general problems of the 2012 Volvo S60

I experienced an engine issue that I believe is related to excessive oil consumption and the lack of an oil pressure light warning. The car was driven out of town when a noise was heard coming from the engine. A visual inspection of the engine revealed smoke coming from the engine department when the oil cap was removed. The dipstick was checked and showed no visible oil on the stick. Later in that evening, 3 additional quarts of oil were added to the engine but the addition of oil did not remedy the noise from the engine. The final result was that the car was towed to a Volvo dealership in florida for repair. I checked the status of the recalls (oil comsumption and no oil pressure light) and the status is closed. From what I can tell, this issue appears to be directly related to previous recalls for the vehicle.

Engine has failed and is unrepairable. The car has been maintained well according to the manufacturer’s guidelines with regular oil changes. It has only 94,875 miles. The mechanic said that there is probably a piston gasket failure leading to oil leak into the engine. This appears to have been reported with this year/model vehicles. I would like Volvo to take ownership of poor manufacturing and fix the problem to my satisfaction.

The contact owns a 2012 Volvo S60. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, she smelled a burning odor in the interior of the vehicle, after which the vehicle inadvertently lost motive power. The contact was able to coast to the shoulder of the roadway, where the vehicle failed to restart. After a visual inspection of the engine compartment, the contact became aware that the engine was without oil; however, the low oil warning light was not illuminated. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer nor an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. After investigating the failure, the contact related the failure to NHTSA campaign number: 13v592000 (engine and engine cooling) but the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 137,000.

The contact owns a 2012 Volvo S60. The contact stated while driving approximately 40 mph, the vehicle lost motive power and stalled. The vehicle was later towed to the local dealer who diagnosed the vehicle and determined that the drive belt had failed, causing damage to the timing cover and other drive belts. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 62,000.

Surpintine belt shredded due to faulty belt tensioner. Shreds of belt wedged between crankshaft timing sprocket on engine causing engine to jump timing while driving down highway and vehicle lost all power and very hard to steer due to all valves in motor bent because of poor design. Definitely a safety concern. Volvo is aware but does nothing. 11,000 dollars to replace engine.

Discovered that my engine is burning oil. There was no warning from my vehicle or from Volvo (during regular maintenance) that this was happening. It was just sudden that the check engine light went on and I checked the oil and found that it was basically empty. Volvo confirmed that the engine is burning oil and that this model and make was discovered to have this engine issue. Volvo did not offer a solution other than to buy a new vehicle to replace this one. In my research online, this problem is common for this model and make 2012 S60 t5, may other have reported the same issue and it seems that there is a recall for this problem but my vehicle (VIN) does not report this to be a problem for my car. I’m not sure what to do.

On June 2, 2023 I went to start my car and the engine would not turn over. The dashboard displayed a number of warning lights and messages (dstc service required, srs airbag service urgent, transmission service required, coolant system service required). When the tow truck driver arrived later that day, they tried to jumpstart my car but reported the battery was completely dead. I had the car taken to a local shop that specialized in Volvo cars. A few days later the shop called to tell me that not only was the battery dead, but my car key was no longer responding, and that the engine control module "exploded. " none of the mechanics at the shop had seen such a thing before. The shop also told me that they could not figure out what had been draining the battery. I was advised to reach out to the dealership. I did and happened to meet with the general manager and a lead technician who happened to be on site. I was told that while rare, the engine control module can "explode. " I was willing to drop the matter until I started seeing "low battery" warnings in early sept. Of 2023. I was finally able to get the car into the dealership on 1/2/24. After talking with the mechanic, he suggested that the satellite radio in my car was continuously draining my battery and to resolve the problem all they would need to do is download new software. A few hours later the mechanic confirmed that my car needed an rdar upgrade to stop the battery drainage. I do not understand how the dealership could sell me the car without checking to make sure the software had been upgraded in the first place. Rdar failure is not something that pops up as a recall or major safety concern. If the car had lost power while in motion, there could have been serious consequences.

I bought used S60 and sent car to auto shop due to engine seize . I was told the engine needed to be replaced. I has replacement done. Car ran good and I was pleased. Months later, the vehicle made a clicking noise when I arrived home. When I checked the oil the following morning, there was no oil in car. I was never given a low oil level indication or warning. Now car is making crazy tapping sounds. I.

