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Originally Posted by cumbrianmale
Potential engine failure due to crankshaft problem.
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Hello,
New here.
I currently own a 2012 V60 D5 Auto FWD.
Bought in 2014 from a Volvo dealer with 25.000 km and a full 2 years warranty.
In the end of 2014, with 50.000 km on the odo, a connecting rod snapped and took its way through the block, destroying the whole engine.
The incident was taken care of brilliantly, with a nice lended car during the 3 weeks wait, but clearly, the guys at volvo were a bit suspicious about how it happenned. There's even a "technical inspector" from the insurance company holding the warranty who phoned me asking if I didn't have excessive rpm...
(I told him If he had any serious qualifications, he could teach me how to do this with an auto gearbox, which took his askings to a qick end...)
In the end everything went fine, and now the car's still perfectly fine with 170.000 km, but today is the first time I read about an issue perfectly in tune with this.