For the posterity and possibly other affected people I have to bring my capital engine damage to the public. First of all to me: I speak for the first time here in the forum and drive for about 17 years Volvo: 850 Combi from 1993 with 140hp, later V70 from 2004 with 140hp and now XC60 with D5 and 205hp, EZ 1/2010. Unfortunately the beautiful XC60 now after only 67,000 km (!!!) has a complete engine damage. The new car warranty had just expired six months. Just in the Url Aub in Sweden the coolant consumption rose rapidly, the warning light lit up. The Volvo workshop on Gotland confirmed a defective cylinder head gasket. Since a repair would have been possible only after 2 to 3 weeks, I decided to return with water (1.5 liters to 50 km!) very carefully to Stockholm. However, even there the largest Volvo dealer in Sweden could not assure me that a repair could take place within a week. efonaten with Volvo Germany the painful payment question was open, I decided to continue driving again and to bring the car – essentially by ferry – back to Germany and to have it repaired. But again surprise: the cylinder head gasket was completely in order, instead the whole engine was in a bucket, as far as I understood a crack between two cylinders. In addition, a defective steering gear was found and replaced. I have always thought that Volvos is absolutely reliable. I wonder how such an expensive vehicle (NP 51,000 €) can suffer a total engine damage after only two and a half years with only 67,000 km and also the steering gear is over. My 850 had even the first exhaust when selling with 279,000 km. My trust in Volvo is of course severely shaken. And only the fact that Volvo paid for the steering gear completely and the new engine to 75 percent ha Do I have a Monday car? Are there such engine damage more often? Do I have to expect a breakdown on longer journeys? Luckily, I still have two Saabs, so that the repair time of two weeks could easily be bridged. I probably should not sell them for the first time – a replacement car is probably not bad if you drive Volvo!