Volvo S60 Complaints (2001)

223 consumer complaints on file.

#10311885February 18, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
LEAK ON FUEL PUMP, WE HAD TO REPLACE LEAKING FUEL PUMP BUT PAID AHEAD. NEED TO KNOW HOW TO SEND THE INVOICE FOR REIMBURSEMENT SINCE THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS MODEL. RECALL #07V152000 VOLVO S60 2001. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10304150February 3, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 VOLVO S60. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO IN TO GEAR, LOCK UP AND SURGE FORWARD,AND NOT SHIFT PROPERLY AT ANY TIME.. SHE NOTICED THE ISSUE HAPPENED APPROX AFTER DRIVING 10 MILES AFTER THE VEHICLE HEATED UP. SHE HAD BEEN HAVING TRANSMISSION FAILURES SINCE FEBRUARY 2008. SHE NOTICED THE FAILURE EVERY TIME SHE DROVE THE VEHICLE IF SHE DROVE MORE THAN 10 MILES. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND A SOFTWARE UPGRADE WAS PERFORMED AT HER EXPENSE. HOWEVER, THE ISSUE REOCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER. SHE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT SHE DID INDEED HAVE A FAULTY TRANSMISSION BUT WOULD NOT OFFER ANYTHING OTHER THAN A 10% COST REDUCTION ON THE SOFTWARE UPGRADE REPAIR. THERE HAD BEEN NO FURTHER REPAIRS MADE TO THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 137,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10295479December 13, 2009
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
2001 VOLVO S60 - GAS LEAK FROM ABOVE THE FUEL TANK. STRONG GAS ODOR, DISCOVERED FUEL DRIPPING DOWN SIDE OF TANK UNDER VEHICLE ON PASSENGER'S SIDE. DROVE FOR AT LEAST 2 WEEKS OR MORE BEFORE I FIGURED OUT IT WAS MY CAR THAT CREATING THAT GAS SMELL AT LIGHTS (ONLY NOTICED WHEN WINDOW WAS DOWN). UNTIL VEHICLE BEGAN LEAKING A LOT OF GAS AND ODOR WAS OVER POWERING. WAS TOLD VOLVO'S "EXTENDED WARRANTY" WOULD NOT COVER THE DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP BECAUSE THE "EXTENDED WARRANTY" WAS ONLY FOR 10 YEARS OR 150,000 MILES. HAD VEHICLE REPAIRED AT MY EXPENSE. ONE DAY AFTER REPAIR AN EVEN WORSE GAS LEAK APPEARED UNDER VEHICLE ON DRIVER'S SIDE ABOVE REAR GAS TANK. NOT RESOLVED AS OF DATE OF COMPLAINT. PUDDLE OF GAS UNDER VEHICLE. GAS ODOR STRONG REALLY AFRAID TO DRIVE IT BACK TO THE MECHANIC. ADDITIONAL COMPLAINT: INTERMITTENT LURCHING OR SURGING OF SAME VOLVO S60 AT LOW SPEEDS SHORTLY AFTER STARTING. IT LUNGES FORWARD AND THEN PULLS BACK WITH NO DEPRESSING OF ACCELERATOR. IT IS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION SO THE LURCHING IS VERY ALARMING CONSIDERING NO ADDITIONAL DEPRESSION OF THE ACCELERATOR IS HAPPENING WHEN IT RANDOMLY LUNGES FORWARD. USUALLY STOPS LUNGING AFTER 10 MINUTES OF DRIVING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10292814November 18, 2009
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
VEHICLE IS HARD TO START, COUPLED WITH A STRONG FUEL SMELL EMITTING FROM THE FUEL TANK FILL NECK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10290694November 2, 2009
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
DRIVING 2001 VOLVO S60 2.4T AT 30 MPH, STEPPED BRAKES AND THEY LOCKED UP (CAR HAS ABS) CAUSING COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL. WENT INTO SPIN AND CRASHED OVER CURB, BREAKING BOTH PASSENGER SIDE RIMS AND GAUGING REAR TIRE. HAD TO BE TOWED; ONE WEEK LATER, CAR STILL IN SHOP. MECHANIC CAN FIND NO REASON FOR THIS...NO FAULT CODES ON COMPUTER, FLUIDS, WIRES, ETC ALL FINE. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10284243September 17, 2009
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
STRONG FUEL SMELL FROM REAR OF CAR AND PUMP LEAKING AT TANK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10283793September 13, 2009
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
