AutoUtility currently tracks 21 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2015 Volvo V60. Engine & Cooling issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 11 complaints (52.4% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 2 filings cite a crash, 2 report one or more injuries.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 21 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Engine & Cooling (11 reports • 52.4% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Air Bags & Restraints (2), Body & Structure (2)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 2 filings
  • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 2 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Reporting Methodology: Statistics describe unverified consumer submissions voluntarily filed with NHTSA. Complaint volume is not normalized for vehicle sales volume or miles driven. Multiple components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission.
Total Complaints
21
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
2
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
2
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2015 Volvo V60

Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records

#1 Problem Area 52.4% of complaints

Engine & Cooling

11 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#2 Problem Area 9.5% of complaints

Air Bags & Restraints

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
⚠️ 2 crash reports 🩹 2 injury report entries
#3 Problem Area 9.5% of complaints

Body & Structure

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#4 Problem Area 9.5% of complaints

Brakes & Traction Control

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 1 crash report
#5 Problem Area 9.5% of complaints

Powertrain & Transmission

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
Domain Share Note: Share percentage represents the proportion of unique complaint filings referencing each vehicle system. Because single complaints may cite multiple systems (such as engine and electrical simultaneously), domain percentages represent individual category incidence and may sum to over 100%.

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2015 Volvo V60

Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Engine & Cooling NHTSA ODI ID: #11695906
Filed: 10/27/2025

"The engine consumes an excessive amount of oil, requiring the addition of about one quart every few hundred miles. There are no visible external leaks, and the issue appears to be due to internal engine components such as piston rings allowing oil into the combustion chamber. This poses a risk of..."

Incident Date: 09/03/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: ENGINE
Engine & Cooling NHTSA ODI ID: #11687664
Filed: 09/16/2025

"Engine oil consumption issue. It was a known issue. Completed the recommended repair of the piston and rings. Have had constant issues since the repair. Looking for reimbursement for the repair. My engine fell under the guidelines to have the repair covered."

Incident Date: 10/28/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: ENGINE
Engine & Cooling NHTSA ODI ID: #11623920
Filed: 11/07/2024

"Volvo cars from 2014-2016 has oil consumption due to the bad piston rings design and the manufacturer don’t want to issue a recall for this problem, it’s a serious problem with these models"

Incident Date: 10/15/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: ENGINE
Engine & Cooling NHTSA ODI ID: #11601553
Filed: 07/12/2024

"My Volvo has a known by Volvo defect of consuming too much oil resulting in me needing to top off oil roughly every 6 weeks. Volvo will not cover the repairs in full, I believe this is a safety issue as it could result in a catastrophic failure."

Incident Date: 03/07/2023 • Raw NHTSA Component: ENGINE
Engine & Cooling NHTSA ODI ID: #11545282
Filed: 09/18/2023

"The contact owns a 2015 Volvo V60. The contact stated that the vehicle was experiencing an abnormal oil consumption. The contact stated that the vehicle was consuming 2 quarts of oil for every 1,200 miles driven. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where an..."

Incident Date: 03/18/2023 • Raw NHTSA Component: ENGINE
Consumer Narrative Notice: Excerpts are sanitized text descriptions submitted by vehicle owners to the federal ODI database. They reflect the reporting consumer's observations at the time of filing and have not been independently confirmed by vehicle manufacturers or government investigators.

Complaint History for Volvo V60

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2015–2026)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2015 Volvo V60 Current Page 21 2 2 Current
2016 Volvo V60 13 0 4 View 2016 Problems →
2017 Volvo V60 6 0 6 View 2017 Problems →
2018 Volvo V60 1 0 2 View 2018 Problems →
2019 Volvo V60 1 0 3 View 2019 Problems →
2020 Volvo V60 6 0 3 View 2020 Problems →
2021 Volvo V60 3 0 3 View 2021 Problems →
2022 Volvo V60 0 0 3 View 2022 Problems →
2023 Volvo V60 3 1 4 View 2023 Problems →
2024 Volvo V60 6 0 2 View 2024 Problems →
2025 Volvo V60 0 0 2 View 2025 Problems →
2026 Volvo V60 0 0 0 View 2026 Problems →
Comparative Disclaimer: Complaint totals are unadjusted historical counts and are not normalized for vehicles sold, active fleet size, or total road mileage. Newer model years naturally have had less calendar exposure time to accumulate owner filings.

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2015 Volvo V60

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 11 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Engine NHTSA category: ENGINE 10 0 0 0 0
Powertrain NHTSA category: POWER TRAIN 2 0 0 0 0
AIR BAGS,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC),SERVICE BRAKES 1 1 0 0 0
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) 1 0 0 0 0
Doors, Latches & Locks NHTSA category: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES 1 0 0 0 0
Seat Belts NHTSA category: SEAT BELTS 1 1 0 2 0
Steering NHTSA category: STEERING 1 0 0 1 0
Structure & Body NHTSA category: STRUCTURE 1 0 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
Visibility / Glass NHTSA category: VISIBILITY 1 0 0 0 0
Data Attribution & Reporting Methodology: Complaints are unverified voluntary submissions to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Because multiple vehicle components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission, component-level rollups may sum to more than the unique complaint count (21). Injury and fatality entries in the detailed table reflect raw values entered by reporting consumers across individual submissions; they are not deduplicated casualty statistics and may include duplicate or unverified entries. Complaint volume is not normalized for sales volume or vehicle mileage and does not represent an audited component failure rate.
Official US Government Data Provenance

The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.

Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.