I have a 2016 S60 Inscription FWD with 235/40/19 tires (orig. equip) and want to get wheels and winter tires. I thought 17" wheels with 215/55/17 Nokian R3's would be a good choice. When I told my dealer that I wanted to use 17" wheel for winter tires the service manager said I could not do that because "the ABS won't work right, and the computer will be all messed up". I am not sure this is correct - so I tried to contact Volvo Cars home office and can't get anyone with technical knowledge. I was told to ask a tire company. I was more concerned with the offset and ensuring 17" rims cleared the disk brakes than the other issues. But now I need to find someone who actually knows. I see the 2015 S60 came with 17 wheels and I don't know if there were any changes with the minor redesign. Does anyone have experience with this and/or know how to get technical support from Volvo? I can't rely on a tire and wheel retailer to know the car well enough. I am very surprised that there is no way to contact Volvo for technical information.
kenweiss
This subforum is for the new SPA-based S60 being released later this year. You'd probably have more luck from the experts in the S60, S60CC & V60, V60CC (2011-2018) forum. I have a 2016 as well but don't know the answer off the top of my head. I'm sure someone over there will!
If you search through snow tire posts on this forum you'll find lots of people running 17 inch wheels for winter. The 215/55R17 size you're looking at will keep your speedometer accurate as the diameter is almost identical to your 235/40R19 original equipment tires. I don't know what your service manager is concerned about. I'm running 215/55R16 Gislaved winter tires on oem steelies provided by my Volvo dealer. The ABS works just fine but the speedo reads 4 percent faster than I'm actually moving. Get yourself a good looking set of wheels for winter so your S60 will look good 12 months of the year.
I run 225/50/17 in the winter, zero issues. You'll be fine as long as your wheels clear the brake setup.
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