Volvo S60: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 40 recall campaigns for the Volvo S60, model years 2000 to 2025. NHTSA has 1,265 complaints on file for this model line. 23 of the 25 model years have a page on this register.

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NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on 1 Oct 2026. Complaint file through 30 Sep 2026. Recall file through 30 Sep 2026.

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

Volvo S60: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model year	Recall campaigns	Complaints	Share of the line average	Units in the campaigns
2025 Volvo S60	2	0	0%	826,302
2024 Volvo S60	3	20	40%	826,648
2023 Volvo S60	6	3	6%	870,172
2022 Volvo S60	4	15	30%	42,652
2021 Volvo S60	3	8	16%	26,978
2020 Volvo S60	4	11	22%	214,984
2019 Volvo S60	4	25	49%	215,767
2018 Volvo S60 NHTSA page	1	4	8%	308,260
2017 Volvo S60	5	17	34%	527,712
2016 Volvo S60	4	25	49%	535,079
2015 Volvo S60	2	58	115%	453,197
2014 Volvo S60	3	25	49%	460,964
2013 Volvo S60	4	87	172%	453,213
2012 Volvo S60	8	121	239%	548,658
2011 Volvo S60	6	5	10%	518,203
2009 Volvo S60	3	7	14%	267,219
2008 Volvo S60	2	10	20%	259,799
2007 Volvo S60	2	21	42%	259,799
2006 Volvo S60	3	31	61%	279,499
2005 Volvo S60	3	44	87%	279,499
2004 Volvo S60	5	198	391%	480,707
2003 Volvo S60	6	120	237%	725,252
2002 Volvo S60	8	186	368%	868,971
2001 Volvo S60	8	223	441%	1,015,271
2000 Volvo S60 NHTSA page	0	1	2%

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

1,689 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Volvo S60: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	Per 1,000	Mentions
Electrical System	133.8	226
Engine	115.5	195
Fuel System, Gasoline	94.1	159
Engine and Engine Cooling	75.8	128
Vehicle Speed Control	72.8	123
Fuel/Propulsion System	54.5	92
Unknown or Other	53.9	91
Power Train	50.9	86
Air Bags	43.2	73
Tires	36.1	61

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Volvo S60, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2010, with 3 campaigns.

Complaints about the Volvo S60, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2005, with 81 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

XC9035 campaigns
S8027 campaigns
V7022 campaigns
XC6036 campaigns
S706 campaigns
8505 campaigns
S4012 campaigns
XC7019 campaigns
V70XC4 campaigns
XC4013 campaigns
C7010 campaigns
9601 campaign
7406 campaigns
VNL87 campaigns
VNL64T0 campaigns
9403 campaigns
7700 campaigns
VN6100 campaigns
VN7700 campaigns
Volvo2 campaigns
EX903 campaigns
V405 campaigns
S9013 campaigns
Volvo Truck12 campaigns
V6016 campaigns
VN47 campaigns
7608 campaigns
C304 campaigns
V508 campaigns
C40BEV6 campaigns
WIA12 campaigns
V60CC13 campaigns
7802 campaigns
8544 campaigns
V90CC9 campaigns
8554 campaigns
V908 campaigns
WXR6 campaigns
VHD61 campaigns
XC60MHEV2 campaigns
VNM45 campaigns
24512 campaigns
EX303 campaigns
WG23 campaigns
VNL (4)19 campaigns
24412 campaigns
7453 campaigns
7442 campaigns
9644 campaigns
XC90PHEV2 campaigns
9654 campaigns
ACL19 campaigns
VT16 campaigns
WXLL11 campaigns
S60CC3 campaigns
EX403 campaigns
VNR17 campaigns
WAH11 campaigns
VAH20 campaigns
WX24 campaigns

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Official channels

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Cite this page

Recall Register. Volvo S60: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/volvo/s60/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through 30 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through: 30 Sep 2026
Manufacturer in the recall file: Volvo Car USA, LLC

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Volvo S60 model years have the most recall campaigns?: 2012 with 8, 2002 with 8, 2001 with 8. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Volvo S60 model year has the most complaints?: The 2001 model year, with 223 of the 1,265 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Volvo S60 name?: Electrical System: 133.8 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine: 115.5 per 1,000 component mentions. Fuel System, Gasoline: 94.1 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Volvo S60?: 4 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.