2012 Volvo XC60 D5 - An Old Fleet Member Returns!
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- Quick video from the day after collecting a former fleet member to return to the fleet. I owned this 2012 XC60 back in 2020, having quite a few headaches with it (including a defective torque converter at the point of purchase). With all the various projects flying around I decided I needed a reliable daily to add back to the fleet. Here it is before I started doing any of the improvements (note this is PRE HubNut's test drive).
More XC60 content, bitte! 😊
It is great car. More content for this xc60
It took me a moment but I thought "that's the XC60 that Mr Hubnut reviewed" and it is. I envy you lot who all live in Blighty and test each other's cars
It is indeed - I actually shot this video prior to his review. I'm slowly uploading my backlog to the channel 🤣🙈
Well I don't mind watching XC60 videos as I've bought, repaired and sold a fair few and there are 2 in our household but it's your channel! The only thing I hate about them is the fuel economy. I saw your aux belt short, I'm booking both in to get pulleys checked and belts replaced as a precaution. Shame you farmed out the rear brake job, it's surprisingly easy once you've put the calipers in service mode.
Thanks! I think once the XC90 project is rolling I'll be a little more willing to do extra bits to the XC60 myself. For now it's one 'one reliable daily' a bit like Matt Furious' Merc Estate or Sion's Kia. I have a very reasonable and friendly local mechanic who does the majority of the bits for me. Just as a measure of how much DIY people get ripped off btw - it was cheaper for him to supply and fit exactly the same rear brake parts as was fitted - than it was for me as DIYer just to buy the parts! 🤯
@@indecisiveauto Wow that's crazy, a couple of years ago I was buying XC60 discs & pads from eBay for about £55. Ours have been very reliable considering the abuse they get on the access road to my cottage, the only breakdown we've had was when one of the rear ABS sensors failed and locked one of the wheels on thinking it was spinning out of control. Same happened to my partner's car 6 weeks later (funnily enough her XC is 6 weeks newer than mine!) If it happens to you, go into MY CAR and turn off DSTC, the wheels won't lock up anymore and you can drive it to the garage in "Sport Mode". Don't believe the forums that you need bearings, axles, etc. I got ripped off with mine, I shoved a sensor in the other one and it's been perfect ever since.
Thanks I'll bare that in mind if I come across that sort of issue. Yeah the discs and pads from ECP came to £250 if I bought them myself (even with the usual discount code nonsense), I could of gotten them cheaper off Autodoc for something of similar or better quality but not in the timescale I wanted - my local guy fitted exactly the same discs and pads for £200 all in, so I'd of been daft not to really. They were pagid ones which I've read mixed experiences not had any problems with when I've fitted them before.
I miss mine got written off in march 😢😢
I'm sorry to hear that Craig 😢
@@craigpalmer347 My XC60 has been written off twice and still going strong. If it wasn't massively damaged yours might be back on the road.
@ it was well damaged so they said 🤷🏻
Dear Reader,
This car gives me, as a viewer, the impression it also has darker rear windows. If this is also done with plastic, it would be interesting to see if Mr. Indecisive auto can get rid of it.
Not intended to stare at someone's hard labour, but still interesting to watch.
With Kind Regards,
Michèl F. van den Brun
Still not an owner of a Citroen BX or CX
Sadly they are factory rear-tints - I'd love to remove them as it does make it unbelievably dark back there but I'm stuck with them unfortunately. Jim off AlsoDriven hates being in the back 🤣🙈