The manufacturer filed it. Here it is, by model.
Volvo XC40: deaths and injuries the manufacturer reported to NHTSA
Volvo reported 12 incidents alleging a death or injury in a Volvo XC40, model years 2019–2024, in its quarterly Early Warning reports to NHTSA (49 CFR 579.21), through 2026 Q1. Each is a claim the manufacturer received, not a finding; NHTSA does not verify them.
By model year
Source: manufacturer EWR death and injury reports and production reports| Model year | Incidents | Killed | Injured | Built | Per 100,000 built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22,989 | 4.3 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 22,263 | 13 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28,867 | 3.5 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17,960 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 27,607 | 18 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25,449 | 3.9 |
The model year is the one the manufacturer named in the report. A model year with its own page links to it. “Built” is the manufacturer’s cumulative production for the model year from its latest Early Warning production report; the rate is incidents per 100,000 of them.
By the system the claimant named
Source: as the manufacturer reported it| System named | Incidents | Killed |
|---|---|---|
| Parking Brake System | 2 | 0 |
| Air Bags | 2 | 0 |
| Service Brake System | 2 | 0 |
| Forward Collision | 2 | 0 |
| Electrical System | 2 | 0 |
| Engine and Cooling System | 1 | 0 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 1 | 0 |
| Lane Departure | 1 | 1 |
| Seats | 1 | 0 |
| Structure | 1 | 0 |
| Other | 1 | 0 |
An incident naming several systems is counted under each. “Fire” and “Other” are categories in the rule, not systems.
Every one of these, dated and numbered
The defect dossier for the Volvo XC40 puts each report beside the recalls, investigations, bulletins and owner complaints on the same system, as a PDF and two CSVs: the Volvo XC40, one system, every model year, numbered as exhibits.
The incidents
Source: VIN shown as NHTSA publishes it: the first eleven characters| Incident | Model year | State | Killed | Injured | Systems named | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| not reported | 2024 | — | 0 | 1 | Engine and Cooling System · Vehicle Speed Control | 2026 Q1 |
| not reported | 2023 | — | 0 | 1 | Parking Brake System | 2025 Q3 |
| not reported | 2023 | — | 0 | 2 | Air Bags | 2024 Q4 |
| not reported | 2023 | — | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System | 2024 Q4 |
| not reported | 2023 | — | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2024 Q3 |
| not reported | 2023 | — | 0 | 1 | Seats | 2023 Q3 |
| 2022-02-10 | 2022 | — | 0 | 1 | Structure | 2022 Q1 |
| 2021-03-10 | 2020 | UN | 1 | 0 | Lane Departure | 2024 Q1 |
| 2020-12-15 | 2021 | — | 0 | 1 | Forward Collision · Electrical System | 2020 Q4 |
| 2020-11-10 | 2020 | — | 0 | 1 | Parking Brake System · Service Brake System | 2020 Q4 |
| 2020-08-24 | 2020 | — | 0 | 1 | Other | 2020 Q4 |
| 2019-04-23 | 2019 | — | 0 | 1 | Forward Collision · Electrical System | 2019 Q2 |
Each row above is a claim or notice Volvo received alleging a death or injury in a Volvo XC40 and reported to NHTSA as 49 CFR 579.21 requires; NHTSA does not verify it, and a XC40 that sold more will have more rows. All Volvo models · What these reports are, and are not.