Excessive oil consumption. Having to add ~5 quarts per month. Brought this to Volvo's attention in 2019 and had Volvo service confirm excessive oil consumption.
2013 Volvo S60 engine complaints
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Purchased the car with 120,000 miles and noticed it was burning 5 1/2 quarts of oil every 3,500 miles. Thought it was an oil leak and had that repaired but issue continued. Drove another 3,500 miles and had to add another 5 1/2 quarts of oil. Light never went on the last time and oil level was so low that engine now has rod knock. Only recourse is to replace the engine and I cannot afford the repair. Volvo acknowledged that these cars have excessive oil consumption issues but will only pay for repairs for cars less than 10 years old or have under 100,000 miles
The contact owns a 2013 Volvo S60. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to warn of low oil pressure. The contact stated he would become aware that the engine oil pressure was low when the vehicle stalled or while servicing the vehicle. The contact was concerned for his safety and for the potential engine damage that could occur. The contact related the failure the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 13V592000 (Engine and Engine Cooling). Additionally, the contact stated that the vehicle was experiencing excessive oil consumption. The contact stated that he had been adding a quart of oil every 3,000 miles. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed but no issues were found. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the VIN was not under recall. No additional assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 69,000.
The contact owns a 2013 Volvo S60. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the oil pressure warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where the engine was replaced; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer, where they were unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 86,000.
On 9-23-2022, my daughter took her car to a Midas for an oil change. The odometer read 87,034. They installed a new oil filter and 6 quarts of fully synthetic 5W-30 oil, and said the oil had been low when she brought it in. On 10-2-22, my daughter called me and said her Volvo had a message light in the dash: “No oil pressure.” I advised her to go directly home (it was late in the evening and no mechanic was open then.) She and her roommate consulted the manual to see how precisely to check the oil on this exact car, and no oil registered on the dipstick. I advised her to look under the car in the garage to see if there was any oil leaking; none was found. I told her she cannot drive it and risk driving with absolutely no oil. The car was not driven the next day, 10-23-22, and then our insurance company's Roadside Assistance picked up the car on the morning of 10-24-22. At my request they towed the car to the Midas where she had the oil change. The odometer was around 88,830. The car consumed 6 quarts of oil in one month and 1,796 miles of driving. After inspecting the Volvo, the service person at Midas called me to inform me that there is no oil leak, and that the 2013 Volvo S60 has known oil consumption issues. He said the oil is being burned through the motor. He said the oil is seeping past the piston rings and burning internally. He said the oil piston rings have scored the engine wall. This is all definitely out of my expertise, but I took notes on all of it. He said she must check the oil every 500 miles and top it off constantly. He said failing this the entire engine would be ruined if running with no oil. I believe the normal mileage between synthetic oil changes is 7,500-10,000 miles. I met with the Volvo dealer (see attached letter I presented) and they informed me they would need to do tests, at my expense (hundreds of dollars) and I may need to replace the engine, almost fully at my expense. Please read the two attachments below!
I started noticing that my daughter's Volvo was burning/ consuming an excessive amount of oil between oil change intervals. I get my oil changed on the recommended schedule, but I always have to add oil before the next scheduled service. There are no visible leaks. Within the past few months, she has twice had the "No Oil Pressure" warning rendered. I started doing research but cannot find a recall for the VIN. It also appears that many other people are having the same problem. People pay a lot of money for these cars and to have a major component failure is not acceptable. It appears there are issues with pistons. I am requesting that you create a safety recall including my daughter's VIN. If the engine were to seize due to lack of oil pressure while traveling on the highway, I fear she could be in a serious accident.
2013 volvo s60. Consumer writes in regard to illuminated no oil pressure light.
Car has had regular oil changes and was well below the recommended time for the next change when the engine began knocking in September. I took the car for inspection at a Volvo mechanic repair shop and was told all of the oil was gone and engine is damaged beyond repair. No engine or oil indicator light came on to warn me that the oil was low. I understand the 2011-2012 models were recalled for this issue and apparently the problem continued to the 2013 model. The car has low mileage and I am shocked that it is now effectively totaled. I am now without a vehicle and feel that Volvo should have to correct the situation and that a recall should be issued.
very high oil consumption. has gotten worse past 20000 miles. vehicle has about 82000 miles now. im having to add 6 to 8 quarts of oil in between oil changes
Carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide was leaking into the cabin of the car from a loose bolt on the turbo. No warning lights or anything - extremely dangerous and now with a car that is expensive to fix and unable to sell unless committed to fixed.
