2012 Volvo S60 engine problems

The 2012 Volvo S60 has 62 engine complaints filed with NHTSA — 37% of the year's total, and up sharply from the prior model year.

Engine complaints

37%

Share of year

Crash-involved

Related recalls

Engine complaints by year

S60 engine complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

Related recalls

13V592000EngineNovember 22, 2013 · 30,929 units

Defect

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.

Consequence

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.

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.

What owners report

“I was on my was home from work and I Engine Started to malfunction In the middle of the street I got help to push out of the street waited a few minutes and it started back up thank God it got me home but now Iâm still having problems”
Complaint filed with NHTSA · Engine · May 31, 2021 · crash

Common questions

How many engine complaints does the 2012 Volvo S60 have?

NHTSA has 62 complaints about the 2012 Volvo S60 engine — 37% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Are there recalls for the 2012 Volvo S60 engine?

Yes — 1 NHTSA recall campaign for this model year is tied to the engine: 13V592000.

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.