18V554000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
Reduced braking performance can increase the risk of a crash.
2019 VOLVO XC40
4 safety recall campaigns, 1 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 43 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Do not drive
1 campaign covering the 2019 VOLVO XC40 carries NHTSA’s “park it” advisory — the federal government telling owners to stop driving the vehicle until the remedy has been performed. Whether it was performed on any particular car is not something NHTSA publishes in a form anyone can query; a franchised dealer can run the VIN and print the record in a minute, and the repair is free.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it1stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints43
Complaints citing a crash8
Complaints citing a fire0
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 4 of 4
20V144000
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
If the automatic emergency braking system does not engage as intended, it can increase the risk of a crash.
18V800000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
If the GPS location is not provided to emergency personnel it can inhibit emergency response in the event of a crash or injury.
18V535000
SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY
If the seat back moves forward during hard braking or in a crash, it can increase the risk of injury.
What owners report most
- 7UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 5ENGINE
- 5SERVICE BRAKES
- 3SEAT BELTS
- 3AIR BAGS
- 2FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
- 2ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 2FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2019 VOLVO XC40s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.