Three problems related to engine have been reported for the 2001 Volvo S60. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2001 Volvo S60 based on all problems reported for the 2001 S60.
Emission service error text appeared intermittently after only two months of ownership. Service at dealer reset the module. Less than a month later same message appeared with engine knock. Dealer replaced knock sensor twice but to no avail. . . Then replace the engine on this certified used vehicle.
: the contact stated while driving at no particular speed, the engine oil pressure light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection. The dealer determined metal shavings were present in the oil pan resulting in the engine needing replaced and no repairs were made. Additionally, the transmission would not intermittently shift out of park. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection and repair.
On Saturday April 2, 2005 ,at about 3:00 p. M. , I was returning home with my wife and daughter from a spring break trip to washington d. C. We had driven for a good part of the day through difficult conditions. . . Considerable rain and even a some snow showers in eastern ohio. While driving on the ohio turnpike in the vicinity of toledo, the vehicle suddenly lost power, that is, the car decelerated regardless of foot-pressure on the gas pedal. Although I was at the time in the middle lane of a rather busy interstate highway, I was able to pull over to the right shoulder of the highway, where the car stopped running altogether. I let the car sit for a minute, and then attempted to start the engine again. Although the engine turned over it would not run. Through information provided by geico insurance roadside assistance facility were able to summon a tow truck, which delivered the car, and my family to a Volvo dealership schmidt in perrysburg, ohio at about 5:00 p. M. On that Saturday evening. This incident, apart from considerable inconvenience and cost, put my family and me in a very hazardous situation. Partly because of the presence of a guardrail, the vehicle came to rest only inches away from the line separating the highway shoulder from the right lane. Because of the heavy traffic much of it consisting of massive trailer-trucks traveling west I think it reasonable to say that the exposure to risk was high. Had the weather very chilly temperatures, a piecing north wind, and the ever-present threat of rain been any better I would have guided my family to the shelter of an overpass about one quarter-mile to the west until the tow-truck arrived. Fortunately, officer mack of the ohio highway patrol arrived after about 20 minutes, and alerted passing traffic to the roadside hazard with the flashing lights of his patrol car.