AutoUtility currently tracks 8 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2017 Volvo S90. Suspension issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 1 complaint (12.5% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 1 filing cites a crash.

Key Problem Findings
  • • Total NHTSA Complaints: 8 reports
  • • #1 Reported Problem Area: Suspension (1 reports • 12.5% of submitted complaints)
  • • Secondary Problem Areas: Body & Structure (1), Fuel & Propulsion System (1)
  • • Crash-Citing Complaints: 1 filings
  • • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 0 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Reporting Methodology: Statistics describe unverified consumer submissions voluntarily filed with NHTSA. Complaint volume is not normalized for vehicle sales volume or miles driven. Multiple components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission.
Total Complaints
8
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
1
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
0
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2017 Volvo S90

Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records

#1 Problem Area 12.5% of complaints

Suspension

1 owner complaint submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#2 Problem Area 12.5% of complaints

Body & Structure

1 owner complaint submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#3 Problem Area 12.5% of complaints

Fuel & Propulsion System

1 owner complaint submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#4 Problem Area 12.5% of complaints

Powertrain & Transmission

1 owner complaint submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
Domain Share Note: Share percentage represents the proportion of unique complaint filings referencing each vehicle system. Because single complaints may cite multiple systems (such as engine and electrical simultaneously), domain percentages represent individual category incidence and may sum to over 100%.

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2017 Volvo S90

Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Suspension NHTSA ODI ID: #11502554
Filed: 01/19/2023

"Volvo re-engineered the front struts due to the ones they used to be defective/known to fail. This re-engineering requires both left and right struts to be what they call "upgraded" at the same time, because they changed the mounting brackets and no longer make the defective part. My safety is at..."

Incident Date: 11/10/2022 • Raw NHTSA Component: SUSPENSION
Body & Structure NHTSA ODI ID: #11489618
Filed: 10/17/2022

"The door latches freeze at low temperatures (e.g. -10F) and I can not access the vehicle. This can be very dangerous in emergency situations (sick child that needs to go to the hospital, a dangerous person in a dark parking lot, extreme cold in a remote location etc.). Volvo does not have a fix and..."

Incident Date: 01/10/2022 • Raw NHTSA Component: STRUCTURE
Fuel & Propulsion System NHTSA ODI ID: #11462877
Filed: 04/30/2022

"I could smell gasoline coming from the vents for several days. I opened the hood and found gasoline leaking from one of the hoses near the engine. I had the car towed to the volvo dealership and they found a leaking low pressure fuel sensor and replaced it."

Incident Date: 04/30/2022 • Raw NHTSA Component: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Other / Miscellaneous NHTSA ODI ID: #11449434
Filed: 01/30/2022

"At low temperatures, the door latches are inoperable and you cannot open the doors. In instances of emergency this would make it very hard to get access to somebody inside the car. In addition, in extreme weather conditions or cases where you are personally in danger you may not be able to gain..."

Incident Date: 01/29/2022 • Raw NHTSA Component: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Powertrain & Transmission NHTSA ODI ID: #11397167
Filed: 02/21/2021

"I HAVE HAD AN UNRESOLVED ISSUE WITH A PERSISTENT VIBRATION THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE WHILE AT 50MPH OR HIGHER. THIS SEEMS TO BE A UNIVERSAL ISSUE WITH VOLVOS POST 2017 ACROSS MODELS. I HAVE ATTACHED A COPY OF MY EMAILS AND NON-RESPONSES FROM VOLVO DEALER REPS WHO HAVE CLAIMED IT IS NORMAL BEHAVIOR. I..."

Incident Date: 02/20/2021 • Raw NHTSA Component: POWER TRAIN
Consumer Narrative Notice: Excerpts are sanitized text descriptions submitted by vehicle owners to the federal ODI database. They reflect the reporting consumer's observations at the time of filing and have not been independently confirmed by vehicle manufacturers or government investigators.

Complaint History for Volvo S90

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2017–2026)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2017 Volvo S90 Current Page 8 1 4 Current
2018 Volvo S90 12 0 2 View 2018 Problems →
2019 Volvo S90 0 0 4 View 2019 Problems →
2020 Volvo S90 1 0 3 View 2020 Problems →
2021 Volvo S90 0 0 2 View 2021 Problems →
2022 Volvo S90 2 0 3 View 2022 Problems →
2023 Volvo S90 2 0 3 View 2023 Problems →
2024 Volvo S90 1 0 2 View 2024 Problems →
2025 Volvo S90 0 0 3 View 2025 Problems →
2026 Volvo S90 0 0 0 View 2026 Problems →
Comparative Disclaimer: Complaint totals are unadjusted historical counts and are not normalized for vehicles sold, active fleet size, or total road mileage. Newer model years naturally have had less calendar exposure time to accumulate owner filings.

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2017 Volvo S90

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 5 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 4 1 0 0 0
Fuel & Propulsion System NHTSA category: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
Powertrain NHTSA category: POWER TRAIN 1 0 0 0 0
Structure & Body NHTSA category: STRUCTURE 1 0 0 0 0
Suspension NHTSA category: SUSPENSION 1 0 0 0 0
Data Attribution & Reporting Methodology: Complaints are unverified voluntary submissions to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Because multiple vehicle components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission, component-level rollups may sum to more than the unique complaint count (8). Injury and fatality entries in the detailed table reflect raw values entered by reporting consumers across individual submissions; they are not deduplicated casualty statistics and may include duplicate or unverified entries. Complaint volume is not normalized for sales volume or vehicle mileage and does not represent an audited component failure rate.

Related Official Reports for 2017 Volvo S90

Cross-reference safety recalls, crash test safety ratings, and EPA fuel economy for this model year

Official US Government Data Provenance

The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.

Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.