Home · 2013 Volvo XC60 T8 Polestar Engineered Plug-in Hybrid · Complaints

What 66 owners told NHTSA about the 2013 Volvo XC60 T8 Polestar Engineered Plug-in Hybrid

These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.

All (66)Crash / fire / injury (4)Visibility & wipers (29)Electrical system (9)Airbags (7)Body & structure (5)Engine (3)Brakes (2)Driver assistance (2)Steering (2)Electronic Stability Control (esc) (1)Equipment Adaptive/mobility (1)

1 of 66 complaints match · Airbags · crash/fire/injury only · clear filters

May 6, 2025AirbagsCrash

"During airbag deployment, the driver’s hand was burned with blistering. I believe hot gas or chemicals vented abnormally. This caused a painful injury requiring treatment."

NHTSA ODI 11659242

Working with the data? Download all 66 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 18, 2026

How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2013 Volvo XC60 T8 Polestar Engineered Plug-in Hybrid verdict →