2007 Volvo S60 problems
NHTSA has received 34 complaints about the 2007 Volvo S60, and 21% of them involve electrical system. Next are air bags (15%) and engine (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 34 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 21% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 54,000 miles 27 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 | 4 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 7 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 27 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 54,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 4 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 4 injuries reported. Its complaints are more 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 2007 ranks 16th most-complained-about out of 16 model years of the Volvo S60 with enough data (12 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 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.
The contact owned a 2007 Volvo S60. The contact stated that while the son was driving at an undetermined speed, the vehicle crashed into the rear of a truck. During the crash, the front end of the vehicle was severely damaged however no air bags deployed. The driver sustained a head injury, concussion, and a right knee injury. The front passenger sustained a head injury. One rear-seat passenger sustained a chest injury and the second rear-seat passenger suffered a concussion.
While driving car, a fire started under the hood near the headlight , flames were flying although car had no engine light and ran great. Pulled over and people had fire extinguisher and fire company came to make sure if was all out. Extensive damage done to car. I am told it should of blown a fuse instead of lighting on fire with my grandson and dogs in the car with no warning. Insurance said it is electrical with the car and will not cover.
Seat belt reminder is not working. ( no beeping sound or display while driving without seat belt) erratic reading/display gas mileage (electronic reading of gas gauge is not correct).
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 volvo s60. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 70 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was started and functioned as normal. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 99,000.