Volvo V60Years to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 58 owner complaints and 16 safety recalls on record for the Volvo V60.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaints Best years—Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints58Top: Engine Safety recalls162011–2025 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years.

Best & worst years

Volvo V60 years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the V60 median. Tap a year for its full report.

0 0 0 0 21 14 3 1 2 8 1 1 2 5 0

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2025Too new–/1000 complaints · 2 recalls 2024Not rated–/1005 complaints · 2 recalls 2023Not rated–/1002 complaints · 4 recalls 2022Not rated–/1001 complaint · 3 recalls 2021Not rated–/1001 complaint · 3 recalls 2020Not rated–/1008 complaints · 3 recalls 2019Not rated–/1002 complaints · 3 recalls 2018Not rated–/1001 complaint · 2 recalls 2017Not rated–/1003 complaints · 6 recalls 2016Not rated–/10014 complaints · 4 recalls 2015Not rated–/10021 complaints · 2 recalls 2014Not rated–/1000 complaints · 2 recalls 2013Not rated–/1000 complaints · 2 recalls 2012Not rated–/1000 complaints · 2 recalls 2011Not rated–/1000 complaints · 2 recalls

Complaints by system

Most common Volvo V60 problems

All model years combined: 58 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

16Engine

10Electrical system

7Service brakes1 crash/fire/injury

5Visibility/wiper

4Structure

3Seat belts

3Power train

3Back over prevention

2Wheels

1812 other systems3 crash/fire/injury

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.

Complaints by system
System	Complaints	Crash, fire or injury
Engine	16	0
Electrical system	10	0
Service brakes	7	1
Visibility/wiper	5	0
Structure	4	0
Seat belts	3	1
Power train	3	0
Back over prevention	3	0
Wheels	2	0
12 other systems	18	3

16 recalls

Volvo V60 recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

Back over prevention: software25V-908 · 2023–2025 · Dec 23, 2025 · 413,151 vehicles Back over prevention: software25V-282 · 2023–2025 · May 8, 2025 · 413,151 vehicles Propulsion system: traction battery25V-179 · 2020–2022 · Mar 24, 2025 · 7,483 vehicles Service brakes, hydraulic23V-012 · 2023 · Jan 19, 2023 · 27,457 vehicles Engine: engine control module (ecu/ecm)22V-793 · 2022–2023 · Oct 20, 2022 · 15,674 vehicles Seat belts21V-682 · 2021–2022 · Sep 1, 2021 · 19,149 vehicles Wiring: fuses and circuit breakers21V-414 · 2019–2020 · Jun 2, 2021 · 85,550 vehicles Air bags21V-001 · 2021 · Jan 7, 2021 · 2,883 vehicles Seat belts: front20V-378 · 2011–2018 · Jun 30, 2020 · 308,260 vehicles Forward collision avoidance: automatic emergency braking20V-144 · 2019–2020 · Mar 12, 2020 · 121,605 vehicles Doors: latch19V-849 · 2011–2017 · Nov 26, 2019 · 144,937 vehicles Electrical system: software18V-800 · 2017–2019 · Nov 13, 2018 · 17,548 vehicles

Showing the 12 newest of 16 recalls. Each model-year page lists all recalls for that year.

1 investigation

NHTSA investigations of the V60

Jan 27, 2023
Pedestrian alert soundsDP22005 · 2020–2022 · closed Aug 7, 2023
Led to recall 22V-063