Known Recalls

Recall campaign · NHTSA 13V592000

Engine and engine cooling: engine

Volvo Cars of N.A., LLC filed this campaign with NHTSA on 2013-11-22.

Recall campaignNHTSA 13V592000

Engine and engine cooling: engine

Component
Engine and engine cooling: engine
Manufacturer
Volvo Cars of N.A., LLC
Vehicles affected
30,929
Reported to NHTSA
2013-11-22
Owners notified
2014-01-10

Defect description

Volvo Cars of North America, LLC (Volvo) is recalling certain model year 2011-2012 S60 vehicles manufactured June 22, 2010, through May 14, 2012, and equipped with 5-cylinder B5254T5 (VIN code 62) engines. In the affected vehicles, the vehicle may not alert the driver of a low oil pressure situation.

Safety risk

Without being warned of a low oil pressure situation, the driver may continue to drive the vehicle until it stalls, which increases the risk of a crash.

Manufacturer remedy

Volvo will notify owners, and dealers will update the vehicle's software so that the driver is alerted should there be a low oil pressure situation, free of charge. The recall began on January 10, 2014. Owners may contact Volvo at 1-800-458-1552. Volvo's number for this campaign is R29436.

Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

Scope of coverage

2 model years across 1 models.

ModelYears on record
Volvo S602012 2011

Safety recall repairs are provided free of charge by franchised dealers, regardless of vehicle age or mileage. This page displays aggregated data for the model year. To check recall status for a specific vehicle, search its VIN at nhtsa.gov.