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Total NHTSA Complaints
15
Owner filings recorded
#1 Reported Problem
Body & Structure
4 reports (26.7%)
Crash Incident Reports
1
Filings citing a crash
Fire & Injury Reports
1
0 fire • 1 injury filings
Defect Investigation Analysis

Executive Problem Findings

AutoUtility currently tracks 15 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2017 Volvo S60. Body & Structure issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 4 complaints (26.7% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 1 filing cites a crash, 1 reports one or more injuries.

Methodology Notice: Consumer complaints are unverified voluntary submissions to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Filings are not normalized for sales volume or vehicle mileage and do not constitute an audited component failure rate.
Incident & Severity Profile
  • • Total Owner Reports: 15 complaints submitted under federal penalty.
  • • Primary Subsystem: Body & Structure accounts for 26.7% of submissions (4 reports).
  • • Secondary Systems: Wheels & Tires (2), Visibility, Wipers & Glass (1).
  • • Crash Incidents: 1 filings cite an impact or collision.
  • • Thermal Incidents: 0 filings cite smoke or fire.
  • • Reported Casualties: 1 injury filings • 0 fatality filings.
Category Distribution

Reported Defect Categories for 2017 Volvo S60

Factual proportion of owner complaints categorized by automotive subsystem in NHTSA records

Body & Structure
4
26.7%
Wheels & Tires
2
13.3%
Visibility, Wipers & Glass
1
6.7%
Air Bags & Restraints
1
6.7%
Engine & Cooling
1
6.7%
#1 26.7% SHARE

Body & Structure

4 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI for this subsystem.

⚠️ 1 Crash
⚠️ 1 Associated Recall Campaign
#2 13.3% SHARE

Wheels & Tires

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI for this subsystem.

✓ 0 Incidents
#3 6.7% SHARE

Visibility, Wipers & Glass

1 owner complaint submitted to NHTSA ODI for this subsystem.

🩹 1 Injury
#4 6.7% SHARE

Air Bags & Restraints

1 owner complaint submitted to NHTSA ODI for this subsystem.

✓ 0 Incidents
⚠️ 3 Associated Recall Campaigns
Consumer Filings

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2017 Volvo S60

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

Body & Structure ODI #11690847
Filed: 10/01/2025
Defect Report

"The contact's son owns a 2017 Volvo S60. The contact’s son stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the driver’s side door unexpectedly opened. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed that the driver’s side door latch had failed and needed to be replaced...."

Other / Miscellaneous ODI #11681059
Filed: 08/16/2025
Defect Report

"Front driver door latch malfunctioning. There was a recall on these, but does not include my vin number."

Other / Miscellaneous ODI #11608030
Filed: 08/12/2024
Defect Report

"Yesterday I took my one year old granddaughter to North Carolina, which is an hour and a half drive away. We had breakfast with family members and I loaded her into the back seat. When I closed the door it looked as if the door closed, but as I began to drive, the door swung open. I attempted to..."

Body & Structure ODI #11588561
Filed: 05/13/2024
Defect Report

"Multiple doors unexpectedly open. Door latches do not lock."

Wheels & Tires ODI #11565850
Filed: 01/16/2024
Defect Report

"4 new Bridgestone WEATHERPEAK BL 235/45R18 tires were purchased for "mom’s" low mileage vehicle. 8 months / 3,850 miles later, while my daughter was driving it in the center lane of the highway, the front left tire suddenly exploded! Fortunately, there were no injuries but had there been another..."

Multi-Year Trend

Complaint History for Volvo S60

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2015–2025)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2015 Volvo S60 57 3 2 View 2015 Problems →
2016 Volvo S60 26 1 4 View 2016 Problems →
2017 Volvo S60 Current Page 15 1 5 Current
2018 Volvo S60 4 0 1 View 2018 Problems →
2019 Volvo S60 23 0 4 View 2019 Problems →
2020 Volvo S60 8 1 4 View 2020 Problems →
2021 Volvo S60 8 0 3 View 2021 Problems →
2022 Volvo S60 15 0 4 View 2022 Problems →
2023 Volvo S60 3 0 6 View 2023 Problems →
2024 Volvo S60 18 3 3 View 2024 Problems →
2025 Volvo S60 0 0 2 View 2025 Problems →
Exhaustive System Audit

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2017 Volvo S60

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 10 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Injury Entries Fatality Entries
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 5 0 0 0 0
Structure & Body NHTSA category: STRUCTURE 2 1 0 0 0
Engine NHTSA category: ENGINE 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 0 0 0 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
STRUCTURE,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES 1 0 0 0 0
Tires NHTSA category: TIRES 1 0 0 0 0
Visibility / Glass NHTSA category: VISIBILITY 1 0 0 1 0
Wheels & Hubs NHTSA category: WHEELS 1 0 0 0 0
Search Intelligence

Quick Answers: Common Problems & Reliability Questions for the 2017 Volvo S60

Direct, deterministic answers synthesized from verified United States government databases for the 2017 Volvo S60

What are the most common reported problems with the 2017 Volvo S60?

In official NHTSA consumer records, the most frequently cited issue area for the 2017 Volvo S60 is Body & Structure, appearing in 4 records (26.7% of submitted filings).

Secondary reported categories include Wheels & Tires (2) and Visibility, Wipers & Glass (1).

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI)

Is the 2017 Volvo S60 a reliable vehicle?

AutoUtility does not issue subjective reliability scores or commercial ratings. In official United States government records, NHTSA tracks 15 consumer defect complaints and 5 safety recall campaigns for the 2017 Volvo S60.

Reviewing documented component complaint distributions, recall remedy notices, and active federal investigations provides an objective, evidence-based view of the vehicle's historical safety and defect record.

Source: NHTSA ODI & Safety Recalls Databases

Are there crash, fire, or injury reports associated with the 2017 Volvo S60?

Among consumer complaint records on file with NHTSA for the 2017 Volvo S60, 1 filing cites a crash, 0 cite smoke or fire, and 1 report one or more injuries.

Incident entries represent consumer descriptions at the time of submission to federal authorities and do not establish mechanical causation or legal liability.

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation Consumer Logs
Official US Government Data Provenance

The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database under 49 CFR Part 576.

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