The defect
Volvo Cars of North America, LLC (Volvo) is recalling certain model year 2011-2012 S60 vehicles manufactured June 22, 2010, through May 14, 2012, and equipped with 5-cylinder B5254T5 (VIN code 62) engines. In the affected vehicles, the vehicle may not alert the driver of a low oil pressure situation.
The risk
Without being warned of a low oil pressure situation, the driver may continue to drive the vehicle until it stalls, which increases the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Volvo will notify owners, and dealers will update the vehicle's software so that the driver is alerted should there be a low oil pressure situation, free of charge. The recall began on January 10, 2014. Owners may contact Volvo at 1-800-458-1552. Volvo's number for this campaign is R29436.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Volvo S60 | 2011, 2012 |
Components: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volvo S60 | 2011 | 5 | 6 |
| Volvo S60 | 2012 | 121 | 8 |
Other engine and engine cooling recalls in 2013
12 of the 627 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2013 concerned the engine and engine cooling; Volvo Cars of N.A., LLC filed 8 campaigns in all.
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| 13V341000 5 Aug 2013 | Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC |
| 13V314000 16 Jul 2013 | Lotus Cars USA, Inc. |
| 13V177000 7 May 2013 | Chrysler Group LLC |
| 13V142000 16 Apr 2013 | Motor Coach Industries |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2013