AutoUtility currently tracks 11 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2025 Volvo XC40. Driver Assistance & Safety Tech issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 5 complaints (45.5% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 1 filing cites a crash.
- • Total NHTSA Complaints: 11 reports
- • #1 Reported Problem Area: Driver Assistance & Safety Tech (5 reports • 45.5% of submitted complaints)
- • Secondary Problem Areas: Electrical System (3), Engine & Cooling (2)
- • Crash-Citing Complaints: 1 filings
- • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
- • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 0 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Most Reported Problems for 2025 Volvo XC40
Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech
NHTSA records list 2 official safety recall campaigns for this model year involving the same broad component area:
- Campaign #25V908000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE
- Campaign #25V282000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE
Electrical System
Engine & Cooling
Fuel & Propulsion System
Steering System
Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2025 Volvo XC40
Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
"I live in [XXX], where summer temperatures are extremely high. This week, afternoon temperatures have been reaching nearly 100°F (38°C). My vehicle is a mild-hybrid Volvo XC40, and there is no option to permanently disable the automatic start-stop function (or at least every time I start the car)...."
"Mild hybrid vehicle that was purchased 4/20/2026. Volvo service states incident on 06/10/2026 was caused by vehicle running overnight in enclosed garage. Volvo also states that cause was due to item inserted into drivers seatbelt buckle. No warnings posted regarding this would cause the vehicle to..."
"I believe this is a major (and known) software issue, but the car has on several occasions, when stationary, entered a state where all of its controls are unresponsive and the engine cannot be turned off. *Nothing* related to the operation of the car works, including the electronic handbrake, gear..."
"The car starts vibrations on at 70 mph through 80 mph. I have brought it to the dealer who stated they felt it and declared that it is normal for severe vibrations to occur at only these speeds. Volvo refused to acknowledge or treat the issue. This issue has been reported and Volvo issued a..."
"I was pulling out of a parking space, and the car opposite me in the next row was pulling out at the same time. We backed into each other, damaging both cars. The ADAS failed to activate the rear camera, automatic emergency braking, parking collision warning, and rear cross traffic warning. There..."
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 | 28 | 5 | 4 | View 2024 Problems → |
| 2025 Volvo XC40 Current Page | 11 | 1 | 2 | Current |
| 2026 Volvo XC40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | View 2026 Problems → |
Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2025 Volvo XC40
Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 9 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BACK OVER PREVENTION,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Engine NHTSA category: ENGINE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steering NHTSA category: STEERING | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.