Volvo XC60 Major and Minor Faults and Issues

[stu0710]

Originally Posted by Mrjon

I only borrow them for the weekend!
The one I use is a bit bigger and faster which costs around the $260 million mark, but still breaks down. My biggest gripes are even at 260 million you don't get a memory function on the seat or an intermittent windscreen wiper setting.

I bet it's got some great cupholders though!

[wimorrison]

Originally Posted by stu0710

I bet it's got some great cupholders though!

True, but they will be for American cups, not our silly little European ones

I wonder if they are left hand or right hand drive?

[Mrjon]

Originally Posted by darbs

boeing 777?

No, bigger and faster still ! 747-400 ;-)

Originally Posted by stu0710

I bet it's got some great cupholders though!

Yes, the cup holders are great, 4 of them !

[Worthingmike]

So far the only problem was with the motion sensor in the cabin.

24000 miles to date.
No oil level problems. No rattles. Very comfortable car, especially for long journeys.

Would I buy again? Yes

XC60 MY10 AWD D5 SE LUX Premium Auto

[r-designbob]

Originally Posted by Mrjon

I only borrow them for the weekend!
The one I use is a bit bigger and faster which costs around the $260 million mark, but still breaks down. My biggest gripes are even at 260 million you don't get a memory function on the seat or an intermittent windscreen wiper setting.

LOl. Does it have Blis?

No probs with my 1 year old 60 (fingers crossed )

[ExMercR]

D5 AWD SE Premium Auto. 5 months old, 5k miles.

Slight wind noise from the drivers door window, but not worth a trip to the dealers. Other than that no faults whatsoever. Enjoying this car a lot.

[Foringo]

D5 AWD Premium Lux

Had the problem with rising oil level which was cured with the software upgrade and the common front marker light bulb failure (dealer sorted but would be an easy DIY fix in a matter of minutes due to clever design of headlight retainers!) Just coming up to two years old and very pleased with my XC60...good choice. I had more problems with my previous B8 2008 Audi A4 2.7 Mulitronic & build quality is on a par with it....and it's great in the snow

[DavidG]

Had my XC 60 175 Geartronic for just over two years and 24000 miles,the only real defect was knocking from front suspension, rectified under warranty by replacement of both front suspension mount rubbers, evidently due to a build problem on early MY10 cars (mine was June 2009) once rectified car felt like new again.
Have had one nearside front marker bulb and one rear number plate bulb fail.
From a driving enjoyment point of view the most annoying problems have been rattles from the rear of the car , most of which have been cured now by adjustment to rear nearside passenger door and tailgate, there are still some creaks evident mostly due to the rather poor quality plastics used in the trim to the rear of the car.
Maybe a lot of these problems have been down to bying an early production model.
Would I buy another- most certainly- it has been one of the best driving cars I have ever had

[darbs]

no reliability issues.

minor issues:
- wind noise (fixed free by dealer)
- beam set too high (temp. fixed by myself thx to this forum and corrected free by dealer)
- fog light on wrong side (changed over free by dealer)
- trim on front passenger door rattles when i play regulate by warren g (not yet fixed).

numpty issues (ie my fault):
- drove over a bollard in a carpark and damaged NSR door and 1/4. repaired transparently by http://taketheweekendoff.com at a very reasonable rate.
- left parking lights on for 7 days and battery went flat. AA recharged it, and it recovered - first ever battery i've owned to recover from being mullered so badly.

[volvorocks]

Also peeps and just to put things into perspective I myself have owned over the years many new vehicles and have a great driving experience having been involved in motor racing

Many decades ago...!!... i was considered a hard driver and drove cars much different than I do nowadays.I treat cars nowadays with TLC.

All the cars from yesteryear I owned however did stand up to such hard use including Renault Talbot Lada FSO (yes) Vauxhall Austin Hillman Triumph Citroen Mercedes Jaguar Datsun BMW Mazda Ferrari and Ford - imps toledos 528i 355's tagoras bx's rivas's allegros maxis 120y's 120f11, XJ's etc .No real problems at all apart from the odd blown headlamp or tail lamp and the odd clutch brake disc or on the odd occasion a drive shaft. And did the cars get driven hard. oh yes. Some were literally raced and rallied.Yet they never failed.

Nowadays cars seem less able to stand up to mega miles.

Nowadays I look after a car like a child - yet they still fail - and I wonder why....

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