Volvo S60 brakes problems
148 complaint narratives mention brakes terms.
Key facts
1,262 owner complaints analyzed
40 distinct recall campaigns
72,000 mi median reported failure mileage
Scope: 2000 to 2025 model years. Data snapshot: . 910 complaints include usable failure mileage.
Braking behavior evidence
148 of 1,262 complaints match this topic (11.7%). The keyword filter can include complaints that mention a transmission without reporting its failure. View matching rules.
Owner report 10131000 · 2005-08-02 (August 2, 2005)
(1) DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT MAXIMUM LEGAL SPEED FOR SEVERAL HOURS. (2) ENGINE ABRUPTLY STOPS WITHOUT WARNING RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. ATTEMPTS TO RESTART ENGINE WHILE MOVING NOT SUCCESSFUL. NEGOTIATE THROUGH TRAFFIC TO SHOULDER OF ROAD, NARROWLY AVOIDING ACCIDENT. (3) VEHICLE SAT ON SIDE OF ROAD FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES AND THEN RESTARTED WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE TRIP AND RETURN HOME. (4) TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. ENGINE WAS CHECKED, BUT NO PROBLEMS FOUND. (5) THIS HAS OCCURRED TWO TI…
Owner-reported narrative. 29,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10131000 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10131416 · 2005-08-03 (August 3, 2005)
DT: CONSUMER STATED 2001 VOLVO S 60 WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE UNIT THAT REGULATED THE AIR FLOW INTO THE BRAKES AND ENGINE. THE CAR WAS MAKING A HISSING SOUND, LIKE AIR BEING LET INTO THE CABIN. THIS WAS HAPPENING A LOT, ESPECIALLY IN THE HEAT. THE BRAKES HAD TO BE DEPRESSED TO GET THE CAR TO STOP. CONSUMER HAD THE CAR FIXED LAST WEEK AT THE DEALERSHIP; THE MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE AIR PUMP TO THE BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT STALLING,OR LOSING POWER, NOR WERE THERE NEAR MISSES. CONSUME R WAS JUST RESPO…
Owner-reported narrative. 52,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10131416 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10133640 · 2005-08-20 (August 20, 2005)
I PROCEEDED TO PASS A VEHICLE AND LOST POWER COULD ONLY DRIVE AT APPROX.35M.P.H. I THEN HAD TO BRAKE AND RETURN BEHIND AND TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I TOOK IT IN FOR REPAIR AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A SOFTWARE ERROR.
Owner-reported narrative. 80,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10133640 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10142741 · 2005-11-15 (November 15, 2005)
2001 VOLVO S60 T5 W/MANUAL TRANSMISSION STALLED ABRUPTLY WITH A "REDUCED POWER" MESSAGE ON THE DASHBOARD COMPUTER DISPLAY WHILE ACCELERATING ON A HIGHWAY ONRAMP. THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, AS ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS BEHIND ME AND CAME CLOSE TO COLLIDING WITH MY VEHICLE DUE TO IMMEDIATE DECELERATION W/NO WARNING/BRAKE LIGHTS UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO REACT TO THE UNEXPECTED SITUATION. AFTER PULLING OVER, STOPPING THE CAR FOR A FEW MINUTES AND RESTARTING, I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING IT, BUT IT SEEMED TO RUN ROUGH AND "STUTTER" A BIT FOR THE …
Owner-reported narrative. 81,872 miles reported. Look up ODI 10142741 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10147005 · 2006-01-05 (January 5, 2006)
DT*:THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY LOST POWER AND LURCHED FORWARD. THIS HAPPENED WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AFTER DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THEN, THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD WITH FORCE. THE PROBLEM BECAME CURRENT AND HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES A DAY. *AK
Owner-reported narrative. 35,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10147005 at NHTSA ↗