The contact owns a 2012 Volvo S60. The contact stated that upon starting the vehicle, an unknown belt fractured, and the vehicle failed to start. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact called the local dealer, who informed the contact about diagnostic testing, but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted, but no assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 80,000.

My wife and I were driving to bwi airport for a 10:30am flight from virginia beach in the express lane on I-95n going 75mph when all of a sudden at 8:30am the engine seized and I got a message telling me I would experience "reduced engine performance" as my car puttered to a stop with white smoke pouring out of the exhaust. Prior to this message I had no warnings or messages on my dashboard. I got out of my car to check my oil and it was completely evaporated, so I called aaa. While we are 1 hour into waiting (it is now 9:30am) on the narrow shoulder of two express lanes for a tow truck to take our car to a shop at 11:40am and for a lyft driver to figure out how to get to us, two vdot employees told us we had to move our car by 11am otherwise the state police will tow us. I managed to call a local tow company who finally arrived by 10:55am, so we had been stranded in an express lane watching cars fly by at 85mph for almost 2 and a half hours before we were able to move. After the first shop took a look and told me the engine was damaged and that they couldn't replace it, I had it towed to a Volvo dealership. 5 days and a $375 diagnostic later, they find that the turbocharger has an internal oil leak and that this and the catalytic converter would have to be replaced for $6k. Aside from now being carless 4 hours from the dealership and missing my wife's birthday celebration without refund, I now have a $6,375 bill that I had no way of preventing due to a manufacturing design flaw in 2012 Volvo S60 t5. I should have been warned of a low oil situation so I could have at least pulled over and properly tended to it. I should not have to be liable for a Volvo design flaw that may involve faulty piston rings that has apparently affected countless others. This incident put both my wife and I in danger on an express lane on a very busy highway. Volvo needs to be accountable for this design flaw.

It looks as if my car should have been included in the 62vin recall for engine sensor not stating low oil. Car started to knock and shutoff with no warning for low oil pressure. Diagnostic show oil was issue but even when completely drained car still does not display low oil which caused motor to blow. Contacted Volvo and they would not add vehicle to recalls even though car year manufactured period and engine VIN matched recall.

This in regards to a vehicle I purchased on March 30, 2021. It is a 2012 Volvo S60 t5 VIN #[xxx]. When I purchased the car it had 99,489 miles on the odometer and when the vehicle became an issue it was at 104,409 miles on the odometer. I purchased it on craigslist from a physician in maine. On December 1, 2021 my husband was driving the vehicle on the highway and it stalled without warning after almost crashing. He was able to pull over, start the car back up and drive it home. There were no warning alerts or check engine light that came on the dashboard. After browsing the internet, we realized that the car had a recall due to an oil consumption level issue in 2014 (recall #r29436; national highway traffic safety administration campaign #13v592000). I contacted Volvo of north America who opened up a case (case #[xxx]) and then had the car towed to portland Volvo in scarborough, maine for an appointment on December 14, 2021. On December 15, 2021 portland Volvo informed us that the vehicle’s engine was beyond repair. Later that evening I received an email from [xxx] at Volvo of na stating that they would cover $750 of the repairs. I emailed her back asking her to wait for a quote from portland Volvo on how much it was going to be to repair the vehicle. On December 16, 2021 I was informed by [xxx] at portland Volvo that she spoke with the district manager and that a used engine costs between $10-14,000 and that Volvo of north America has decided not to help because the car is now out of warranty but [xxx] from portland Volvo admitted it was a manufacturer's defect. Not only has the car been seen periodically throughout its lifetime at Volvo dealerships and was seen in July 2021 due to two recalls that needed to be fixed at Volvo in exeter, nh. They did a multi-point inspection on the car and everything passed and only 3,500 miles had been put on the car since. I have all the paperwork proving all of this. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

