2001 Volvo S60 electrical problems

Filed Jun 15, 2023 · Electrical · IL · fire

1. The vehicle caught fire while driving. The radiator cooling fan stayed on after parking, The vehicle the night before. The vehicle had to be jump started the next morning. yes the vehicle is available for inspection. 2. bodily injury and property damage could have been caused by the fire. 3. Yes. independent service center. Automotive Body and Tire Center. (Skokie IL) 4. Yes. Fire was put out by prospect heights fire department. Police report #PHP23-004049 5. No warning lamps prior to the fire. Symptom of problem was the radiator cooling fan staying on after vehicle was turned off, which caused the battery to discharge.

Filed Feb 18, 2020 · Airbags, Electrical · CA

I have an SRS airbag warning light stays on and will not go away. The electrical wiring for the headlights are faulty, I tried everything to fix them nothing works. I used an inline fuse with the headlight wiring because the bulbs the continue to blowout. The volvo forum suggested the inline fuse to fix the issue, but it did not. One headlight remains on the driver side and the passenger side comes on and off when it wants to and it also displays dipped bulb failure or beam failure.

Filed Jun 22, 2018 · Acceleration, Electrical · 160,000 miles · NC

Car stalled while driving then would not go any faster than 15mph.

Filed Nov 21, 2016 · Acceleration, Electrical · IL

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 volvo s60. Without warning, the vehicle failed to accelerate over 20 MPH. The vehicle drastically reduced speed and stalled several times without warning. The vehicle was excluded from the federal safety agency campaign number: 06v441000 (vehicle speed control). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was not available.

Filed Feb 29, 2016 · Acceleration, Electrical · 118,632 miles · TX

Car jerks and clunks when switching gears. Its starting to grind and clack in 1-2 gear and I hops around the rpms line crazy.

Filed Aug 26, 2014 · Electrical, Lights · 93,522 miles · MD

The entire instrument panel went dead and the turn signals would not function. Only the headlights were working. Messages came up saying that there was an SRS airbag issue and that there was a brake failure. All of the messages were false and the instrument cluster went dead. This is a concern since the messages are incorrect according to what the dealer told me and have seen several people with the same issue. I think that volvo should replace all of the dims and cems for every car that exhibits this problem the first time for vehicles under 125,000 miles. This should not happen and is a very big safety issue. This is not the first time that the cluster has gone dead. Also each time it has been raining and the dealer has said that there are no shorts in the system. Something is wrong and they are replacing every part without fixing the issue.

Filed Dec 2, 2013 · Electrical, Seats · 108,756 miles · MN · fire

My wife drove the 2001 volvo s60 and noticed a noxious burning smell and immediately drove it home. She thought it was something extremely wrong with the heater. I drove the car 3 days later and after 3 minutes noticed the burning smell as well. I turned off the heater, and the smell continued. I saw some smoke to my left side and noticed the seat had a hole that was melting and burning. I turned off the heated seat and ensured the seat did not burn further.

Filed Aug 16, 2012 · Brakes, Electrical · 128,000 miles · NC

When I apply pressure to the brake pedal I get an error message sometimes, not always, that says "check brake lights". When the message is up, the left and right brakes in the back of the vehicle do not illuminate, but the middle one in the back of my rear window still does. When the message goes away, all lights illuminate.

Filed Dec 2, 2011 · Airbags, Electrical · 130,000 miles · WA

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 volvo s60. The contact stated that while driving approximately 55 MPH, the entire instrument panel failed. After stopping the vehicle and restarting, the panel and the air bag warning light was illuminated. The dealer was contacted and they advised her that the air bag may need replacement. The vehicle was neither inspected nor repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure and the current mileage was approximately 130,000.

Filed Oct 24, 2010 · Brakes, Electrical · 166,800 miles · SC

Lower brake lights fail while upper rear windshield light continues to work. Had this work done once in 2005 to correct the wiring situation and now it is having to be done again. I feel this is completely dangerous for both brake lights to fail at the same time. Reading online forums has LED me to believe this is a widespread issue with the 2001 volvo s60.