Volvo Community Forum. The Forums of the Volvo Owners Club

Forum Rules Volvo Owners Club About VOC Volvo Gallery Links Volvo History Volvo Press
Go Back   Volvo Owners Club Forum > "Technical Topics" > S80 '98-'06 / S60 '00-'09 / V70 & XC70 '00-'07 General

Notices

S80 '98-'06 / S60 '00-'09 / V70 & XC70 '00-'07 General Forum for the P2-platform S60 / V70 / XC70 / S80 models

Information
  • VOC Members: There is no login facility using your VOC membership number or the details from page 3 of the club magazine. You need to register in the normal way
  • AOL Customers: Make sure you check the 'Remember me' check box otherwise the AOL system may log you out during the session. This is a known issue with AOL.
  • AOL, Yahoo and Plus.net users. Forum owners such as us are finding that AOL, Yahoo and Plus.net are blocking a lot of email generated from forums. This may mean your registration activation and other emails will not get to you, or they may appear in your spam mailbox

Thread Informations

S60 Last 5 Years Servicing/Repair, Keep going with it?

Views : 1504

Replies : 16

Users Viewing This Thread :  

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old May 20th, 2020, 16:47   #11
MMT5
Member
 
MMT5's Avatar
 

Last Online: Mar 18th, 2024 19:35
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: UK
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Oil Burner View Post
Morning all,

Just been doing some maths that I wish I had not started regarding what my 2006MY S60 2.4D SE 163 Geartronic E3 has cost me in servicing and repairs.

Here are the figures;

2015 - £1281.06
2015 - £168.84
2015 - £63.36
2016 - £325.92
2017 - £854.04
2018 - £288.64
2018 - £1595.44
2019 - £716.50

Now this is purely annual service, MOT and related repairs at the Main Dealer, the big one was having the turbo changed.

Road Tax as you all know is £305 / year for all those years.

Fuel I have not listed, but do 6000 miles/year and average 38/40 mpg

This year in August as well as normal service am going to need 2 front tyres, Some front suspension work clunk yet to be diagnosed and probably a steering angle sensor.

Whats the consensus? keep going with the car or time to move it along for something more modern, economical, cheaper to tax and NOT diesel.

Thanks.
I purchased my 2007 S60 T5 SE Sport in 2011 and I have spent whatever it needed to keep it reliable.

Perhaps I am lucky in the fact that I am a vehicle tech by trade and can keep some costs down.

These cars were never designed to be cheap to maintain, but the build quality is excellent when compared to even more modern cars.

I always get a feel of luxury and quality whenever I drive mine.

Anyway mine has now covered over 216000 miles and still going strong probably because I look after it.

I think if you really like the car then age and mileage are not relevent as mechanical items can always be repaired/replaced, and once the value is so low ask yourself how much a newer lower mileage car would cost?

Then ask yourself another question how reliable will it be?

I've got my 2001 S40 T4 and my 2007 S60 T5 neither of which I will ever sell.
MMT5 is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to MMT5 For This Useful Post:
Old May 21st, 2020, 21:22   #12
pierremcalpine
Premier Member
 
pierremcalpine's Avatar
 

Last Online: Jan 3rd, 2024 15:43
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Toronto Canada
Default

Having taken on my own car repairs now for almost 10 years I've come to the following conclusion: If someone else is doing the work for you, it's really a "pick your poison" type of affair.

Any used car is going to surprise you with misc repairs. Some of these will be expensive. The timing of the large expenses and small expenses is a crapshoot but inspections do help somewhat. The poison here is to pay less upfront but swallow the poison over time with ridiculous expenses for very small things.

For the above, "the devil you know" to me is an apt summary. A good friend of mine once told me, "don't leave a good party in search of a better party." Odds are you are going to be disappointed. In other words, if you are just going to replace one used car for another you are rolling the dice AGAIN!

The other poison is to buy something newish and pray that expenses are minimal. The poison here is paying a crazy price for something that gets you from A to B for some piece of mind over the medium term.

If you are not doing at least 1/2 the repairs yourself , go with poison B, no question. That's what I've learned.