My car started making this knocking noise. I checked the oil and it was completely gone. The oil light never came on. Now I'm told the engine is gone. When I looked up my model and year in complaints it was reported this was a problem but a recall has not been issued.
We believed the 2013 volvo s60 was leaking oil but the mechanic from local service station did not find a leak. The local mechanic called boston volvo service and was informed that the volvo s60's has piston ring problems and to bring the vehicle to boston volvo for confirmation. Boston volvo confirmed vehicle has the oil consumption problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 volvo s60. The contact stated that oil was seeping into the engine compartment causing the vehicle to consume a minimum of 2 to 3 quarts of oil daily. The contact had to add 2 to 3 quarts of oil per day. The contact had contacted cherry hill volvo cars (1810 rte 70 w, cherry hill, nj 08002, (856) 665-4050) and the contact was informed that failure could be related to the coils or the pistons. The vehicle was not taken to be diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 95,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 volvo s60. The contact stated that while driving at 30 MPH, there was an abnormal noise under the hood of the vehicle. The contact pulled into the driveway where her husband checked the oil levels. The contact stated that the oil pressure warning was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the vehicle was diagnosed and the mechanic determined that there was an oil consumption failure. The contact stated that four quarts of oil was added in the vehicle however, the failure recurred. There were no oil leaks visible. Dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000.
I have owned my 2013 s60 volvo for 3.5 years. About 2 years ago, I started noticing that my car was burning/ consumption an excessive amount of oil between oil change intervals. I get my oil changed on the recommended schedule, but I always have to add oil before the next scheduled service. I started doing research and it appears that a recall was done for some cars, but my VIN was not included. It also appears that many other people are having the same problem. People pay a lot of money for these cars and to have a major component failure is not acceptable. I am requesting that you review and expand this recall including my car and the hundreds of cars with the same defects. Https://www.carproblemzoo.com/volvo/s60/engine-burning-oil-problems.php https://volvo.oemdtc.com/312/high-oil-consumption-2013-2016-volvo
I recently had a recall on a volvo for door latches. When looking at other recalls, I found that the oil pressure light on my vehicle, indicating low oil pressure, was a recall on a prior year, same make and model. I did further research and discovered that the car had a possible recall of the wrong date of manufacture. I was assured by volvo that my vehicle was not affected; however, it is having the same issues, was the same make and model, says it was made in the same city, and I have had issues with the title along with getting an original date of sell for the vehicle. I bought it from a buy here, pay here place, and it had an yellow x on the inside of the drivers side door. I think it was affected by the prior recall and that I can not get all the needed recalls because the prior misprint of the year was never corrected before it was sold to the dealer.
There is a 'known issue with the piston rings' that causes the vehicle to burn through oil. Please see the attached. I, and all the other unsuspecting volvo purchasers I am sure, would very much appreciate attention to this matter. Thank you for your time.
The car has been having an oil consumption issue. Trying to stay ahead of it, I was changing the oil every 5k with full synthetic. While driving on the highway, the car started vibrating, I received a message "reduce speed or shift up", and a blinking check engine light. Ultimately due to the high oil consumption I had a bent value and no compression out of the 4th cylinder. Volvo did not assist in the repairs or acknowledge any manufacturing issue since the car was not regularly serviced by a certified volvo dealership and the warranty expired 3 months earlier.
Car is burning oil. No oil leaks detected via mechanic or loss on the ground. Have to put multiple quarts of oil per month. The "check oil pressure" illuminates typically when making a turn which is extremely disconcerting. This is a known problem for this vehicle, just google it. They are well aware that these cars were incorrectly rated with the amount of oil initially. Volvo has done nothing to remedy this situation even though it's a known problem.
Car is burning oil. I have to replace the oil every 2-3 months with no warning as to when it is coming. The "check oil pressure" light comes on, normally when the car is in motion (specifically, making a turn), when there is already barely any oil in the car leaving me very little time to get it to a shop to replace the oil. A couple of days later (if not that same day), the check engine light will also come on. I went directly to volvo south shore for them to do an oil change on june 21, 2019 and my "oil pressure" light flashed on august 16,2019. By august 23, my "check engine" light came on so I took it to the nearest shop. They ran the diagnostics report and told me the light came on because there wasnt a drop of oil in the car. Anytime I take it into volvo to get checked, they say they cannot do anything unless the "check engine" light is currently on but its not like I can bring it to them when it does because its not safe to drive to them/wait a few days for an appointment! By that time, I can feel the car giving out and its not like I can take it another 20 miles to see them! The fact that this issue has not been properly addressed is astounding. Its not safe and it should not be the individual's responsibility to replace an engine this soon!
