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What 34 owners told NHTSA about the 2019 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 (34)Crash / fire / injury (4)Electrical system (11)Brakes (8)Steering (5)Body & structure (4)Speed control (4)Airbags (3)Driver assistance (3)Engine (3)Suspension (3)Fuel system (2)

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May 17, 2024Backup camera & sensorsDriver assistance

The parking collision sensors occasionally stop working during the parking process going from active to fully inactive at the same time. While driving through the city the coward collision has ghost activations where the car believes an object is right in front when there is nothing there. The emergency braking activated once with nothing in front on the highway at speeds over 55 mph and applied full breaking force. Since then the sensors have been turned off

NHTSA ODI 11589339

Jun 3, 2023BrakesDriver assistance

Since owning my Volvo XC60 I have had to change my brakes and rotors 3 times. I first purchased my car in January 2020 and the model is a 2019. The brake issues that have occurred have been the brake pedal shaking excessively as well as concern that the car would not brake due to the brakes wearing down very quickly. This has also affected the brake safety that Volvo pride themselves on. Additionally I was asked to pay $600 for a recall that the dealership told me needed to be done for my safety and admitted that Volvo should be picking up the tab for this.

NHTSA ODI 11525188

Jun 24, 2020Driver assistanceCrash

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 VOLVO XC60 HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH THE VEHICLE AHEAD SUDDENLY STOPPED AND THE AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING SYSTEM DID NOT ACTIVATE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO A SECOND VEHICLE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AWAY. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE LOCAL DEALER FINDLAY VOLVO (5385 W SAHARA AVE, LAS VEGAS, NV) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000.

NHTSA ODI 11330582

Working with the data? Download all 34 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 2019 Volvo XC60 T8 Polestar Engineered Plug-in Hybrid verdict →