Volvo S40, V40, and V50 reliability - better stats

[mkaresh]

Updated stats in a few days. Many owners have been helping out, but we continue to need more participants to fully cover all model years.

The 2006 ended up a single response short this time around.

[mkaresh]

We've updated the results for the S40 and V50 to include owner experiences through June 30, 2010. Other sources of car reliability information won't cover the more recent months until the summer or even fall of next year.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2006: 106, worse than average, could be blip at end of warranty

2004.5-
2005: 81, about average

Thank you, once again, everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in November and February. With more participants, we could provide more precise results and cover all model years.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help:

Volvo S40 / V50 reliability comparisons

[mkaresh]

Updated reliability stats next month.

As always, the more owners participate, the better the information we can provide to everyone.

Car reliability research

[mkaresh]

We've updated the results for the S40, V40, and V50 to include owner experiences through September 30, 2010. Other sources of car reliability information won't cover the months since April until the summer or even fall of next year.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2006: 76, about average

2004.5-
2005: 123, worse than average

2001: 171, worse than average, but very small sample size and so not precise

Thank you, once again, everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in February and May. With more participants, we could provide more precise results and cover all model years.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help:

Volvo S40 / V50 reliability ratings and comparisons

Volvo S40 / V40 reliability ratings and comparisons

[mkaresh]

We've updated the results for the S40, V40, and V50 to include owner experiences through December 31, 2010. Othr sources of car reliability information won't cover the months since April until the summer or even fall of this year.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2007: 92, about average, very small sample size

2006: 81, about average

2004.5-
2005: 119, worse than average

2001: 87, better than average, big change from last time, but very small sample size and so not precise

Thank you, once again, everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in May and August. With more participants, we could provide more precise results and cover all model years.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help:

Volvo S40 / V50 reliability ratings and comparisons

Volvo S40 / V40 reliability ratings and comparisons

[mkaresh]

We've updated the results for the S40, V40, and V50 to include owner experiences through March 31, 2011.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2007: 72, about average, very small sample size

2006: 70, about average

2004.5-
2005: 112, about average

2001: 130, about average, very small sample size and has been changing a lot from update to update

Thank you, once again, everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in August and November. With more participants, we could provide more precise results and cover all model years.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Volvo S40 / V50 reliability ratings and comparisons

Volvo S40 / V40 reliability ratings and comparisons

[mkaresh]

We've updated our car reliability stats for the S40, V40, and V50 to include owner experiences through June 30, 2011.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2007: 113, worse than average, very small sample size

2006: 67, about average

2004.5-
2005: 100, about average

2001: 106, about average, very small sample size

We'll have further updates in November and February. With more participants, we could provide more precise results and cover all model years.

For the details, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Volvo S40 / V50 reliability ratings and comparisons

Volvo S40 / V40 reliability ratings and comparisons

[mkaresh]

We've updated the our reliability stats for the S40, V40, and V50 (on our redesigned site) to include owner experiences through September 30, 2011.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2007: 127, worse than average, very small sample size

2006: 80, about average

2004.5-
2005: 92, about average

2001: 96, about average, very small sample size

Thank you, once again, to this forum and everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in February and May. With more participants, we could provide more precise our reliability stats and cover all model years.

For the details, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Volvo S40 / V50 reliability ratings and comparisons

Volvo S40 / V40 reliability ratings and comparisons

[mkaresh]

We've updated the our reliability stats for the S40, V40, and V50 to include owner experiences through September 30, 2012.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2008: 47, about average on stricter recalibrated scale, very small sample size

2007: 37, better than average, very small sample size

2006: 146, worse than average, small sample size

2004.5-
2005: 129, worse than average

2001: 48, better than average, very small sample size

We'll have further updates in February and May. With more owners involved, we could provide more precise results and cover all model years.

For the details, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Volvo S40 / V50 reliability ratings and comparisons

Volvo S40 / V40 reliability ratings and comparisons

[mkaresh]

We've updated the our reliability stats for the S40, V40, and V50 to include owner experiences through December 31, 2012.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2008: 62, moderate, very small sample size

2007: 36, low, very small sample size

2006: 102, high, very small sample size

2004.5-
2005: 100, high

2001: 95, moderate, very small sample size

Thank you, once again, everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in May and August. With more owners involved, we could provide more precise results and cover all model years.

For the details, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Volvo S40 / V50 reliability ratings and comparisons

Volvo S40 / V40 reliability ratings and comparisons