Volvo Service History

Timing belt (cambelt)

Replace every 10 years or 149,000 miles

Opposite-kit test on the V40 T3 B4154T2/T4: 14 timing BELT kits, no banner, 130 teeth x 23 mm, ContiTech CT1215K1 and Gates K025699XS 'camshaft driven' (E-S45), and 'Unfortunately, item Timing chain kit ... is not available' for the same vehicle, 1498 ccm (E-S45). Camshaft test: the kits' 'camshaft' driven-unit statement; no tool kit fetched. Interval: repareo (German trade site, 'based on original manufacturer data') gives T2 and T3 1498 ccm 'Zahnriemen … alle 240.000 km / 10 Jahre' (E-S46) — a GERMAN-market figure in km; 240,000 km = ~149,000 miles. No Volvo UK figure exists (volvo.json unresolved).

Timing belt (cambelt)

Interval not confirmed — check the handbook

Opposite-kit test on the XC40 T3 B3154T: 9 timing BELT kits, no banner, 155-tooth x 17 mm, ContiTech CT1247K1 'Driven Units: Camshaft' (E-S43), and 'Unfortunately, item Timing chain kit ... is not available' for the same vehicle, 1477 ccm (E-S43). The ContiTech 'camshaft' driven-unit statement is the camshaft test; no tool kit was fetched. One Gates kit is marked 'Construction Year to: 03/2019' — a kit revision, not a change of drive (later T3/T4 Plug-in types still list the same 155-tooth kits, E-S44). No replacement interval found: Volvo UK publishes none, and no German or US data page for this engine was reachable.

Timing belt (cambelt)

Interval not confirmed — check the handbook

Opposite-kit test on the XC40 T4 Plug-in Hybrid B3154T10: 8 timing BELT kits, no banner, ContiTech CT1247K1 listed for 'B 3154 T10' with 'camshaft' driven unit (E-S44), and 'Unfortunately, item Timing chain kit ... is not available' for the same vehicle, 1477 ccm (E-S44). Same 155-tooth belt as the non-hybrid T3 (E-S43). A customer's 2021 XC40 T4 Recharge got no answer because volvo.json had no 1477cc entry and DVLA files the car as HYBRID ELECTRIC — hence a separate hybrid: true entry. The T5 Recharge is included on the strength of AUTODOC's type list and the shared engine family; its own belt page was not fetched. No replacement interval found.

Timing belt (cambelt)

Replace every 10 years or 149,000 miles

Belt - Honest John's UK list has every Volvo diesel as belt, including the 1.6 in the C30, S40, V50, V40, S60 and V60 (S12). This is the PSA/Ford DV6-family 1.6, badged D2 in the smaller Volvos and 1.6D DRIVe in the V70 and S80. THE FIGURE: 240,000 km / 10 years for the V70 III 1.6D DRIVe, engine code given as D4164T9 (S15) = 149,000 miles, which is long for a DV6 and should be treated with caution; no figure was found for the D4162T in the V40, S60 or V60, and the two codes may not share an interval. German-market source, original unit km. This is a DRY belt, not one of the later wet-belt PSA units.

Timing belt (cambelt)

Interval not confirmed — check the handbook

BELT, and this is worth stating plainly because the engine is a Ford EcoBoost derivative and the 2.0 EcoBoost in the same cars is a CHAIN. Honest John's UK list separates them explicitly: for the S60, V60 and V40 (2010-2018) it reads '1.5 T2, 1.6 T3, 1.6 T4, 2.0 T3, 2.0 T4, 2.0 T5, 2.0 T6 petrol - belt. 2.0T (B4204T6), 2.0 T5 (B4204T7) - chain', and the S80 and V70 entries list the 1.6 T4 as belt while the 2.0-litre is chain (S12). No replacement interval was found from any acceptable source - the German data page has no 1.6 petrol row for these cars - so no figure is asserted.

Timing belt (cambelt)

Replace every 10 years or 112,000 miles

Belt. This is the 2.4 D5 block destroked to 1984 cc for tax and CO2 reasons - it is still a five-cylinder, not the later four-cylinder VEA, and that is the single most common misidentification on a 2010-2015 D3 or D4. THE FIGURE: 180,000 km / 10 years, listed for the XC60 I D3 (engine code given as D5204T2) and D4 (S11) and for the V40 D3 110 kW / D4 130 kW at 1984 ccm (S16) = 112,000 miles. German-market source, original unit km. Do NOT apply the shorter 150,000 km VEA diesel figure to this engine, nor this figure to a VEA.