On December 1, 2021 I was driving my 2012 Volvo S60 t5, that I purchased 3/2021 with 99,489 miles on it, on the highway and it stalled without warning after almost crashing. There were no warning alerts or check engine light that came on the dashboard and the car had 1,000 miles until the next oil change. After browsing the internet, we realized that the car had a recall because their vehicles were not warning the driver that there was low oil pressure allowing the driver to continue driving until the engine seized (recall #r29436; national highway traffic safety administration campaign #13v592000). The recall was repaired by prestige auto on 1/2014. I contacted Volvo of north America who opened up a case and then had the car towed to portland Volvo in scarborough, maine for an appointment on December 14, 2021. On December 15, 2021 portland Volvo informed us that the vehicle’s engine was beyond repair because of an unfortunate mechanical failure due to lack of lubrication. Later that evening I received an email from Volvo of na stating that they would cover $750 of the repairs. I emailed back asking to wait for a quote from portland Volvo on how much it was going to be to repair the vehicle. On December 16, 2021 I was informed by portland Volvo that she spoke with the district manager and that a used engine costs between $10-14,000. Volvo of north America has now decided to retract their $750 offer to help because the car is now out of warranty but it was due to a manufacturer's defect. I spoke with prestige auto (the dealership who fixed the repair) and was told that if the repair was actually fixed then it would have done its due diligence and alerted the driver that there wasn't any oil pressure. I have also read articles on these kinds of issues and it states that a recall is to be repaired until it fixes the issue, and obviously the issue wasn't fixed the first time. I asked for an appeal, was denied and now Volvo wont respond back to emails or calls.

I was driving on my way back home. When my car started to knock. As I was slowing down to pull over. My oil pressure light came on. Granted, the reason was unknown. I had just recently checked the oil level. I got out to check the dipstick to find smoke coming out where the dipstick was. Curious as I was, I had no oil which left me puzzled. After some research, I found that my car had a recall on it for oil consumption. I called and asked a rep if they could verify if my vehicle was serviced for the issue. But without a doubt, he said it was. I just want to know if the problem was fixed. I currently can't crank my vehicle. I even dug into it myself and found that I had a bad starter nd battery. After replacing the two. I still can't get my vehicle to turn over. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you, [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

The contact owns a 2012 Volvo S60. The contact stated while driving 35 mph, the oil pressure warning light was illuminated. The contact pulled over and parked on the side of the road and turned off the vehicle but it was unable to be restarted. The contact stated the vehicle was not drivable. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. A dealer was not contacted. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with NHTSA campaign number: 13v592000 (engine and engine cooling) however, the VIN was not included in the recall. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 133,000.

I was on my was home from work and I engine started to malfunction in the middle of the street I got help to push out of the street waited a few minutes and it started back up thank god it got me home but now I’m still having problems.

I had the car about 3 months from a dealership. I was driving through the hills near my house, at first no problem. After about 4 turns or so this red light would come on saying something like low oil pressure and the car would stall a bit til I was out of the turn. Didn’t say anything about needing oil or anything. I would have gone straight to a gas station had there been one. My only option was to turn around when I could at the bottom of the hill and go back. The car did the same thing on the way back. I got the car home without further problems parked it and planned to have it checked out first thing when a drove the car again. A couple days went by I decided it was time to have the car checked out. Got in the car started the car and the car started making an extreme rattling noise. I thought maybe something came loose I popped the hood and the rattling increased the the car stalled and stopped running before I got a chance to have it checked out. I started looking on line and found that the were hundreds of people with this same year make and model that the same happened to them . I tried to get my insurance to pay for it but they wouldn’t go for it. I went back online and learned that this issue is something Volvo knew about for many years and said it was limited to models 2012 with vin62 which my car is but only for like a three month period of time during 2012 . I thought they are obviously trying to limit the amount of responsibility they have to people like me who unknowingly purchased a Volvo expecting to have a quality car that would last many years. If you read the hundreds of blogs from people who’s cars engines failed exactly the way Volvo said of the cars Volvo was willing to recall and repair because it is Volvo’s responsibility to do so. I got lucky that the engine didn’t fail as I was driving through the hills. I and others could’ve been hospitalized or killed thanks to Volvo only informing a very limited few of this issue.

As I approached a red light I began to slow down and my car started to shake and then it turned off I was unable to turn on my hazards to warn other drivers or pull over to the side, after a couple seconds the lights came back on and I put the car in p and started it again. It happened again later on the same day.

Car never warned of low pressure or oil low. Car started to shimmy and blow white smoke. It can no longer be driven. Piston heads blew due to lack of lubrication. Will cost approx 7 to 8 thousand to fix.

