NHTSA Safety Recalls
Volvo XC40 Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 4 recall campaigns for the Volvo XC40, across 1 model year from 2024 to 2024.
- Model years
- 1
- Recall campaigns
- 4
- Most recalls
- 2024
- Owner complaints
- 217
2024–2024, with a recall
4 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 217 complaints with NHTSA about the Volvo XC40 across 7 model years; the most, 52, concern the 2021.
Owners marked a crash on 24 of the Volvo XC40 complaints (11%) and a fire on 0.
Across all Volvo XC40 model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 44 complaints), then the back over prevention (43).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the Volvo XC40 in 2025: 58, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the Volvo XC40 is back over prevention: software, in 2 model-year listings.
The newest Volvo XC40 recall, 25V908000, was reported on December 23, 2025 and concerns the back over prevention: software.
Volvo XC40 years to avoid
Too few Volvo XC40 model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 3 of the 5 needed.
The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method
Recalls and complaints by model year
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | First years | vs median year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 11 | — | not ranked |
| 2024 | 4 | 28 | — | not ranked |
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Volvo XC40 years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the Volvo XC40
- BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE2
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE1
- SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:ELECTRIC:CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE1
Volvo XC40 model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every Volvo XC40 recall campaign (4)
| Campaign | Component | Years | Risk named | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25V908000December 23, 2025 | back over prevention: software | 2024 | crash | 413,151 |
| 25V392000June 12, 2025 | service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: electric: control module: software | 2024 | crash | 11,469 |
| 25V282000May 8, 2025 | back over prevention: software | 2024 | crash | 413,151 |
| 24V010000January 10, 2024 | electrical system: software | 2024 | crash | 17,409 |
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Volvo XC40. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: October 1, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted