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2025 Volvo XC90 Forward collision avoidance Problems

Complaints
5about this part
Share
17%of 29 total for the year
Median mileage
—not reported
Trend
Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.

NHTSA recorded 5 complaints about the forward collision avoidance of the 2025 Volvo XC90, 17% of the 29 complaints for this model year. 3 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.

Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“I was backing out of my drive. It was an early morning and it was very foggy. The windows were foggy and not totally defrosted yet. My camera wasnt showing everything around but we were having constant upgrade issues during this week of October 5th through the 10th. My automatic braking never activated even though it was turned on. I ran into a cattle feeder overhang. I never seen it in my camera view. The windows seem to have a really bad fog to them. My back driver tail-light got broken and back driver panel got dented and scratched. …”

NHTSA complaint #11697846, filed 2025-11

“I was in an accident going about 35mph. I slammed into a vehicle that turned in front of me. His vehicle was totaled with all of his airbags deployed. My issue is NOT with my airbags. My issue is that the seatbelt pretensioner system (which is designed to prevent whiplash) the emergency braking system and the hazard lights ALL did not active during, and/or after the crash. My vehicle is equipped with the safety features and collision avoidance that consists of seatbelt pretension, auto hazard lights and auto braking in the event of or to prevent a collision. …”

NHTSA complaint #11765680, filed 2026-09

“Two major incidents occurred: 1)My fiance and I were driving on the highway with our four children at a speed of >50 MPH. There were no cars around us (front or sides) and no debris in the road, and the automatic emergency braking system engaged and brought the car to an abrupt stop in the middle of the highway. It happened a second time shortly thereafter at a speed around 30 MPH, again without any obstructions. I'm happy to provide the car for inspection upon request unless the manufacturer takes responsibility for this very serious malfunction and grants us a manufacturer buy-back. …”

NHTSA complaint #11686070, filed 2025-09

“The accident avoidance system engaged during a 55mph drive on a divided 4 lane road. no other cars on road, no animals. Car swerved sharply to left half way into left lane and brakes engaged sharply, enough that driver and passenger in front went forward. after clearing warning, and proceeding down the road a few hundred feet, same thing happened. Has also occurred during navigation of a sharp curve, possible due to picking up a small reflection sign well off road.”

NHTSA complaint #11734492, filed 2026-04

“Interior car speakers stopped working which made collision audio cues not operational. During driving no blind spot audio, turn signal, and other audio was playing”

NHTSA complaint #11687839, filed 2025-09

Forward collision avoidance: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2025517%
2024411%
2023615%
202213%
202138%
202013%
201836%
201745%
201653%
200410%

Other parts of the 2025 Volvo XC90

Back-over prevention (rear camera)
7 complaints
Electrical system
7 complaints
Other or unknown
6 complaints
Brakes
4 complaints
Lane departure
2 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
2 complaints
Air bags
1 complaints
Engine
1 complaints
Seat belts
1 complaints
Tires
1 complaints
Vehicle speed control
1 complaints
Wheels
1 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2025 Volvo XC90

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 30, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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