If you have young kids and or a partner with a very low tolerance for very occasionally being stranded because the old girl has let you down, again, go with poison B.

If your self-worth is all tied up in what you drive either convince yourself that the old Volvo really is a reflection of your true quality OR just go with the car that makes you happier.

If you enjoy tinkering, love feeling the results of your work when you drive, don't mind little electrical quirks that will take some time to figure out, don't mind paying a bit more for parts, and appreciate quality long gone - a P2 isn't a bad bet.
__________________
2003 V40 1.9T B4204T4, 197,000miles (sold but alive!), 2004 S60 2.5T, 160,000miles, 2010 V70 3.2, 125,000miles, 2002 V70XC 2.4, 175,000miles

Click here for my x40 and V70 P3 repair guides
pierremcalpine is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 5 Users Say Thank You to pierremcalpine For This Useful Post:
Old May 25th, 2020, 00:19   #13
barrybritcher
Flaccid Member
 

Last Online: Mar 22nd, 2024 15:14
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Norwich
Default

do the work yourself, bills halved!
__________________
2001 Volvo S60 T5 SE 2.3 Geartronic (Scrapped)
2007 Volvo S60 T5 SE 2.4 Geartronic (Sold)
2008 Volvo V70 D5 SE Sport Geartronic (Current)
barrybritcher is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to barrybritcher For This Useful Post:
Old May 25th, 2020, 14:33   #14
Georgeandkira
Premier Member
 

Last Online: Today 14:30
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Hackensack
Default

To Oil Burner and the rest of us:

Itemization would help that tally of expenses.

We can predict the future better if we know the past.

Oh God, corona wisdom!
Georgeandkira is offline   Reply With Quote
Old May 25th, 2020, 16:32   #15
oragex
Premier Member
 
oragex's Avatar
 

Last Online: Jul 26th, 2021 22:24
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Coldnada
Default

How many miles? Servicing these cars at the main dealer is really a deal breaker in the long term. Not to mention many of these dealerships may replace more than it's needed. Remember that many european car makers get their profits from servicing, not from selling the new car. So it's really a matter of finding an honest & knowledgeable independent garage that uses the good quality parts from aftermarket brands - basically the brands that make the parts for Volvo, but sell these at much better prices.
__________________
Several Volvo Repair Videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...ECTts0FSVSOT_c
oragex is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to oragex For This Useful Post:
Old May 26th, 2020, 07:16   #16
oilit
All the gear - no idea
 

Last Online: Sep 16th, 2022 08:04
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Gloucestershire
Default

As I mentioned in another post, I have just changed the transmission oil on a V70 which has been serviced by the main dealer network all its life. I did it as I know the auto gearboxes have a habit of failing and I didn't want that.

I don't think the oil has ever been changed, so going to the Volvo main dealer after the warranty has ended is not always the best route.

As others have said, if you are happy with the car and don't have a strange itch that needs to be scratched - keep it and find a good recommended independent who knows Volvos.

Afterall, two big things to go are the turbo and the gearbox - you've just fixed one of those - why not get the reward - many people would have sold it before spending the money to fix that !
oilit is offline   Reply With Quote
Old May 26th, 2020, 10:41   #17
Davey J
Junior Member
 

Last Online: Nov 1st, 2022 11:04
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Gloucestershire
Default

It's a 2006 car out of warranty. Personally, unless you are on good terms with the dealership I would be finding myself a good independent garage and halving your outgoings to be perfectly frank......

I've just paid my mechanic only just over half of what your turbo replacement cost on my V70R and that was with a Hybrid K24 unit not a standard item. There are options out there for you to own your car and not be so owned by it but it will involve either educating yourself a bit more on it or getting more savvy with who you use. All of this is cheaper than a main dealer outside of warranty in the long term...... Those big bills merely pay for the shiney showroom you sit in whilst you wait to be bent over.

On the plus side....2015 was a good year
__________________
When this baby hits 88 miles per hour you're going to see some serious s@£$
Davey J is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 18:47.


Powered by vBulletin
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.