We've updated the results for the S60, V70 and XC70 to include owner experiences through March 31, 2010. In terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2007: 29, better than average, small sample size

2006: 34, better than average--separating out the R's made a big difference for 2004-2007

2006 R: 145, worse than average, small sample size

2005: 67, about average

2004: 78, about average

2004 R: 155, worse than average, small sample size

2003: 100, about average, small sample size

2002: 207, worse than average

2001: 178, worse than average

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

For the 2004, the first is 43, while the latter is 3.

We don't have these for other years yet, though, because they require a larger number of responses.

Everyone who has been helping, thank you, I and other car owners certainly appreciate it. We'll have further updates in August and November. With more participants, we could provide all three stats for all model years. So if you haven't already signed up to participate, please consider doing so.

Volvo S60 reliability comparisons

 

TTT

I enrolled mine (also have my other veh in there) - add yer ride

 

Just noticed this thread. Obviously, I'm a bit late to the game.

I have 2006 S60 R. Do you still desire data?

The only "significant" (but covered under warranty) was a bizarre series of failures in the fuel pump early on (e.g., 22,000+ miles).

Let me know if that sort of input is still relevant.

 

Thanks for asking. Definitely still relevant. And never too late. I update results every three months, and we're short on R's.

 

We've updated the results for the S60 to include owner experiences through June 30, 2010.

Other sources of car reliability information won't cover the more recent months until the summer or even fall of next year.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2007: 24, better than average

2006: 49, better than average--separating out the R's made a big difference for 2004-2007

2006 R: 128, worse than average, small sample size

2005: 71, about average

2004: 79, about average

2004 R: 93, about average, small sample size

2003: 141, worse than average

2002: 203, worse than average

2001: 163, worse than average

2000: 179, worse than average

1999: 233, worse than average

1998: 212, worse than average

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

The percentage with no repairs is about 29 for the 2001 and 41 for the 2004, while the percentage of lemons is about 7 for the 2001 and less than one for the 2004.

We don't have these for other years yet, though, because they require a larger number of responses.

Thank you, once again, everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in November and February. With more participants, we could provide all three stats for all model years.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help:

Volvo S60 reliability comparisons

 

We've updated the results for the S60 to include owner experiences through September 30, 2010.

Other sources of car reliability information won't cover the months since April until the summer or even fall of next year.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2007: 34, better than average

2006: 56, better than average--separating out the R's made a big difference for 2004-2007

2006 R: 129, worse than average, small sample size

2005: 59, better than average

2004: 78, about average

2004 R: 117, about average, small sample size

2003: 148, worse than average

2002: 157, worse than average

2001: 163, worse than average

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

The percentage with no repairs is about 26 for the 2001 and 51 for the 2004, while the percentage of lemons is about 15 for the 2001 and less than one for the 2004.

We don't have these for other years yet, though, because they require a larger number of responses.

Thank you, once again, everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in February and May. With more participants, we could provide all three stats for all model years.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help:

Volvo S60 reliability ratings and comparisons

 

We have some new pages that display all reported repairs by problem area:

2006 Volvo S60 problem reports

From this page it's possible to select a different model year or specify a problem area.

 

We've updated the results for the S60 to include owner experiences through December 31, 2010. Other sources of car reliability information won't cover the months since last April until the summer or even fall of this year.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2007: 52, about average

2006: 55, better than average

2006 R: 92, about average, small sample size

2005: 79, about average

2004: 98, about average

2004 R: 119, about average, small sample size

2003: 178, worse than average

2002: 141, about average, but close to "worse than average"

2001: 181, worse than average

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

The percentage with no repairs is about 33 for the 2001 and 35 for the 2004, while the percentage of lemons is about 17 for the 2001 and about 3 for the 2004.

We don't have these for other years yet, though, because they require a larger number of responses.

Volvo S60 Lemon-odds and Nada-odds

Thank you, once again, everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in May and August. With more participants, we could provide all three stats for all model years.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help:

Volvo S60 reliability ratings and comparisons

 

We've updated our reliability stats for the S60 to include owner experiences through March 31, 2011.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2007: 50, better than average

2006: 54, better than average

2006 R: 92, about average, small sample size

2005: 97, about average

2004: 88, about average

2004 R: 136, worse than average

2003: 171, worse than average

2002: 140, about average, but close to "worse than average"

2001: 182, worse than average

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

2004: 39, about 5

2001: 35, 21

Volvo S60 Lemon-odds and Nada-odds

We'll have further updates in August and November. With more participants, we could provide all three stats for all model years.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Volvo S60 reliability ratings and comparisons

 

We've updated the reliability stats for the S60 to include owner experiences through June 30, 2011.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2007: 54, about average

2006: 48, better than average

2006 R: 115, worse than average, very small sample size

2005: 111, about average

2004: 75, about average

2004 R: 142, worse than average

2003: 183, worse than average

2002: 153, worse than average

2001: 204, worse than average

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

2006: 74, 4

2004: 56, 5

2001: 20, 22

Volvo S60 Lemon-odds and Nada-odds

We'll have further updates in November and February. With more participants, we could provide all three stats for all model years.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Volvo S60 reliability ratings and comparisons

 

We've updated the our reliability stats for the S60 (on our redesigned site) to include owner experiences through December 31, 2011.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2012: 44, about average, small sample size

