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Volvo S60 2012technical service bulletin

Bulletin S29650-2017-03-0 · NHTSA communication 10167919 · issued Mar 10, 2017

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

Official summary

Jason Guidi Manager - Warranty , Regulatory & Compliance March 24 , 2016 To : All U.S . and Canadian Volvo Retailers Subject : Service Campaign S29650 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 oi

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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.