FYI an update on my tranny in the 2001 XC70 The first guy who said he could change/rebuild the valve body for $1500 changed his tune when he realized how difficult it is to work on. So I am back with trying to find someone who can change the tranny for a somewhat reasonable price (although anything ...

The independent shop drained/refilled my 2001 tranny fluid and was able to get it "clean" finally. It appears to have made no difference. I am just glad it didn't get worse. But some good news, I found a local transmission shop that specializes in European cars, and also has worked on Volv...

Thanks for all the advice on my 2001 XC70. I feel at this point that I may not want to dump any more money into if the flush won't do anything. In fact, I don't know what the chances are that it would fix anything, but they seem pretty low. I am already looking at replacing it with a V50 model, 2007...

Well I made an appointment to take the Volvo in to a local independent shop that works on Volvos and Saabs. It's called Nordic Motors and they have a really good rating on Yelp. The guy there actually looked at my car previously and got me a quote for replacing the tranny. He had the best price, but...

In regards to flushing/changing the tranny fluid, I have a 2001 XC70 that's starting to show problems. It takes a while for the problems to show up, but then they do it starts by having a semi-hard shift between 3-2 or maybe 2-1 when stopping. When the problem gets worse it starts to slip between th...

So I wonder if a AM55-50SN tranny from a 2003 will work? Does it matter which year I get for it?

Thanks for the reply,

Dennis

Does anyone have any recommendations for any shops in the S.F. Bay Area (or even outside the area) that have done proper rebuilds of the 2001 V70 XC tranny, with markings 50-55SN on it?

Thanks in advance,

Dennis McEntire

Hi, this is my first post here. I have a similar problem with a 2001 V70 XC AWD vehicle I bought used. I have been going through a crash course on the issues that have come up with the 2001 trannys and the shift issues, etc. associated with the one I have, the 50-55SN Japanese made tranny. Here's my...