2012 Volvo 60, needs new engine. Volvo states its not worth repairing at 81k miles. VIN # yv1622fs5c2090046 this car was purchased certified in 2015 from bill gray Volvo, 2897 murrysville road pennsylvania, 15317 I bought a certified 2012 Volvo S60 t5, VIN # yv1622fs5c2090046 in 2005 from a dealer in pittsburgh, PA, with 17/k. I maintained the car, with all the required service. The car drives runs well, the check engine was on and when I took it for a state inspection, I was told it had internal engine issues: mis-firing, no compression on cylinder # 1 and low compress on #2 cylinder. I was told it's too expensive to repair. It's well under the 100k warranty, with only 82/k miles but over the 5 year warranty period. I was told replacing the engine is not an option because it will cost 13k even a used engine will not work.

Consuming oil between oil changes and no warning light of low oil pressure shows up. Just lucky to have checked the dip-stick during my routine checkup and found oil completely depleted. Added 5 quarts of synthetic oil again checking in three weeks I had to add another 2 quarts. This is not good at all. The manufacturer needs to be notified of this problem which is very rampant and many people have had their vehicles engine seize. A recall to fix the problem is needed ASAP. The vehicle has only 62k.

Volvo has an internal service recall for their engine oil sensors. The information can be found here: they have stated that they fixed the sensor in my vehicle; however, I still experienced the exact problem described in the service recall. My car showed 0 engine oil light readings, but my engine seized up in the middle of the interstate. Had other vehicles been around, I would have surely been in an accident.

At around 51,000 miles, the oil pressure light blinked. We checked the oil and found that we had to add 5 quarts on 11/5/2017. Volvo added another quart on 12/26/2017. We are concerned about the oil usage and safety, and are keeping in contact with our Volvo dealer to see if this continues.

The contact owns a 2012 Volvo S60. The contact stated that the dealer (jim fisher Volvo, 2108 w burnside st, portland, or 97210, (503) 295-5571) indicated that the engine assembly needed to be replaced due to a premature internal failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 98,000.

On April 12, 2016 I took my Volvo s-60 leased brand new from Volvo and the purchased at the end of the lease as a certified pre-owned car in for an oil change and a check oil light. Volvo had a recall on oil pressure censors (this had caused other car engines to seize something that the ntsb has reported on). The Volvo authorized dealer, herb gordon, claimed to have made this repair. However on June 21, 2016, the engine seized in the middle of a busy road. The Volvo authorized dealer determined it needed a new engine, at the time, I asked about simply applying the cost to replace the engine (about $12,000) to getting me into a new car. Volvo refused and went ahead with an engine replacement (they had my car from June 21, 2016 to August 1, 2016. The car broke down again on August 15, 2016 while my family and I were on the road for a vacation. When we returned from vacation the car was given back to us but the problem now is that the car's value has significantly diminished because of the engine replacement, the bluebook value of the car is on average $13,789 but the highest we can get for it is $8,000 because of the damage done to it by Volvo. We have tried to get Volvo to work with us by making up that difference as a trade in on a car they have in stock. We have been met with nothing but hostility and abuse. In fact earlier today we were told by a customer service representative at Volvo to shut up and then he hung up on us,.

My 2012 Volvo S60 is using one quart of oil for every 900-1000 miles. This is too much. I was told that it was the piston rings that are bad.

The engine had a sudden loss of power and engine was struggling to crank. The engine showed signs of hesitation making it hard to maintain speed on the highway. This was later found out to be due to no compression in cylinder #3. The valves, valve guides, and bearings in the engine were destroyed by overheating due to low oil pressure. A vehicle software recall was known at the time to cause this oil pressure problem. The engine was about 3 years old and at 68,540 miles.

Tl-the contact owns a 2012 Volvo S60. The contact stated that while driving the low oil warning light randomly illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the four quarts of oil had emptied and was unable to diagnosed the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 47,100. Ne.

On the 23rd of April my husband was driving and the car shot out at high speed he didn't realize what happened. On the 24th of April I was in my driveway in park as I put the car in drive to slowly enter my garage the car took off at high speed tires spun left tire marks on my pavers and I hit the brakes in garage not to hit the wall and left marks there as well. My neighbors were right there witnessing this scary experience. I called corporate immediately they told me to get it to the dealer. I called a tow truck and the tow truck driver took the keys to slowly drive it onto the flatbed and the car again took off at high speed and almost flew off the tow truck!.