Service bulletins for the 2012 Volvo S60
A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.
268 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| S29650 | 2016-07-07. Service bulletin. ENGINE; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. Volvo has identified that upgrading the oil specification to ACEA A5/B5 Full Synthetic will help reduce carbon build up in the engine, and better align with the oil specification used in newer Volvo’s. The corrective action is to install an engine oil specification decal in the engine compartment, and update the Owners and Warranty Manuals per Tech Journal TJ 31443. |
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| TJ 31443 | 2016-06-22. Service bulletin. ENGINE. Service Campaign S29650: Engine Oil Specification Upgrade Volvo Car USA LLC and Volvo Car Canada Limited (Volvo) on behalf of Volvo Car Corporation, has decided to launch Service Campaign S29650 for model year 2012 S60 vehicles with engine code 62. Volvo has identified that upgrading the oil specification to ACEA A5/B5 Full Synthetic will help reduce carbon build up in the engine, and better align with the oil specification used in newer Volvo’s. The corrective action is to install an engine oil specification decal in the engine compartment, and update the Owners and Warranty Manuals. Please also communicate the updated engine oil specification change to the vehicle owner. Fit the label in the engine compartment according to the attached instruction. |
| TJ-24643.1.5 | 2012-05-16. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. VOLVO: TEST MESSAGE IN DRIVER INFORMATION MODULE (DIM) REGARDING LOW LEVEL OF OIL, OR YELLOW WARNING SYMBOL. *PE |
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