That's not a play on words. I own a 2016 Inscription platinum T5 which I really love. I have about 62K on it. I stumbled upon "The Volvo Guy"s channel on Youtube today. According to him, one of the common problems of early model (2015-17) Volvo 2.0 engines is the piston rings not performing well and at some point they are doomed to fail or at least allow the burning of 1 quart of oil every 1000 miles. Not good, very disheartening. So I guess instead of just seeking comfort I'll ask if anyone with a 2015 - 2017 S60 has had to bail out and say goodbye to their T5 due to this problem. I understand Volvo corrected this problem after model year 2017. Does anyone know if the symptoms start early or this a problem occurring after 100K miles?

 

There is a recall on this, if your car is consuming oil or will in the future due to the rings, they can be replaced free of charge. Use volvo's website to enter your VIN and see if there are any outstanding recalls on your car. You can also call any dealer to see what, if any, recalls were done.

https://www.volvocars.com/us/own/add...ll-information

 

Thanks for your reply!. Just curious, when I go to the website and enter my VIN it tells me there are 0 recalls. Since it's not a safety recall how does that work? Is it telling me that my vehicle is not subject to that particular problem and therefore has no outstanding recall? Or that the work has already been done (prior to my ownership).
If that's the case, then that is cause for celebration. Doesn't take much!

 

To my knowledge, only way to confirm work was completed is to call a dealer and ask what recall work was done. This is tracked through Volvo, so if it happened anywhere in the country (maybe even world?) their system will know. The online checks only tell you if required work wasn't done. I don't know if there is a way to research non-safety recalls


This is another VIN Check by the NHTSA gov website https://vinrcl.safercar.gov/vin/ (this is safety too)

 

Thanks so much for the information!

 

https://www.carcomplaints.com/news/2...on-rings.shtml

you may want to inquire and join.

Also, check this out

https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/20...61744-9999.pdf

Good luck, sorry to say, it sounds like yours is headed for a rebuild

 

Well looks like my wife's 2015 S60 T5 is affected. 2 Quarts in the last month. 1 Quart the month before. Its been fine since we got the car until this point: 90K miles on it now. Does anyone else have an update to this? How does one get plug into what is happening in the class action lawsuit. I know its been 6 months since the last post. Has anyone try to negotiate this with Volvo to get some reprieve ?

 

The lawsuit I believe you are referring to was a class action in NY/NJ? The case was just dismissed with a settlement by Volvo (undisclosed of course). I dont know how many 2015 to 2017 drive-e 2.0L engines are currently on the road with bad piston rings, but the math would favor a settlement of some sort rather than a recall which would be a hard pill for Volvo to swallow, I'm sure.
So I would venture to guess there are a bunch of us wondering what we can do to forestall the problem that seems inevitable at this point. Liqui-Moly flush?

 

I'd seriously doubt Liquid Moly is going to solve a worn ring problem. No flush is going add metal or make rings that lost their tension work again. The Volvo settlement was likely to avoid the bad press of a recall but will include service bulletins to dealers on how to correct customer reported issues and will set a "good will" policy (ie factory credits to cover some of the repair costs). I'd start calling around different dealers and see if you can engage a factory rep from Volvo.