I HAVE EXPERIENCED TWO INSTANCES OF POWER AND STEERING LOSS WHILE DRIVING MY VOLVO S80 DOWN THE ROAD. THE FIRST INSTANCE OCCURRED AS I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO TURN RIGHT, I LOST ALL POWER AND STEERING. FORTUNATELY DURING THIS INCIDENT I HAD TURNED THE CAR JUST ENOUGH PRIOR TO LOSING STEERING TO MISS A POLE. IF THERE HAD BEEN ANOTHER CAR COMING TOWARDS ME, IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THE SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT AND IT HAPPENED AS I WAS GOING DOWN THE EXPRESSWAY AND BEGAN SLOWING TO STOP AT A STOP LIGHT. THE CAR LOST POWER/ STEERING AGAIN AND LUCKILY THIS TIME THERE WAS NO A CAR IN FRONT OF ME OR I WOULD HAVE HIT IT FROM BEHIND. BOTH TIMES THIS HAPPENED, I WAS ABLE TO ROLL THE CAR TO A STOP AND RESTART IT WITH NO PROBLEMS. I REPORTED THIS PROBLEM TO THE DEALER BUT THEY WERE NOT SURE WHAT WAS CAUSING THIS. *NM
2000 Volvo S60
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the steering › hydraulic power assist system. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist System | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsSteering › Hydraulic Power Assist System
Filed Oct 23, 2005IN
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2001| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2024 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2023 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2022 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2021 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2020 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2019 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | Routine |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2017 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2016 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2015 | 57 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Routine |
| 2014 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2013 | 87 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2012 | 121 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2011 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2009 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2008 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2007 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2006 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2005 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2004 | 198 | 6 | 12 | 0 | Routine |
| 2003 | 120 | 7 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2002 | 186 | 9 | 3 | 0 | Routine |
| 2001 | 223 | 9 | 5 | 0 | Above average |
| 2000 — this page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.