2020 Volvo S60

Problems owners report

Complaints filed with NHTSA about the 2020 Volvo S60, by the system named in each complaint. One complaint can name several.

• Service brakes5
• Electrical system4
• Steering3
• Forward collision avoidance3
• Suspension2
• Vehicle speed control2
• Engine1
• Wheels1
• Visibility/wiper1
• Power train1

NHTSA ODI complaints (public domain) · updated 23 Oct 2026 · 0 injuries and 0 deaths reported

Compared with other years

NHTSA ODI complaints by model year

Fatal crashes in the US

From 2020 to 2023, 7 2020 S60 vehicles were involved in crashes on US public roads in which someone died; 2 people died inside them. This is a count, not a crash rate: it grows with the number of cars on the road.

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), crash years 2020–2023 (public domain)

New York safety inspections

At its first New York inspection the 2020 Volvo S60 failed the safety check 0.99% of the time — 16% less often than the average 2020 passenger car (1.18%). Median odometer at inspection: 26,384 miles.

NY DMV Vehicle Inspections (vezn-fmmk), initial inspections since Aug 2021 · how we count

Registered new in Europe in 2020

6,652 new Volvo S60 cars were registered in the EU, Norway and Iceland in 2020; the largest markets were the United Kingdom (1,127), Sweden (1,123), Poland (707).

Average mass

1,781 kg

Average CO₂

137 g/km (WLTP)

Average power

177 kW

Fuel type recorded

Petrol 75% · Petrol/electric 25%

European Environment Agency, CO₂ emissions from new passenger cars · averages weighted by registrations; CO₂ is the type-approval value; fuel type as recorded at registration, where many non-plug-in hybrids appear as petrol · re-use permitted with acknowledgement

Engines

The most common engines in 2020 Volvo S60 cars on Dutch roads are the 2.0 petrol (140 kW, 188 hp), 2.0 hybrid (186 kW, 249 hp) and 2.0 petrol (184 kW, 247 hp), out of 8 versions with at least 20 cars.

RDW Open Data (CC0): registered passenger cars and their fuel data · engine size rounded to 0.1 litre, net maximum power · versions with at least 20 cars

In the Netherlands

773 first registered in 2020 are on Dutch roads; 15% arrived later as imports. Median list price when new: €50,894.

Most common APK defects

• Bandenspanning niet op juiste waarde210
• Dimlicht onjuist afgesteld64
• Band onvoldoende profiel60
• Band beschadigd60
• Band(en) aanwezig met een profieldiepte van 1,6 t/m 2,5 mm44
• Mechanische delen van het remsysteem vertonen slijtage36
• Ruitenwisserinstallatie geeft onvoldoende zicht30
• Stofhoes aandrijfas beschadigd en dicht niet af22

Colours

RDW Open Data: registered vehicles and APK defects (CC0) · defect descriptions in the RDW's Dutch wording

In the United Kingdom

1,055 cars built in 2020 were licensed for the road at the end of 2025, and 5 more were declared off the road (SORN).

Department for Transport and DVLA, vehicle licensing statistics (table VEH0124, year of manufacture) · Open Government Licence v3.0

MOT test results in Great Britain

In 2023, 1,100 of these cars first registered in 2020 took their annual MOT test. 90% passed first time; among all cars first registered in 2020 the figure was 88%.

DVSA anonymised MOT tests and results, 2023 (Department for Transport) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · first tests only; a fix made at the test station within the hour still counts as a fail

In Finland

611 of these cars first registered in 2020 were in use in Finland on 30 Jun 2026, with an average of 87,000 km on the odometer at their last inspection.

Traficom (Finnish Transport and Communications Agency), open data on vehicles in use · CC BY 4.0

In New Zealand

20 2020 cars are on the New Zealand register; 5% arrived as used imports, 90% were sold new in New Zealand.

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi, Motor Vehicle Register (March 2026) · CC BY 4.0

Fuel consumption

Official Canadian test results for 2 variants: combined 8.9–9.4 L/100 km (about 25–26 mpg US), CO₂ 208–219 g/km.

Litres per 100 km. Natural Resources Canada, Fuel consumption ratings (open.canada.ca) · Open Government Licence – Canada

Recalls in Canada

7 Transport Canada recalls for the 2020 Volvo S60.

Transport Canada Vehicle Recalls Database · Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada

Recalls

Whether a recall was fixed on a particular car is known only to the manufacturer: check the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

NHTSA recalls · summaries in NHTSA's own words

Service bulletins

What Volvo told its dealers about the 2020 Volvo S60: known faults, fixes and updates.

NHTSA manufacturer communications (public domain)

NHTSA investigations

NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation