AutoUtility currently tracks 28 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2024 Volvo XC40. Driver Assistance & Safety Tech issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 11 complaints (39.3% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 5 filings cite a crash, 3 report one or more injuries.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 28 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Driver Assistance & Safety Tech (11 reports • 39.3% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Brakes & Traction Control (8), Electrical System (7)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 5 filings
  • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 3 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
28
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
5
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
3
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2024 Volvo XC40

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

#1 Problem Area 39.3% of complaints

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

11 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 2 official safety recall campaigns for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
⚠️ 4 crash reports 🩹 2 injury report entries
#2 Problem Area 28.6% of complaints

Brakes & Traction Control

8 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
⚠️ 3 crash reports 🩹 1 injury report entry
#3 Problem Area 25% of complaints

Electrical System

7 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
⚠️ 1 crash report
#4 Problem Area 14.3% of complaints

Exterior Lighting

4 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#5 Problem Area 10.7% of complaints

Powertrain & Transmission

3 owner complaints 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 2024 Volvo XC40

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

Other / Miscellaneous NHTSA ODI ID: #11756190
Filed: 08/11/2026

"Right when I turned the car on, a million different alarms went off saying different systems weren’t available. Then I started driving, and it accelerated normally, but when I took foot off accelerator: it didn’t slow down. This was really noticeable because I had one pedal drive on, which means..."

Incident Date: 07/08/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11755741
Filed: 08/09/2026

"Randomly, the sound from the infotainment system stops working. This impacts the turn signal sound inside the car, the cross traffic alert sound, blind spot warning sounds, etc. This can be fixed by restarting the infotainment center, but this is not safe to do while driving. Being unable to hear..."

Incident Date: 08/09/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: LANE DEPARTURE,BACK OVER PREVENTION
Exterior Lighting NHTSA ODI ID: #11748717
Filed: 07/07/2026

"Blindingly bright passenger-side map light came on for no reason, illuminating the car and startling the driver AND other nearby drivers (it was night). Light would not respond to touch-sensitive on/off control. Had to cycle dome lights (another distraction and even more light) to get light to turn..."

Incident Date: 07/04/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Electrical System NHTSA ODI ID: #11748329
Filed: 07/05/2026

"Front camera stop working . Today it's the second time. Not sure if a software glitch but first time need to be replaced."

Incident Date: 07/05/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Exterior Lighting NHTSA ODI ID: #11747706
Filed: 07/01/2026

"passenger side map light keeps activating. It will not shut off via touch controls. only cycling the dome light manually (not by opening a door) tends to rectify the problem. Shutting off and restarting the vehicle does not work. It's particularly distracting at night for both driver and nearby..."

Incident Date: 06/30/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: EXTERIOR LIGHTING
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 XC40

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2019–2026)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2019 Volvo XC40 30 4 4 View 2019 Problems →
2020 Volvo XC40 12 1 1 View 2020 Problems →
2021 Volvo XC40 40 2 5 View 2021 Problems →
2022 Volvo XC40 0 0 3 View 2022 Problems →
2023 Volvo XC40 43 7 4 View 2023 Problems →
2024 Volvo XC40 Current Page 28 5 4 Current
2025 Volvo XC40 11 1 2 View 2025 Problems →
2026 Volvo XC40 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 2024 Volvo XC40

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 18 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Back Over Prevention / Camera NHTSA category: BACK OVER PREVENTION 5 1 0 0 0
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 4 0 0 1 0
EXTERIOR LIGHTING 3 0 0 0 0
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 2 0 0 0 0
AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
BACK OVER PREVENTION,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 1 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES 1 1 0 0 0
LANE DEPARTURE,BACK OVER PREVENTION 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 1 0 1 0
SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 1 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 1 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE 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 (28). 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.
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.