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Volvo S60 2012technical service bulletin

Bulletin S29650 · NHTSA communication 10076011 · issued Mar 24, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
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.

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.