The contact owned a 2016 Volvo XC90. The contact stated that while her daughter was driving at an unknown speed, white smoke began to emit from the vehicle as fellow motorists alerted her daughter that a fire had started underneath the vehicle.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11639662
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2016 Volvo XC90 is in every recall. Enter your 17-character VIN to see the recalls on record for your exact vehicle, then confirm which are still open at NHTSA.gov or with any Volvo dealer.