Volvo Longevity

I'm frugal (my friends call it cheap) as I like to keep my cars over 15
years with me putting on an average of 25,000 km (15,000 miles) a year.

Right now my 1989 Camry 4 cylinder is at 380,000 km (228,000 miles) so I'm
...slowly.. getting ready for my next car.

I'm considering an S60 - and was wondering what the group's opinion is of
that model & my chances of having it over 15 years (without going broke in
repairs).

 

It's pretty new for there to be a lot of info on it, there's plenty of 200
and 700 series cars with over 300k miles on them but that's an entirely
different beast.

 

I've got a 2001 S60 with 92,000 miles on it. So far so good. I have had
some problems with it. I had some brake booster issues, the links on the
suspension and some power window problems. I picked up an extended warranty
when I bought it used, so luckily everthing so far has been covered.

I have heard some horror stories about Volvos that have been manufactured
post-1999 though. Just seems like reliability is not what it used to be.

My $0.02

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