2013 Volvo S60
Complaints about this year name quarts far more often than the other years of this generation — 14% of them, about 35× the usual rate of 0.4%.
Generation 2 of the Volvo S60, which began in 2011 and ran to 2018. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 85 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 21 |
| Involving a crash | 5 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 23 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- oil — 40% of this year's complaints, against 2.3% across the other years of this generation (17.6×).
- consumption — 32.9% of this year's complaints, against 11.4% across the other years of this generation (2.9×). Owners wrote it as: consumption, oil consumption, quarts, add.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- having — 12% of complaints, 29× usual
- pressure — 22% of complaints, 4× usual
- oil consumption — 18% of complaints, 5× usual
What owners wrote
Excessive oil consumption. Having to add ~5 quarts per month. Brought this to Volvo's attention in 2019 and had Volvo service confirm excessive oil consumption.
I own two 2013 S60 and both with excessive oil consumption. Having to add ~5 quarts per month. Brought this to Volvo's attention in 2019 and had Volvo service confirm excessive oil consumption.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 12V439000 AIR BAGS
- 13V084000 EQUIPMENT
- 20V378000 SEAT BELTS
- 19V849000 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Volvo S60 was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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