Timing belt (cambelt)

Replace every 10 years or 93,000 miles

Dry toothed cam belt, replaced together with tensioner and idler pulley. BELT-VS-CHAIN, CONTROL TEST APPLIED: Volvo's own bulletin lists a belt replacement mileage against the four-cylinder codes on the very page where it prints the words 'No Timing Belt' against the straight-six codes, so a belt exists here on Volvo's own statement rather than on the strength of a kit listing; Honest John's UK belt/chain list also has every Volvo diesel as belt (S12). THE FIGURE: 150,000 km / 10 years for the VEA diesel (S11, XC60 II D4/D5, corroborated by S17 for the V60 II D4 AWD and D4 Polestar) = 93,000 miles. REVISED: the five-cylinder diesels this engine replaced ran 180,000 km / 10 years, and UK retailers describe the change as 108,000 miles cut to 90,000 miles - 90,000 miles being the round-number UK rendering of 150,000 km (S13). Note Volvo's US documents still say 150,000 miles or 10 years even in 2024 (S9): the US never sold this diesel, and that longer figure is the PETROL VEA figure, not this one. Original unit is km; German-market source.

Timing belt (cambelt)

Replace every 10 years or 150,000 miles

Dry cam belt, replaced with tensioner and idler pulley. Volvo's MY2015 bulletin lists B4204T9, T10, T11 and T12 at '150,000 miles / 10 years w tensioner & idler pulley' (S3) and the 2018, 2022, 2024 and 2026 US schedules all repeat 150,000 miles or 10 years (S4, S5, S9, S14). The German market figure of 240,000 km / 10 years (S11 for the XC60 II T5 and T8, S16 for the V40 T3, S17 for the V60 II T5) converts to 149,000 miles, i.e. the same number. CONTROL TEST: the same Volvo table prints 'No Timing Belt' against the straight-six codes, so the belt here is Volvo's own statement. THE PETROL VEA WAS NOT REVISED - it is the VEA DIESEL that dropped to 150,000 km, and conflating the two is the usual source of the '90,000 miles' claim being applied to petrol cars. US-market Volvo figure.

Timing belt (cambelt)

Replace every 10 years or 150,000 miles

The T8's combustion engine is the supercharged-and-turbocharged VEA four, so it has the same cam belt and the same figure: 'Timing Belt Tensioner and Idler Pulley: Replace at 150,000 miles or 10 years' on Volvo's US PHEV sheet (S14). The German market lists the XC60 II T8 at 240,000 km / 10 years, the same number in metric (S11). US market.

Timing belt (cambelt)

Replace every 10 years or 150,000 miles

Same VEA cam belt as the non-hybrid petrol; Volvo's 2026 US MHEV/PHEV sheet carries the identical 'Timing Belt Tensioner and Idler Pulley: Replace at 150,000 miles or 10 years' line as the petrol sheet. Do not confuse the cam belt with the separate 48V starter-generator drive belt, which is the accessory belt (also 150,000 miles or 10 years). US market.

Timing belt (cambelt)

Replace every 10 years or 112,000 miles

Belt, and the CAMSHAFT TEST is satisfied directly: Dayco's own installation procedure has the belt running the camshaft pulleys and the water pump (S7). Honest John's UK list also has every Volvo diesel as belt (S12). THE FIGURE: 180,000 km / 10 years for the 2.4D and D5 in the XC60 I (S11) = 112,000 miles, which is the 108,000 miles UK retailers quote, rounded. The V70 II 2.4D is listed one step lower at 160,000 km / 10 years (S15) = 99,000 miles, so an early P2 car may be on the shorter figure - check the car's own book. The belt also drives the water pump, so the pump is replaced with it. German-market source, original unit km.

Timing belt (cambelt)

Replace every 10 years or 120,000 miles

Belt, with tensioner and idler pulley. Volvo bulletin 21-044 lists B5254T2, T3, T4, T5, T7 and T12 at '120,000 miles / 10 years w tensioner & idler pulley'. REVISED: B5254T3 appears at 150,000 miles / 15 years for MY2005-2006 and at 120,000 miles / 10 years from MY2007, so Volvo did tighten the figure for that variant mid-life. The German market lists the V40 T5 AWD 2497 ccm at 180,000 km / 10 years (S16) = 112,000 miles, close to but not identical with the US 120,000. US and Canada market document.