Volvo S60

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
2.82 of 5, 34.00 votes

Price Paid:  $0.00 from Volvo

Year / Model Reviewed:
2005 S60 Turbo

Strengths:
Very bad car

Weaknesses:
problems with the Breaking system

Summary:
It was a bad decision to buy this car, poor quality, poor local agent service, more over i'm facing a problem with the breaking system since day one.

more than a year now and the problem never solved, and volvo don't want to return my money, and can not find a solution for the problem.

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Price Paid:  $17000.00 from Jack Maxton Chevrole

Year / Model Reviewed:
2005 Volvo S 60

Summary:
Bought my 2005 S-60 2.4 Non Turbo in May of 07 with 27K on it. It was on a Chevy lot, and they were basically giving it away, so I decided to take a chance. 40,000 hard miles later- I'm thrilled I did. I used to drive trucks exclusively because I am so hard on cars. This car has been repeatedly put to the test. I have the front wheel drive version and had no problems in almost a foot of snow. It's not a rocket, but my other car is a Porsche, so that's OK. I've gotten 38 MPG on road trips going between 70-80 the whole way. Excellent value for the money. Brakes and tires are the only thing I have had to replace. Original tires lasted to 55k- I never rotated them and they never went out of balance. Just traded in my wife's 05 Acura for a fully loaded 09 S-60. I have had almost 2 dozen cars, and there is simply not a car out there as durable, overbuilt, safe, and high quality as the Volvo. It's not the ultimate driving machine, but it is comfortable and responsive- and peppy with the turbo. The back seat is small, but I never sit in the back of my own cars. I can't wait to be in the high mileage club. I don't know how anyone could have problems with this car- I have yet to see anyone who drives harder than I do on a regular basis.

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Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 2 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Visitors rate this review
4.18 of 5, 11.00 votes

Price Paid:  $28600.00 from Overseas Military Sa

Year / Model Reviewed:
2004 Volvo S60 'R'

Strengths:
Comfortable, powerful, contemporary, stylish and fun to drive when not in the shop. If you need new friends buy one and Volvo will provide you with plenty of mechanics to talk to. The service folks were professional, proactive, understanding, prompt, etc.

Weaknesses:
Overall lack of Quality Control. Blind spots.

Summary:
They call this a Volvo??? My new fully loaded 2004 S60R bought overseas mid 2003 with point of acceptance delivery in the US was a stylish road rocket if it ever got out of the dealer’s service bay. It is not built for Boston or New England roads or weather. The 300hp 5 cylinder did exactly as promised and with little problems as long as it was drinking premium gas and going in a straight line but the mpg was always like a regularly aspirated V8. Too many intuitive programmed items installed with no manual over rides and this for a car that is billed as a sports car. The DVD navigation system worked like a charm BUT, being locked into AT&T for the integrated phone was such a bloody hassle that I terminated it after one half hour of service and trying to recode it proved maddening. Dead on arrival was the front right light that took over a month to get replaced. Both cute little light wipers that turned themselves on when they felt like it apparently were installed incorrectly which resulted in deep gouging of both light shrouds (another replaced part needing to be ordered) and subsequently having them disconnected permanently after they did it again. The alignment of the trunk lid was incredibly sloppy with excessive gaps and tolerance errors yup, it leaked when opened also. It is a crumble zone nightmare as a less than 1 mph nudge into a low parking stop caused numerous damages to internal plastic and metal. The 17in tire rims very problematic with potholes and quality of their laminate, enough said. Turning diameter is understated as being excessive with grinding of wheels inside well very annoying. Right side mirror could not maintain tension at speed and flubbed about or folded in. Poor quality metal-like interior trim dented easily. Fog lights continually flooded and misted (no dealer resolution). I ordered no daytime running lights so naturally it came with them and no way to disconnect without unknown damage to some other system. No nighttime privacy as lights always on. Volvo gave overseas mediator name, number, and e-mail POC info for me to deal with… this proved a no-go and futile gesture. Sold it, not stored it, at less than 15K miles and went gleefully back to Iraq safe in knowing that I never will buy another Volvo again.

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Overall Rating
 3 of 5

Value Rating
 2 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

Visitors rate this review
3.50 of 5, 8.00 votes

Price Paid:  $39000.00

Year / Model Reviewed:
2004 Volvo S 60 R

Strengths:
Power Sex apeal brakes interier

Weaknesses:
Elerctrical problems Clutch Tires not performance and neither all season

Summary:
Nice Looking car with many problems right from the begining. It's a beutiful car, inside and out, fast very fast athough clutch is not very good, wearing too fast. Gera box also not very smooth, sticks. Amplifier problems. Fuel senser didn't work from the start. bad noise when turning not sure what it is, I will be taking the car for service soon, I think it's power steering or something with the suspension.

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Price Paid:  $350000.00 from Rusnak

Year / Model Reviewed:
2003 2.4 T

Strengths:
The heavy feel of the car, the fog lights, electrical power chaired with heaters, moonroof, strong safety features. The car has a great sports feeling with alot of room. It's a little suv feeling too.

Weaknesses:
Obviously there are very limited amounts of S60's out there on the streets. The reason for this is at its sticker price the G-35 and Nissan Z are more preferred. But I guarantee the Volvo is much better overall with its fuel saving engine and its overall safety. The 1 thing that even irritates me is the fact your blind spots cannot be seen due to the wide doors. You have to look in your rear view. You cannot see your blinds.

Summary:
Im 18 years of age and my father asked me what kind of car I wanted. At the time there were 4 hot cars available. This was January of 2003. Those few cars were Infiniti G-35, Nissan Z, Lexus GS300, and the Volvo S60. Out of all the test drives and overall results I chose either the infiniti G-35 or the Volvo S60. I loved the looks of G-35 more but the heavy yet sharp feel of the Volvo won me over. Overall this is a great car with a great experience. It can look good in some colors as I have it in Titanium Grey. It can look decent in others. I have the 2.4 T Volvo S60 2003.

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Driven the G-35 and Nissan Z both are very fast cars but VERY LOUD ENGINES. I love driving the quiet yet smooth s60.