2007: 35, better than average

2006: 62, better than average

2006 R: 74, about average, very small sample size

2005: 101, about average

2004: 82, about average

2004 R: 144, worse than average

2003: 121, about average

2002: 132, about average

2001: 187, worse than average

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

2006: 56, 4

2005: 32, 12

2004: 46, 8

2001: 21, 29

Thank you, once again, everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in May and August. With more participants, we could provide all three stats for all model years.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Volvo S60 reliability ratings and comparisons

Volvo S60 Lemon-odds and Nada-odds

 

We've updated the our reliability stats for the S60 to include owner experiences through June 30, 2012.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2012: 30, better than average

2007: 32, better than average

2006: 81, worse than average

2006 R: 24, better than average, very small sample size

2005: 81, about average

2004: 102, worse than average

2004 R: 129, worse than average, small sample size

2003: 83, about average

2002: 109, worse than average

2001: 141, worse than average

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

2006: 50, 3

2005: 49, 4

2004: 40, 2

2003: 36, < 1

2002: 41, 7

2001: 35, 13

We'll have further updates in November and February. With more owners involved, we could provide all three stats for all model years.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Volvo S60 reliability ratings and comparisons

 

Volvo S60 Reliability/Repair Costs Questions?
I'm considering buying a 2003 Volvo S60. From what I have read, the car seems to be pretty reliable, but I want to know what the most common problems with the car are. I also imagine the car will be more expensive to repair than say a toyota or a honda. But I don't know to what extent this is. Can someone please fill me in?

 

The repairs reported through our survey for the 2003 can be found here:

2003 Volvo S60 Problems and Repair Histories

Glancing through them, I don't see any clear pattern.

I would not expect any Volvo older than 2005 to be especially reliable at this point, though. We've got an average score for the 2003, but worse than average scores for the 2002 and 2004. The difference between the years isn't the number of cars having problems, but the number with multiple problems. For any of these years about 60 percent of cars require at least one repair per year. Of course, this also means that about 40 percent require nothing.

 

I just bought a 2004 S60 Turbo. I would be happy to join your research. I just got the right front spring seat repaired.

Have a good day.

 

Thanks, that'd be great! Did you follow the link to the form?

 

We've updated the our reliability stats for the S60 to include owner experiences through September 30, 2012.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2012: 50, about average

2007: 46, about average

2006: 73, about average

2006 R: 31, better than average, very small sample size

2005: 96, worse than average on stricter revised scale

2004: 96, worse than average

2004 R: 109, worse than average, small sample size

2003: 69, about average

2002: 100, worse than average

2001: 139, worse than average

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

2007: 62, < 1

2006: 45, 6

2005: 53, 10

2004: 37, 6

2002: 37, 6

2001: 30, 12

We'll have further updates in February and May. The more owners participate, the more precise these will be.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help:

Volvo S60 reliability ratings and comparisons

 

We've updated our reliability stats for the S60 to include owner experiences through March 31, 2013.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2013 S60: 17, low, very small sample size
2012 S60: 40, moderate
2007 S60: 75, moderate
2006 S60: 57, moderate
2006 S60 R: 29, low, small sample size
2005 S60: 88, moderate
2004 S60: 70, moderate
2004 S60 R: 65, moderate, small sample size
2003 S60: 106, high
2002 S60: 93, moderate
2001 S60: 122, high

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds", to indicate the percentage of cars

with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop:

2007 S60: 40, < 1
2006 S60: 55, < 1
2005 S60: 42, 5
2004 S60: 46, 4
2002 S60: 28, 6
2001 S60: 31, 13

We'll have further updates in August and in November. The more owners participate, the more

comprehensive and precise these will be.

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Volvo S60 reliability ratings and

comparisons

 

We've updated our reliability stats for the S60 to include owner experiences through June 30, 2013. (Another source is about 14 months behind.)

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2013 S60: 23, low, small sample size
2012 S60: 45, moderate
2007 S60: 70, moderate
2006 S60: 58, moderate
2006 S60 R: 63, moderate, small sample size
2005 S60: 78, moderate
2004 S60: 61, low
2004 S60 R: 42, low, small sample size
2003 S60: 105, high
2002 S60: 109, high
2001 S60: 122, high

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds", to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop:

2012 S60: 67, < 1
2007 S60: 52, 7
2006 S60: 45, < 1
2005 S60: 53, 5
2004 S60: 57, 5
2002 S60: 25, 7
2001 S60: 27, 9

We'll have further updates in November and February.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help us provide more precise stats and cover more model years:

Volvo S60 reliability ratings and comparisons

 

We've updated our reliability stats for the S60 to include owner experiences through September 30, 2013.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2013 S60: 33, moderate, small sample size
2012 S60: 35, moderate
2007 S60: 67, moderate
2006 S60: 64, moderate
2006 S60 R: 70, moderate, small sample size
2005 S60: 77, moderate
2004 S60: 64, low
2004 S60 R: 46, low, small sample size
2003 S60: 122, high
2002 S60: 113, moderate
2001 S60: 121, high

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds", to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop:

2012 S60: 76, < 1
2007 S60: 54, 11
2006 S60: 56, < 1
2005 S60: 51, 5
2004 S60: 55, 5
2002 S60: 36, 10
2001 S60: 45, 17

We'll have further updates in February and in May. The more owners participate, the more comprehensive and precise these will be.

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Volvo S60 reliability ratings and comparisons