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2018 Volvo XC60 electrical system problems

11 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electrical system on the 2018 Volvo XC6031% of all complaints for this model year.

11
Electrical System complaints
31%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
2 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Water leaking from the windshield seal (possibly the moonroof) gets into electronics under the dash and causes the transmission to stop working properly and also causes the engine to just stop completely. It happened 4 years ago and Volvo replaced a module but it happened again a week ago.

    filed Dec 31, 2025

  • My air conditioning system failed. The entire dashboard and front seats had to be removed. This included having to replace the A/C evaporator, evacuated A/C refrigerant system, removed center console, removed dshboard and all related components, removed and replaced evaporator, adapter for…

    filed Jan 14, 2025

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Electrical System problems in other XC60 years

YearReportsShare
2025 XC601032%
2024 XC60627%
2023 XC601938%
2022 XC603044%
2021 XC601227%
2020 XC60733%
2019 XC601132%
2016 XC6038%
2015 XC601124%
2013 XC60914%
2012 XC6049%
2011 XC60617%
XC60 electrical system problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.