I BEGAN NOTICING A STRONG GASOLINE ODOR IN MY GARAGE. SINCE NO FUEL IS STORED THERE I KNEW IT WAS COMING FROM MY VEHICLE, A 2001 VOLVO S60. I TRIED TO IDENTIFY A LEAK SOURCE BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. THE GAS SMELL IS STRONGEST AT THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT WHEEL WELL. I AM CONCERNED THAT AT SOME POINT A FIRE MAY RESULT. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO A LOCAL SHOP AND HAD IT UP ON A LIFT. NEITHER THE TECH NOR I WAS ABLE TO ID A LEAK, BUT I AM STILL HAVING THE STRONG GAS ODOR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10280766August 17, 2009
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
2001 VOLVO S60 GAS LEAK AT TOP OF GAS TANK. STRONG SMELL OF GAS IN GARAGE. GAS LEAK CLOSE TO EXHAUST PIPE. LEAK NOT LARGE. SMALL PUDDLE ON GROUND AND PASSENGER SIDE OF GAS TANK WET FROM TOP OF TANK DOWN (MID WAY UP TANK). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278521July 28, 2009
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
HARD STARTING AND FAINT SMELL OF FUEL, ESPECIALLY IN HOT WEATHER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10269812May 24, 2009
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
2001 VOLVO S60 HAS INTERMITTENT SURGING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. AT IDLE, ENGINE RPM DROPS BELOW 500 AND NEARLY DIES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10262814March 23, 2009
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF ELECTRONIC THROTTLE IN 2001 VOLVO S60. FORTUNATELY OCCURRED IN PARKING LOT WITH VEHICLE AT REST. VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED RESPONDING TO THROTTLE. TURNED OFF VEHICLE AND DID VISUAL AND TACTILE SURVEY OF THROTTLE PEDAL AREA. RESTARTED VEHICLE AND PROBLEM DISAPPEARED. COULD HAVE BEEN VERY SERIOUS SITUATION HAD VEHICLE BEEN AT SPEED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10261061March 7, 2009
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
I WAS PLANNING TO GO INTO WORK A BIT LATER THAN USUAL SO I LOADED UP MY TWO YOUNGEST BOYS INTO THE CAR FOR MY WIFE, AFTER SHE PULLED OUT I NOTICED NUMEROUS WET SPOTS ON MY CARPORT, THERE IS ENOUGH TREE POLLEN ON THE CARPORT THAT IT HOLDS THE FUEL EVIDENTLY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. UPON SEEING THE SPOTS ON THE CARPORT I RAN MY FINGER THROUGH THE AREA AND BEFORE I HAD MY HAND WITHIN A FOOT OF MY NOSE I COULD CLEARLY IDENTIFY THE SMELL. I NORMALLY LEAVE FOR WORK HOURS BEFORE MY WIFE AND KIDS DEPART FOR SCHOOL AND I NORMALLY ARRIVE HOURS AFTER THEY ARE HOME, IT HAS TAKEN ME A WHILE TO NOTICE THE PROBLEM AND DISCOVER THE SOURCE. OUR CARPORT IS OPEN ON THREE SIDES, IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS WE HAVE NOTICED A VERY STRONG GASOLINE SMELL, I THOUGHT IT WAS FROM A GAS CAN I KEPT NEARBY. AFTER REMOVAL OF THE GAS CAN WE CONTINUED TO SMELL THE GASOLINE, IT IS SO STRONG THAT EVEN IN AN OPEN AREA IT WILL ACTUALLY MAKE YOU NAUSEOUS WITHIN MINUTES. I QUESTIONED MY WIFE ABOUT HER GAS MILEAGE AND ANY OUT OF THE ORDINARY PERFORMANCE IN THE CARE LATELY, SHE STATED THAT THE GAS MILEAGE HAS DECREASED SEVERELY IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AND THE CAR RUNS VERY ROUGH AS FAR AS IDLING AND ACCELERATION. I USED A FLOOR JACK TO RAISE THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CAR AND DISCOVERED THAT THE GAS TANK HAS A LEAK ON THE TOP OF IT OR THE OUTLET FUEL LINE ABOVE THE TANK HAS A LEAK. NORMALLY THE CAR CAN BE DRIVEN BY MY WIFE FOR HER DAY TO DAY PURPOSES FOR TWO WEEKS ON A FULL TANK NOW IT WILL NOT MAKE ONE FULL WEEK. THERE HAS BEEN NO INCIDENT WHERE ANYONE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE AMOUNT OF FUEL LEAKING COULD BE A FATAL DEFECT AT SOME POINT IF NOT DISCOVERED AND REPAIRED PROPERLY. I DID SOME INVESTIGATING ON THE INTERNET AND DISCOVERED THE FILING AND RECALL IN ARIZONA AND NEVADA ID # 07V152000. I HAVE TO WONDER WHO DECIDED THAT THESE TWO STATES WERE THE ONLY ONE'S HOT ENOUGH TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM? I HAVE TAKEN NUMEROUS PICTURES AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO SUPPLY THEM IF NECESSARY. THANK YOU *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10255182January 15, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2001 VOLVO S60 T5 AFTER ABOUT 30 MILES OF HIGHWAY DRIVING, I CAME TO A STOP DUE TO TRAFFIC. WHEN TRAFFIC STARTED MOVING, I NOTICED JERKING AND HARD SHIFTING. THE TRANSMISSION SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE. I EVENTUALLY HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I WAS TOLD THAT IT NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION FOR 4000.00. THE 2001 S60 TRANSMISSION ISSUE IS VERY COMMON AND SHOULD BE REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE BY VOLVO. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10253091December 29, 2008
