I know this is one of many '12 S60 T5 oil consumption threads.
Our car is one of the earlier produced ones, that falls in the VIN range specified by TJ29871. Car was dealer serviced until 52,500, then at a Volvo independent shop for the following two oil changes/factory scheduled services. It is due soon for the 75,000 service. Always had full synthetic oil.
We checked the oil level yesterday and the dipstick showed nothing, it was 1.5 quart short after 5k miles or so since the last oil change. So not as bad as others have experienced but this is the beginning of the end based on what people have written on here.
I spoke with the dealer Volvo of Palo Alto (California). The service director told me he pretty much wouldn't be able to help with getting goodwill assistance from Volvo because the car hasn't been seen by them in about 1yr4months. So just because I did the last 2 services at a Volvo independent shop (I have the records), and the car is out of warranty (though this is clearly a known issue/mfctr defect), I'm screwed. They told me it would start with me bringing the car into the dealer every 1500 miles or so for a period of 6 months for them to diagnose there is a consumption issue, and then go from there.
Some things that come to mind are the "Right to Repair" act and a mention on these forums of a California class action lawsuit regarding this issue.
Does anyone have any experience, or advice how to go about this? Thanks for the help.
Our car is one of the earlier produced ones, that falls in the VIN range specified by TJ29871. Car was dealer serviced until 52,500, then at a Volvo independent shop for the following two oil changes/factory scheduled services. It is due soon for the 75,000 service. Always had full synthetic oil.
We checked the oil level yesterday and the dipstick showed nothing, it was 1.5 quart short after 5k miles or so since the last oil change. So not as bad as others have experienced but this is the beginning of the end based on what people have written on here.
I spoke with the dealer Volvo of Palo Alto (California). The service director told me he pretty much wouldn't be able to help with getting goodwill assistance from Volvo because the car hasn't been seen by them in about 1yr4months. So just because I did the last 2 services at a Volvo independent shop (I have the records), and the car is out of warranty (though this is clearly a known issue/mfctr defect), I'm screwed. They told me it would start with me bringing the car into the dealer every 1500 miles or so for a period of 6 months for them to diagnose there is a consumption issue, and then go from there.
Some things that come to mind are the "Right to Repair" act and a mention on these forums of a California class action lawsuit regarding this issue.
Does anyone have any experience, or advice how to go about this? Thanks for the help.