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2005 Volvo XC90 fuel/propulsion system problems

22 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the fuel/propulsion system on the 2005 Volvo XC9010% of all complaints for this model year.

22
Fuel/propulsion System complaints
10%
share of all complaints
121,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 1
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • ADAS, AIR BAR Warning lights/urgent and High Gas fumes coming out from the rear seats when fully filled gas. We had called 800-458-1552 and guided us to plug in our VIN [XXX] on www.volvocars.com and nothing showed as far as recall and told us that these recalls expired and our 2005 Volvo are not…

    filed Jun 2, 2023

  • When cranking it stalls and cuts off and after doing it around 10 times it finally cranks then I have to hurry to put in drive to get the motor going in order to keep her crunk and couple weeks ago because this problem she stalled out and I hit a hole in the road and busted the oil pan so she has…

    filed Jul 18, 2020

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

Fuel/propulsion System problems in other XC90 years

YearReportsShare
2024 XC9013%
2023 XC90513%
2022 XC90931%
2021 XC90516%
2020 XC90310%
2018 XC90613%
2017 XC9034%
2016 XC90126%
2008 XC90310%
2007 XC9038%
2006 XC9024%
2004 XC90347%
XC90 fuel/propulsion 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.