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
FUEL ODOR WHEN EXITING VEHICLE AFTER PARKING. FUEL RESIDUE OBSERVED ON THE SIDE OF THE GAS TANK WHEN LOOKING UNDER THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOT SURE IF COVERED BY EXTENDED WARRANTY.*TR UPDATE 1/9/09: WEB USER COMMENTS: ISSUE RESOLVED, VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. HOWEVER, TO BE SURE I WAS COVERED BEFORE VISITING THE DEALER, I HAD TO REMOVE THE SEAT BOTTOM AND THE PUMP COVER AND VERIFY THE FUEL LEAK WAS AT THE TOP OF THE FUEL PUMP. THEN THE SERVICE MANAGER AGREED I WOULD BE COVERED. ---- THIS MAIL WAS SENT USING THE CONTACT FORM FROM HTTP://WWW-ODI.NHTSA.DOT.GOV WEB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10252904December 27, 2008
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I GOT THE ETM VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL RECALL FIXED BUT MY CAR IS DOING IT AGAIN. IS IT NORMAL FOR THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN AND CAN I GET IT FIXED FOR FREE AGAIN? PLEASE LET ME KNOW BECAUSE MY CAR IS STARTING TO STALL OUT ON ME AND I'M AFRAID OF GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT. THANK YOU *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10248349November 10, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
IN VOLVO 2001 S60 T5. THE CAR SOMETIMES STOP ACCELERATING FOR SECONDS, AND THEN SUDDENLY IT CLICKS WITH A JOLT AFTER ABOUT A SECOND AND THE CAR LURCHES FORWARD. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH THE VALVE BODY AS THE DEALER AND ANOTHER MECHANIC SUGGESTED (TRANSMISSION PART). THIS REQUIRE REPLACEMENT OF TRANS. VALVE BODY, SEALING KIT AND TCM UPGRADE. THEN TRANS OIL FLUSH. A TOTAL COST OF $2488 QUOTED FROM GALPIN VOLVO VAN NUYS CALIFORNIA. BELOW IS A PAGE SHOWING DIFFERENT CUSTOMERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. HTTP://WWW.MATTHEWSVOLVOSITE.COM/FORUMS/VIEWTOPIC.PHP?P=20617. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10247962November 7, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I DRIVE A 2001 VOLVO S60. I PURCHASED IT NEW IN 2002. IT HAS A TOTAL OF 35,000 MILES. I DRIVE THE CAR SHORT DISTANCES AND IN TOWN ONLY. IT STARTED GIVING ME PROBLEMS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WITH JERKING FORWARD. THE "TRANSMISSION REQUIRED" "CHECK ENGINE" MESSAGES CAME ON TODAY. I IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT IT TO A VOLVO DEALER WHO COULD NOT EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THE PROBLEM IS UNTIL AFTER THEY PERFORM A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AT A COST $122.00. I FELT THAT I HAD NO OTHER RECOURSE BUT TO LEAVE IT WITH THEM. I DON'T FEEL THAT MY CAR SHOULD EXPERIENCE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS SINCE THE CAR IS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD AND IS NOT DRIVEN FOR LONG DISTANCES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10244370October 4, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE STOPPING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, I NOTICED ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS ON THE LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CAME ON AND IMMEDIATELY WENT OFF, NO OTHER INDICATIONS. WHILE WAITING AT THE LIGHT, EVERYTHING APPEARED NORMAL. WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGED TO GREEN, I PUSHED ON THE GAS PEDAL TO PULL AWAY AND NOTHING