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Volvo S60 2012technical service bulletin

Bulletin S29650 · NHTSA communication 10075704 · issued Mar 24, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine
component
2012
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

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.

Vehicles covered

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.