2019 Volvo XC60

Problems owners report

Complaints filed with NHTSA about the 2019 Volvo XC60, by the system named in each complaint. One complaint can name several.

• Electrical system12
• Service brakes8
• Unknown or other6
• Steering5
• Vehicle speed control4
• Air bags4
• Structure4
• Forward collision avoidance3
• Fuel/propulsion system3
• Suspension3

NHTSA ODI complaints (public domain) · updated 23 Oct 2026 · 5 injuries and 0 deaths reported

Compared with other years

NHTSA ODI complaints by model year

Fatal crashes in the US

From 2020 to 2023, 3 2019 XC60 vehicles were involved in crashes on US public roads in which someone died; 1 person died inside them. This is a count, not a crash rate: it grows with the number of cars on the road.

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), crash years 2020–2023 (public domain)

New York safety inspections

At its first New York inspection the 2019 Volvo XC60 failed the safety check 0.82% of the time — 43% less often than the average 2019 passenger car (1.44%). Median odometer at inspection: 40,536 miles.

NY DMV Vehicle Inspections (vezn-fmmk), initial inspections since Aug 2021 · how we count

Registered new in Europe in 2019

78,519 new Volvo XC60 cars were registered in the EU, Norway and Iceland in 2019; the largest markets were Germany (17,100), Sweden (12,900), the United Kingdom (11,750).

Average mass

1,894 kg

Average CO₂

157 g/km (WLTP)

Average power

161 kW

Fuel type recorded

Diesel 62% · Petrol 22% · Petrol/electric 17%

European Environment Agency, CO₂ emissions from new passenger cars · averages weighted by registrations; CO₂ is the type-approval value; fuel type as recorded at registration, where many non-plug-in hybrids appear as petrol · re-use permitted with acknowledgement

Engines

The most common engines in 2019 Volvo XC60 cars on Dutch roads are the 2.0 hybrid (223 kW, 299 hp), 2.0 petrol (184 kW, 247 hp) and 2.0 petrol (140 kW, 188 hp), out of 11 versions with at least 20 cars.

RDW Open Data (CC0): registered passenger cars and their fuel data · engine size rounded to 0.1 litre, net maximum power · versions with at least 20 cars

In the Netherlands

4,021 first registered in 2019 are on Dutch roads; 65% arrived later as imports. Median list price when new: €74,400.

Most common APK defects

• Bandenspanning niet op juiste waarde881
• Stuur- of fuseekogel met slijtage kleiner of gelijk 1,0 mm583
• Band onvoldoende profiel402
• Band(en) aanwezig met een profieldiepte van 1,6 t/m 2,5 mm292
• Dimlicht onjuist afgesteld256
• Ruitenwisserinstallatie geeft onvoldoende zicht157
• Mechanische delen van het remsysteem vertonen slijtage151
• Band beschadigd135

Colours

RDW Open Data: registered vehicles and APK defects (CC0) · defect descriptions in the RDW's Dutch wording

In the United Kingdom

11,173 cars built in 2019 were licensed for the road at the end of 2025, and 67 more were declared off the road (SORN).

Department for Transport and DVLA, vehicle licensing statistics (table VEH0124, year of manufacture) · Open Government Licence v3.0

MOT test results in Great Britain

In 2023, 11,327 of these cars first registered in 2019 took their annual MOT test. 89% passed first time; among all cars first registered in 2019 the figure was 86%.

DVSA anonymised MOT tests and results, 2023 (Department for Transport) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · first tests only; a fix made at the test station within the hour still counts as a fail

In Finland

118 of these cars first registered in 2019 were in use in Finland on 30 Jun 2026, with an average of 142,000 km on the odometer at their last inspection.

Traficom (Finnish Transport and Communications Agency), open data on vehicles in use · CC BY 4.0

In New Zealand

196 2019 cars are on the New Zealand register; 5% arrived as used imports, 94% were sold new in New Zealand.

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi, Motor Vehicle Register (March 2026) · CC BY 4.0

Fuel consumption

Official Canadian test results for 2 variants: combined 10.0–10.4 L/100 km (about 23–24 mpg US), CO₂ 233–242 g/km.

Litres per 100 km. Natural Resources Canada, Fuel consumption ratings (open.canada.ca) · Open Government Licence – Canada

Recalls in Canada

6 Transport Canada recalls for the 2019 Volvo XC60.

Transport Canada Vehicle Recalls Database · Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada

Recalls

Whether a recall was fixed on a particular car is known only to the manufacturer: check the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

NHTSA recalls · summaries in NHTSA's own words

Service bulletins

What Volvo told its dealers about the 2019 Volvo XC60: known faults, fixes and updates.

NHTSA manufacturer communications (public domain)

NHTSA investigations

NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation