2019 Volvo S60 problems
NHTSA has received 34 complaints about the 2019 Volvo S60, and 18% of them involve electrical system. Next are tires (12%) and brakes (6%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 34 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 18% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
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%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 3 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 3 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 81% 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 2019 ranks 11th most-complained-about out of 16 model years of the Volvo S60 with enough data (28 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 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.
I was driving down our main road and I saw and smelled smoke coming out of the air vents, then a warning light came on my dashboard for my 12V battery I pulled over right away and opened the trunk and saw fire on the left-hand side. I attempted to extinguish the fire myself using soda, I was pulling clothing (2 shirts and napkins) out of the car and burned my hand We towed the car to Volvo and they are claiming it’s not their fault We have only had the car for 4 months And my husband could have died or worse if my…
While driving on a sunny day I kept being blinded by chrome / mirror finish elements surrounding the steering wheel. It wasn't happening only for a moment, my eyes hurt after driving home from work. That is very distracting and affects driver's vision! To hide my eyes from the blinding light, I had to move the steering wheel to very uncomfortable position (what still didn't solve the problem) or pretty much cover flashing spots with my hands. That creates a hazardous conditions everytime when the sun is out.
Within the first month of leasing this new car (< 250 miles), both low profile oem front tires (235/40r-19 pirelli p zero all season vol volvo, ks, pncs xl, part number 3158400) were damaged by potholes. I was told by one local tire shop that low profile tires are more susceptible to this type of damage. I have not damaged tires on potholes like this before. Volvo does not warrant these (unless you purchase their expensive road hazard package), and pirelli's warranty does not cover this type of damage.
Parking break can become temporarily unavailable and when this happens the information center does not relay any other information when the auto is running! GPS, tire pressure, etc low gas, etc information is voided. Three times car had to be repair, apparently water, coffee etc can get into the switch as the switch is located next to the cup holders between the seats. Bad location or poor design of the switch? Serious "because running information" is voided on dash!.