10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
0 miles

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problem #1

Mar 012021

V60

  • miles
The front seats rock/wobble beyond an acceptable level and present a safety issue. It's very subtle but once you notice you can't not notice. It happens all the time at very low speed when braking (I.e. pulling out of my garage and switching from reverse to drive) or even in such simple situations as getting into the car. It's the back of the seat that wobbles, but the bottom. I took my car into my local mechanic and he said that the only fix is to replace the entire seat as it's caused by a poorly-designed pivot that is part of the seat assembly. He said he thinks there might be a fix out for the 2018 model year but that the 2017 has not been addressed, even though they are the same design and even though he has seen a number of other V60S with this issue coming up. It's simply poor design that is prohibitively expensive to correct. I do not feel safe driving a car with a loose seat as I wonder what would happen should I experience a crash. Will the whole back of the seat collapse if it's already loose? I believe this should be a recall issue or replaced for free by Volvo.

- Wolcott, CT, USA