Owners have filed 26 complaints with NHTSA about this car, most about the electrical, transmission, and backup camera. The 9 checks below target those problems, in the order you would do them at the car.
2024Tick items off on your phone at the car, or print it. Ticks stay on this device.
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2024 Volvo XC90: inspection sheet
Before you go, or before you touch the car0/3
Engine off, key in hand0/3
At least 20 minutes, with some highway0/3
These checks are specific to this model year. For tires, body panels, fluids, and the other basics every used car needs, use the general inspection guide.
These years share the 2024's design and most of its parts, so their problems are the ones to look for on this car too.
Worth adding to your 2024 checks
Worth adding to your 2024 checks
Worth adding to your 2024 checks
EPA figures for each version of the 2024 Volvo XC90. Use them to confirm you are looking at the version that was advertised, and as a yardstick on the test drive.
| Version | Drive | EPA rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2.0L 4-cylHybrid | AWD | 24 mpg |
| 2.0L 4-cylPlug-in hybrid | AWD | 530 mi range |
NHTSA complaints for the 2024 Volvo XC90, grouped by the part owners named. Open a row to read what goes wrong.
Screens and sounds cut out without warning. Reports describe the instrument cluster and center display going black, sometimes with a "Critical Error - Pull Over When Safe" message. All audio can also drop out, including turn signal clicks, blind spot alerts and parking tones. Some cars shut off while driving or will not start, and one no-start happened at 700 miles. Other reports mention airbag warnings, surging and false obstacle detection that brakes or steers the car. One crash followed a cluster and turn signal failure. Repeat dealer visits often fail to fix it.
The car can roll after the driver presses the P button. Several reports say park takes two or three presses, or extra pressure, before it engages. In another report the car moved a few seconds after the button was pushed. One crash is linked to the car rolling while passengers got out. Other complaints describe the car dying in traffic and failing to restart, with no manual way to shift into neutral. The center display can also freeze, which locks the drive mode until the car is restarted.
While reversing, the rear camera image goes blank, freezes or shows "Camera Not Available." The audible back over alarm can also stay silent. A frozen feed can leave the driver backing up blind for several feet. The reports put these failures early, at 1,000 and 5,500 miles. Dealers could not reproduce the fault in one case. In another, a software update did not stop a later freeze. One owner was put on a dealer waitlist because the repair part was not available.
Pressing the P button does not always set the parking brake. When it fails, the car keeps rolling once the driver lets off the brake pedal. A firmer, more deliberate press usually engages it. One crash with an injury involved a car rolling backward as the driver got out. The open door knocked the driver down, and the car went on to hit another vehicle and a fence. Some owners now switch the car off instead of using the P button, which they say sets the parking brake every time.
Excerpts from complaints XC90 owners filed with NHTSA, as written. Listen for the same symptoms on your test drive.
The trunk fails to open via kick correctly and then has closed in the midst of using the trunk space. It has not performed the “kick to close” function since purchasing the vehicle. We have two young children and this has brought a scare a few times. We love our Volvos but this has been our only concern.
Filed with NHTSA, January 2026
Installation of GeoTab Telematics devices on entire fleet of 2024 Volvos (regardless of model) resulted in sporadic, unplanned and random acceleration, engine revving, transmission shifting, switching from electric (hybrid mode) to gas mode. Vehicle lurches and surges.
Filed with NHTSA, April 2024
After pushing "P" button to shift into park, the car moves slightly several seconds after the button is pushed. This can be a hazard if someone opens to door and the car then moves.
Filed with NHTSA, July 2025
Complaints for this year next to the average for the other model years, area by area.
The 2024 ranks fifth for owner complaints among 9 XC90 years, close to the average of the others. Newer years have had less time to collect complaints, so compare like with like.
Redesigns and mid-cycle updates change what can go wrong.
The 2024 is the ninth model year of the XC90's second generation (2016 on).
It includes the 2023 update.
What changed for 2023
Recall repairs are free at any Volvo dealer, but the seller may never have had them done. Check each campaign number against the VIN.
Volvo Car USA, LLC (Volvo Car) is recalling certain 2021-2025 XC40, 2022 V90, 2022-2024 C40BEV, 2022-2025 S90, V90CC, XC60, 2023-2025 S60, V60, V60CC, XC90, and 2025 EC40, and EX40 vehicles. The rearview camera image may not display when the vehicle is placed in reverse. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 111, "Rear Visibility.".
Risk: A rearview camera image that does not display reduces the driver's view behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
Fix: The software will be updated by a dealer or through an over-the-air (OTA) update, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 24, 2026. Owners may contact Volvo Car’s customer service at 1-800-458-1552. Volvo Car's number for this recall is R10333. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning February 16, 2026. This recall replaces previous NHTSA recall number 25V282. Vehicles previously repaired under recall 25V282 will need to have the new remedy performed.
Volvo Car USA, LLC (Volvo Car) is recalling certain 2021-2025 XC40, 2022 V90, 2022-2025 S90, V90CC, C40, XC60, 2023-2025 S60, V60, V60CC, XC90, and 2025 EC40 and EX40 vehicles. The rearview camera image may not display when the vehicle is placed in reverse. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 111, "Rear Visibility.".
Risk: A rearview camera image that does not display reduces the driver's view of what is behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
Fix: The software will be updated by a dealer or through an over-the-air (OTA) update, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 27, 2025. Owners may contact Volvo Car customer service at 1-800-458-1552. Volvo Car's number for this recall is R10320.
Volvo Car USA, LLC (Volvo Car) is recalling certain 2015-2024 XC90 vehicles. The second-row seat belt buckle and lower belt anchor bolts may not be tightened properly.
Risk: An improperly tightened seat belt buckle may not restrain an occupant as intended, increasing their risk of injury during a crash.
Fix: Dealers will inspect and tighten the second-row seat belt buckle anchorage bolts, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 19, 2024. Owners may contact Volvo Car customer service at 1-800-458-1552. Volvo Car's number for this recall is R10259.
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2024 owner complaints, side by side