HAPPENED. THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL. NO LIGHTS WERE ON. I PUSHED TO GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND BACK UP AND THEN HALF WAY DOWN, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WORKED. IT WOULD NOT GO ANY FASTER THAN IDLE. NO INCREASE IN RPM'S AT ALL, NO MATTER WHAT POSITION THE GAS PEDAL WAS IN. I'M IN THE FAST LANE AT RUSH HOUR AND COULD ONLY GO ABOUT 4 MILES PER HOUR. I MANAGED TO WORK MY WAY OVER THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND PULL INTO A PARKING LOT. I STOPPED AND PUT THE CAR INTO PARK. I HEARD A "CLICK" AS IF A RELAY WAS RESET. I THEN PUT THE CAR INTO REVERSE AND IT SEEMED TO WORK. I PUT IT IN DRIVE AGAIN AND EVERYTHING APPEARED TO WORK OKAY AFTER THAT. I TOOK IT TO TURNER VOLVO, HERE IN SACRAMENTO, CA AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THERE WEREN'T ANY CODES IN THE COMPUTER SO THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THIS WAS AN "EXTREMELY" DANGEROUS SITUATION AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT, MADE WORSE BY THE FACT THAT MY 5 YEAR OLD NIECE WAS WITH ME AT THE TIME THIS HAPPENED. WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED AND TURNER VOLVO SAYS THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO. WELL TURNER, THANKS FOR NOTHING AND FOR TAKING OUR LIVES SO LIGHTLY. MAYBE SOMEDAY A MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY WILL BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT CAUSED BY THIS PROBLEM AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHAT YOU THINK. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH VOLVO'S AND NEEDS TO BE TAKING CARE OF BY THE MANUFACTURER NOT THE PEOPLE WHO TRUSTED YOU ENOUGH TO BUY YOUR CARS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10243608September 27, 2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE CAR WOULD SUDDENLY CEASE TO ACCELERATE NOT GOING OVER TWENTY MILES PER HOUR. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE VOLVO DEALERSHIP WHERE THE EMT WAS CLEANED. UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. 10 DAYS LATER THE CAR WITHOUT WARNING WENT INTO THE 'LIMP HOME MODE AGAIN" THE CAR WAS RETURNED TO VOLVO THIS TIME I WAS TOLD THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT AND THE ETM WAS NOT THE PROBLEM THIS PART WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND WOULD COST OVER $2,000 TO REPLACE OR I COULD TRADE IN THE CAR. I FEEL THAT THIS TOO SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF SINE THE ECM DIRECTS THE ACTIVITY OF THE ETM AND WAS NOT INITIALLY IDENTIFIED AS THE PROBLEM IF THIS DOES NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM SOMEONE COULD BE SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN TRYING TO MERGE ONTO THE FREEWAY OR CROSSING INTERSECTIONS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10243143September 23, 2008
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
I BOUGHT MY 2001 VOLVO S60 N/A BRAND NEW AT THE END OF 2001. SINCE UP TO ABOUT SEPTEMBER OF 2007, I HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE EXCEPT ROUTINE SERVICE. THEN I NOTICED LOUD "CLANGING" AND "METALLIC THUMPING" WHENEVER I WENT OVER ROUGH ROADS AT ANY SPEED. TURNS OUT THAT MY CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS (BE THEY EVER POORLY MADE) CRACKED INTO PIECES. TOOK MY VEHICLE TO MY INDEPENDENT VOLVO SHOP TO REPAIR THE BUSHINGS. THE TECHNICIAN, AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE DONE, NOTIFIED ME THAT THERE WAS A FUEL LEAK COMING FROM THE REAR FUEL TANK AREA. FUNNY THAT IT WAS THAT EXACT WEEK THAT I STARTED TO NOTICE THE GASOLINE SMELL, BE SO EVER FAINT. AS OF TODAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2008, THE SMELL HAS BECOME VERY STRONG WHERE AS EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS OPEN WHILE DRIVING, I LITERALLY HAVE TO STICK MY NOSE AGAINST THE OPEN WINDOW TO BREATHE IN WHAT SHOULD BE FRESH AIR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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