Volvo XC70 owners have reported a total of 498 problems for their cars built in the 16 model years listed in the chart below. The chart shows the number of problems reported across all service years for each given model year of the Volvo XC70. The 2004 Volvo XC70 cars have the most problems reported (116 problems).
The following chart shows the 24 most common problems for Volvo XC70 cars. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's power train (71 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's fuel system, other (49 problems).
It would not be fair to compare the Volvo XC70 of an older model year to newer model years since older vehicles have been in service longer and thus are expected to have more problems. In order to compare the reliability across XC70 model years, we use the PPMY index which is defined as the problems reported per thousand vehicles per Year. A smaller PPMY index indicates greater reliability of the given model year cars.
PPMY = P / S / Y * 1000,
where P = total problems reported during the life of a Volvo XC70 model year; S = total units sold of the model year; Y = years since the debut of the model year (the age of the vehicle).
The results are shown in Table 3.
Another way to measure the reliability across the model years of the Volvo XC70 is to use the total number of problems reported during the vehicle's first year in service, as shown in the Table 4.
| Model Year | Problems Reported |
|---|---|
| 2013 XC70 | |
| 2012 XC70 | |
| 2011 XC70 | |
| 2010 XC70 | |
| 2009 XC70 | |
| 2008 XC70 | |
| 2007 XC70 | |
| 2006 XC70 | |
| 2005 XC70 | |
| 2004 XC70 | |
| 2003 XC70 | |
| 2002 XC70 |