The check engine light came on. I took it to a mom & pop mechanic that I use. They determined that the problem is that the car is burning oil. It needed 3 quarts. They researched on-line and found a 'technical journal' released by volvo USA to it's service departments entitled 'high oil consumption'. 16 different volvos (models and years) are listed in this journal. My car is one of them. Volvo knows there is a problem, the car is unsafe to drive and yet there has been no recall for the cars. Local and corporate volvo denied me financial assistance with this because the car is 'too old, with too many miles'. But it is a known problem and the problem is also with newer models. So the fact that my car is older shouldn't matter. My car has the engine that has the defect. Shouldn't have to rebuild the engine with only 116,000 miles. Obviously, if they know of 16 cars that have this issue, it has happened before and without being fixed, it can't be driven. Both local and USA contacts treated my request as an isolated event, not a part of a bigger problem - about which they have knowledge. Again, this is a known defect!
Driving home going 40 MPH this week the oil light came on and I was alerted to stop the car immediately. This flashed on and off twice. I thought it was a glitch as I had another 1000 miles till my next oil change. I checked the oil and it was dry. I added a quart and drove to get my oil changed. Result was when they drained it there were 2 quarts that drained out. This includes the quart I had put in. My prior oil changes I would have been down a quart after 5000 miles. This is shocking! Seeing this has happened to others I'm concerned. Luckily I'm not hearing knocks and my car seems fine. I called a volvo mechanic and he said to check the oil level every month. My concern is there was no early warning that my oil was low. If the tire looses air there are non stop warnings.
Burning excessive oil and not giving a warning light. Driving down the highway when I heard a knock coming from the car so I stopped checked everything and noticed there was no oil on the dip stick and I just changed the oil 5 weeks ago. The engine now knocks and can barely be driven.
While driving on the highway to work on 12/3/18 my vehicle driver information center displayed a message of "no oil pressure - park safely". As I attempted to pull to the shoulder of the highway the engine started knocking very loudly and shutdown! The engine now has catastrophic failure, with a terrible knocking if the engine is started. It cannot be driven!
Excessive oil consumption - burning or consuming at least 5 quarts of oil every 2k-3k miles, between oil changes. Our only notice is when oil is below 5-quart range, when we receive a dash warning noting to stop engine. Car holds 7.25 quarts of synthetic oil. Well know documented throughout the web and known to volvo mechanics, although more recognized with 2011-2012 s60. Stop engine notice received when starting car. Fortunately able to uber to auto supply and add 5quarts to drive home. Occurred on two occasions, wherein the second instance we researched, reached out to volvo mechanics and in the process of contacting dealer and volvo for follow-up. It appears that several instances have resulted in engine failure and/or $5k or more in personal cost to fix piston/value issue or replace engine.
With less than 50,000 miles on it, my s60 just completely stopped working on my way to work. While pulling out of my development, the entire engine, power steering - everything shut down. I had to coast into a turning lane to put on my flashers. I had not gone more than 3 minutes from my house. After volvo had it for a few days they told me that the alternator belt had jumped off, hitting the alternator, fraying the belt. This then resulted in the belt wrapping around another part of the engine impacting the drive belt. This resulted in damage to the drive belt, alternator, 1/3 of my engine and my cylinder block. Volvo is blaming this on a faulty belt tensioner, yet they are making me pay for part of the repair which is a total cost of $6,000. This is clearly a defective part - either it was installed incorrectly or it was not properly built as a belt does not just "jump". I was lucky that I had not yet gotten onto the highway or I would have been injured along with other people if not worse. This is a huge safety concern and volvo does not seem to want to admit complete failure here. This car has been serviced regularly and at the same dealership.
While driving the car electronics, such as the dashboard lights, and radio started to flicker off and on repeatedly and the engine cut off. I was unable to control the steering and the car came to a complete stop. I waited a few min and was able to start back the car and drive it. This incident has happened 2 times in a 6 month period. The car was recently serviced at around 38,000 miles at the volvo dealership. The issue started to occur about a month after the car was serviced.
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