Horror story time. I got a 2015 V60 in back in 2016. The car had only been used for one year but had high mileage ~40k. I take good care of all my cars. I don't drive aggressive. I did all my service at the dealer. I mentioned to them that I have to add oil between oil changes. As I neared 80k miles the frequency of the low oil warning got up to two quarts between oil changes and I told them again saying that this seems like too much to me on such a new car. They did diagnostics for 3 visits, measuring the oil each time. We did a cleaning routine they said would free stuck piston rings and fix the problem. It did not. Then they did a borescope. They said the inside of the cylinder walls were damaged, allowing oil to blow by. They sent the images to Sweden and Volvo said to replace the engine. I was shocked. I've driven a Ford to 400k miles and I've never heard of anyone replacing an engine for any reason. The car was out of warranty but Volvo corporate offered to pay half of the cost. This makes me think that it was a defect or somehow their fault. I've read something about piston ring issues on this model of car. What is going on? Is this a common thing for this year\model? How do I know my new engine won't be ruined in another 80k miles?
Oil consumption problem led to replacing the engine!
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You don't know.
Since you are out the repair money, drive it for 20 to 40K and move on.
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While I wouldn't say it's 'common' (have a '15 V60 with 79k no oil issues) it's very well known and to the point that there's a tech bulletin on this issue that I've attached. If you search the forum for oil consumption you'll see a lot of conversation about it. You shouldn't have issues again since they know what the problem is, you can see in the tech doc that after a certain serial no. range it's no longer an issue because they knew how to correct it. At least they paid for half!
View attachment Volvo_B4204T11-B4204T12_oil-consumption_TJ-31216_201604.pdf
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engine used to replace your engine was updated and unlikely to consume oil again. in the end sounds like the issue was addressed properly, did you have cpo warranty or was it a goodwill repair? and dont say ford has never replaced an engine. google "gt350 oil" or "focus rs head gasket" to name just a few recent major ford blunders resulting in engine failures
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It happens to more manufacturers than you'd think. Honda has had a piston ring issue due to their variable cylinder management feature on certain generations of V6, which shuts off up to 4 cylinders while cruising to save fuel. They lost a class action lawsuit and were forced to extend the warranty for this issue out to 7 or 8 years from purchase. I have an Odyssey with this issue, but which fell outside the class action scope.
BMW issued a recall over their engine fire issue. This didn't help my friend whose BMW caught fire while driving with his family of 4 inside. They got out and within minutes, the entire vehicle was engulfed in flames. They made the local news several years ago over this. BMW wouldn't admit blame, offered him a discount on a new car, and he never bought another BMW again (owns a Porsche, Audi, and MB).
Hyundai recalled over a million cars over engine failures due to improper manufacturing on an entire generation of engine.
GM has had multiple engine-related recalls (fires, leaks, overheating, etc.) over the years.
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I've had the same axe for 40 years. Only had to replace the handle three times and the head twice.
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Ford has certainly had many engine issues over the years. Just look up the issues with the Triton 5.4 engines. Your situation is unfortunate, but a brand new, updated engine for half price means your car should last a long time now.
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Volvo replaced the piston rings. The 15s and early 16s had rings that are known to fail. So a rebuilt engine will have new rings and will last you a very long time. Lucky you!
Those of us with 15's and early 16s get to have sleepless nights because if this rings fail after warranty, we may be SH*T OUT OF LUCK!
I've been writing about this for the last month....
My 2015.5 V60CC T5 (now 60K miles...) had oil consumption issue diagnosed and replaced rings, etc...in March by my Volvo dealer. I had about 50K on engine.
No problems or questions asked.
In June, I started to hear a plastic sounding "tick" coming from engine. Definitely audible.....and goes about every 15-20 seconds. After warm up, it usually disappears but sometimes
stays.....You can even hear it (with less frequency...) when engine is off (maybe 5 minutes or less....)
No oil consumption issues.....
Back to dealer: They said all is fine and that was manifold expanding and contracting.......I left very skeptical.....
Back to dealer (yesterday)...Talked to tech (nice guy, seemed very honest...) that did the ring job and basically he said that they (and Volvo) have noticed this in most ring jobs. I had the car idle with tech and service manager there to hear the sound. Dealer had redone some engines and "tick" sound is still there. He reassured me that performance is not altered but there has been no definitive answer from Volvo as to why this is happening. (just the opening of the head and realignment is not like orginal factory conditions...) He talked about an anaerobic gasket, and something about the manifold but in all, he cannot figure out why this is happening...just that it seems especially on the T5s, this will be a new "normal" sound....
Just like my former Subaru cars had a "unique" engine sound....I guess my Volvo will have the same. Funny, my wife's MDX had piston/ring replacement after oil consumption issue and it sound/looks like a brand new quiet engine!!
So if anybody is noticing the same thing (or is going to....), I have not heard of any reason why this is happening and been told not to worry. Somehow I'm skeptical again.
My 2015.5 V60CC T5 (now 60K miles...) had oil consumption issue diagnosed and replaced rings, etc...in March by my Volvo dealer. I had about 50K on engine.
No problems or questions asked.
In June, I started to hear a plastic sounding "tick" coming from engine. Definitely audible.....and goes about every 15-20 seconds. After warm up, it usually disappears but sometimes
stays.....You can even hear it (with less frequency...) when engine is off (maybe 5 minutes or less....)
No oil consumption issues.....
Back to dealer: They said all is fine and that was manifold expanding and contracting.......I left very skeptical.....
Back to dealer (yesterday)...Talked to tech (nice guy, seemed very honest...) that did the ring job and basically he said that they (and Volvo) have noticed this in most ring jobs. I had the car idle with tech and service manager there to hear the sound. Dealer had redone some engines and "tick" sound is still there. He reassured me that performance is not altered but there has been no definitive answer from Volvo as to why this is happening. (just the opening of the head and realignment is not like orginal factory conditions...) He talked about an anaerobic gasket, and something about the manifold but in all, he cannot figure out why this is happening...just that it seems especially on the T5s, this will be a new "normal" sound....
Just like my former Subaru cars had a "unique" engine sound....I guess my Volvo will have the same. Funny, my wife's MDX had piston/ring replacement after oil consumption issue and it sound/looks like a brand new quiet engine!!
So if anybody is noticing the same thing (or is going to....), I have not heard of any reason why this is happening and been told not to worry. Somehow I'm skeptical again.
I believe I ended up searching for it after hearing of it mentioned in other threads with no one else sharing it haha. Glad it helped!
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https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10146443-9999.pdf
Anyone that's been on the board for a little while with a 2015 Drive-E engine is familiar with it. Check out the threads in my signature for more on the topic.
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So begins my saga... New Breather Box today. Report back in 2000 Miles. See if oil consumption issue continues. Also had a thermostat error they logged. Good 90 mile tow today and 7 hr adventure between tow, dealer, and getting home.
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We are having the same issues here in Europe... Volvo V60 2015 D4, have to add oil every 2k km.... Has someone figured out what is this new piston's ID number to maybe look out and buy those parts ?
Even tho every mechanic that I spoke to isn't too excited to open the engine and replace those parts...
Video where mechanic claims chaning pistos works:
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