2001 XC Wagon 68K Miles Needs New Transmission

[email protected] · Post by **[email protected]** » 03 Jan 2006, 19:29

I have a 2001 XC Wagon with 68K miles that needs a new transmission. I have it serviced faithfully at the dealers where I bought it. Things have been great; I loved my car. It was struggling to shift from 1st to 2nd around the middle of December; then it was fine. The problem came back - the dealer is now telling me I need a new transmission. I didn't get the extended warranty and they are saying $3800 to replace it. They are going to check with Volvo to see what they will do for us. Any suggestions? Should I really need a new transmission now? I love my car. Happy New Year!

Post by **MadeInJapan** » 03 Jan 2006, 23:35

Don't know if you really need a new transmission or not...dealers always want to do this and I have heard of people going to an independent mechanic who flushed their transmissions and they are still driving their Volvo's without a tranny exchange years later. I would definitely get a second opinion before going the $3K+ route.

toriac · Post by **toriac** » 05 Jan 2006, 21:26

Hi,
I also had to replace my tranny at about 80K from on my dealer serviced V70XC. My understnadiing is that it is a COMMON problem. I am now worried about the replacement!

v70xc · Post by **v70xc** » 09 Jan 2006, 21:53

I got 1999 v70xc that has 52K. but tranny died. The dealer told $3800 to replace and I went out to get 2nd opin. then AAMCO told me that they would beat the dealer price but they lied. Total came out $4300 to rebuild and some upgrade. I didn't happy with price but they did a good job on it. Just talk to dealer that $3800 is firm or not. If so, go with dealer and you will get a loaner car from it as well. $4300 was with TAX.

larryh · Post by **larryh** » 10 Jan 2006, 18:03

i was told by 3 different volvo specialists to never go with a tranny shop rebuild... get a new or used volvo transmission.

howardc64 · Post by **howardc64** » 13 Jan 2006, 21:02

[email protected] wrote:I have a 2001 XC Wagon with 68K miles that needs a new transmission. I have it serviced faithfully at the dealers where I bought it. Things have been great; I loved my car. It was struggling to shift from 1st to 2nd around the middle of December; then it was fine. The problem came back - the dealer is now telling me I need a new transmission. I didn't get the extended warranty and they are saying $3800 to replace it. They are going to check with Volvo to see what they will do for us. Any suggestions? Should I really need a new transmission now? I love my car. Happy New Year!

Do some research on lubegard. I hear tranny repair guys love this stuff.

http://www.lubegard.com/automotive/trans_atf.html