2005 Volvo S60 problems
NHTSA has received 57 complaints about the 2005 Volvo S60, and 18% of them involve engine. Next are fuel system (18%) and electrical system (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 57 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 18% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 65,000 miles 48 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 | 16 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 5 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 9 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 6 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 5 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 48 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 65,000 miles.
None of these complaints report a crash, fire, injury or death. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 100% 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 2005 ranks 9th most-complained-about out of 16 model years of the Volvo S60 with enough data (33 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 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.
Dt: the sidewall of the tire is very weak on the back right rear tire. The owner was parallel parking and the right rear tire rubbed against the curb, and the tire ripped. This is a new vehicle, 2005 volvo, the car was bought in april. There was no prior problems with the tire before this incident. The owner is calling the dealer after this phone call. The tire is a continental conti touring contact. The speed was about an 1/2 MPH.
Blown tire. This vehicle has a history of blown tires with the oem pirelli p-zero's as evidenced by this poll which shows that roughly 50% of owners with 18" rims had at least one blown tire - which for me, at highway speed was very dangerous. [link removed]
Brand new volvo s 60 2.5t leased today. Discovered strong fuel smell. Upon checking under the hood noticed very heavy fuel leak from the fuel injectors on to the engine casing
The car had difficulty in starting all of a sudden. It appeared to be an electronic ignition problem. After a few starts, warning signals started coming on. First was "engine under performance" and then it was "break failure". The car was stopped and towed to volvo dealer. The dealer indicated that the car's fuel pump / lines were designed and installed outside the weather shielded housing.
My seat belt got stuck in the front passenger side . Now I'm getting a service message about the SRS service urgent I don't know why it got stuck but it did I can't get it out of seat belt clip .