No, not the gear selector solenoid, the solenoid on valve body, under the black cover on forward facing side of transmission, that controls second gear.
A good write up showing it: viewtopic.php?t=47779

FLXC90 wrote: ↑19 May 2018, 18:31 ...early V8 with Slow down or upshift warning...

Barring a valve body issue which may or may not also be a concern, can see this link for a more common reason this message comes up- specific to the V8- http://forums.swedespeed.com/showthread ... -Triangle)

Hello MVS, No need for help today. Just wanted to publicly pass along to Matt and everyone here that makes this site what it is: thank you. I was given this car by my dad who got it new in 2000. It had a fair amount of issues when I got it (parents were tired of the all the random problems) and as a...

Hey, if you write to Volvo they will give you a badge for your car! It's called the Volvo Heritage Club. I got one when our car crested 200,000 miles. My daughter drives it now and it's got 260K miles. So a while to go before catching up with you, but we are determined! Here's a quick picture. Herit...

While the intake is off peen several places around the cup plug with the vac nipple on it. Those have lots of history of popping out if you run boost up higher than stock.

Old thread alert. This car eventually joined my fleet and the problem returned. The root cause was the caliper pins on the rebuilt calipers were mild steel instead of stainless and corrode, causing non-smooth caliper sliding and grabbing. Cleaning them with sandpaper worked to address this Thread if...

Well, Home Depot came through with a fix. Off-idle stumble is now gone and long-term fuel trims are hovering around -6% after an hour of driving. Feel like kind of an idiot for not noticing this sooner.

I used an oil change and tire rotation to teach a friend's son some of the basics of owning your own car. He's 18 or 19 and a little timid but seemed really keen to learn more since I taught him to drive stick last week. Oil still had some reddish color after about 5k mostly highway miles, but I thi...

Check if u have balance weights on the inside of the wheel. I have seen examples of the weights making contact with the brake caliper upon breaking, causing
pulsating knocking sound.

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