2001 Volvo S60 problems
NHTSA has received 262 complaints about the 2001 Volvo S60, and 35% of them involve fuel system. Next are cruise control (16%) and electrical system (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 262 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Fuel system 35% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 6 and 6
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 81,000 miles 208 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 12 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 12 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 38 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 40 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 34 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 21 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 17 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 11 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 16 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 4 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Of the 208 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 81,000 miles. For fuel system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 94,000 miles (77 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 6 complaints mention a crash; 6 complaints mention a fire; 3 injuries reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 82% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2001 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 16 model years of the Volvo S60 with enough data (110 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 8 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
My daughter was in a frontal collision with another car (2001 volvo s60), there were no other passengers. Most of the damage was to the front left of her car; however, only the passenger side airbag deployed. Her speed before breaking was ~50 MPH; the car was totaled. Although my daughter was not seriously injured I consider this a safety issue since the velocity was great enough for the passenger side airbag deploy. Additionally, the side curtains did not deploy. Of what value is a malfunction safety device?
Under normal driving conditions, the tire shreadded in the center, causing the car to go out of control and injuring my wife and myself. I called michelin and was told that this is the normal manner in which the tire would function.
I commute approximately 30 miles to work. During my commute on nov. 2, 2005 there was nothing out of the ordinary. All gauges reading within normal limits. I parked my car. Went inside my place of work. Within 7 (seven) minutes I was notified by a coworker that my car was on fire. The resulting engine fire totaled my 2001 s60 t5 volvo. There was nothing left of the engine except the engine block sitting upon the transmission.
(1) car ran rough in any gear when trying to maintain speed (2) I took it to the dealer immediately because I could not stand it (3) $1409 repair to replace the electronic throttle module. I was told if I did not replace it the car would stall and be undriveable.
In october 2007, I inquired of fields volvo of waukesha wisconsin, about a malfunctioning temperature gage. The gage would often display a faulty reading, showing that the car was overheating when in fact it was not. When I bought my car in for an inspection of the matter, jason fischer service advisor, informed me that I needed an electronics bo ( see attached receipt). He assured me that was the problem, so I agreed to allow him to replace it and was charged $537.15 for the procedure.