Owners have filed 16 complaints with NHTSA about this car, most about the electrical, brakes, and steering. The 9 checks below target those problems, in the order you would do them at the car.
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2024 Volvo S60: inspection sheet
Before you go, or before you touch the car0/2
Engine off, key in hand0/1
At least 20 minutes, with some highway0/6
These checks are specific to this model year. For tires, body panels, fluids, and the other basics every used car needs, use the general inspection guide.
These years share the 2024's design and most of its parts, so their problems are the ones to look for on this car too.
Worth adding to your 2024 checks
Worth adding to your 2024 checks
Worth adding to your 2024 checks
EPA figures for each version of the 2024 Volvo S60. Use them to confirm you are looking at the version that was advertised, and as a yardstick on the test drive.
| Version | Drive | EPA rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2.0L 4-cylHybrid | AWD, FWD | 28–30 mpg |
| 2.0L 4-cylPlug-in hybrid | AWD | 530 mi range |
NHTSA complaints for the 2024 Volvo S60, grouped by the part owners named. Open a row to read what goes wrong.
The center screen goes blank while driving, sometimes rebooting on its own and then failing again. With it go the gauges, warning lights, and access to features run through the screen. Other reports describe all audio cutting out at once, silencing turn signals, blind spot alerts, and parking tones. One owner also reports a loss of motive power. Separately, stops under 10 mph can feel jerky and unpredictable, with the car lurching. Dealers often cannot reproduce these faults, and repeated software updates have not cured them. One owner had to do a factory reset.
Both complaints involve crashes. In each, the car surged forward at low speed while the driver was pressing the brake, once at a stoplight and once while pulling into a parking space. One driver says the pedal went to the floor and no warning lights came on before the car hit a cement barrier. In the other case, Volvo's review of vehicle data showed the accelerator at 90% at the same moment the brake was pressed, a reading the owner disputes. Both cases carry a real risk of low-speed collisions.
The collision avoidance system takes over without warning when nothing is in the way, jerking the steering wheel hard and sometimes braking. Reports describe it firing on a freeway exit with a car in the next lane, and on a gently curving two-lane road at 30 mph with the road ahead empty. In one case the car swerved toward oncoming traffic and cut off another vehicle. These unwanted steering corrections create a clear loss-of-control and collision risk.
Complaints for this year next to the average for the other model years, area by area.
The 2024 ranks second for owner complaints among 5 S60 years, about 1.3 times the average of the others. Newer years have had less time to collect complaints, so compare like with like.
Redesigns and mid-cycle updates change what can go wrong.
The 2024 is the sixth model year of the S60's third generation (2019–2024).
Recall repairs are free at any Volvo dealer, but the seller may never have had them done. Check each campaign number against the VIN.
Volvo Car USA, LLC (Volvo Car) is recalling certain 2021-2025 XC40, 2022 V90, 2022-2024 C40BEV, 2022-2025 S90, V90CC, XC60, 2023-2025 S60, V60, V60CC, XC90, and 2025 EC40, and EX40 vehicles. The rearview camera image may not display when the vehicle is placed in reverse. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 111, "Rear Visibility.".
Risk: A rearview camera image that does not display reduces the driver's view behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
Fix: The software will be updated by a dealer or through an over-the-air (OTA) update, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 24, 2026. Owners may contact Volvo Car’s customer service at 1-800-458-1552. Volvo Car's number for this recall is R10333. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning February 16, 2026. This recall replaces previous NHTSA recall number 25V282. Vehicles previously repaired under recall 25V282 will need to have the new remedy performed.
Volvo Car USA, LLC (Volvo Car) is recalling certain 2021-2025 XC40, 2022 V90, 2022-2025 S90, V90CC, C40, XC60, 2023-2025 S60, V60, V60CC, XC90, and 2025 EC40 and EX40 vehicles. The rearview camera image may not display when the vehicle is placed in reverse. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 111, "Rear Visibility.".
Risk: A rearview camera image that does not display reduces the driver's view of what is behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
Fix: The software will be updated by a dealer or through an over-the-air (OTA) update, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 27, 2025. Owners may contact Volvo Car customer service at 1-800-458-1552. Volvo Car's number for this recall is R10320.
Volvo Car USA, LLC. (Volvo Car) is recalling certain 2019-2024 S60 vehicles. The passenger air bag may not be secured properly, which can cause the air bag to deploy improperly.
Risk: An air bag that does not deploy properly in a crash increases the risk of injury.
Fix: Dealers will inspect and tighten the bolts securing the passenger air bag, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 5, 2024. Owners may contact Volvo Car customer service at 1-800-458-1552. Volvo Car's number for this recall is R10254.
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2024 owner complaints, side by side
