Despite my love affair with the car, i have decided against it. I have one very unhappy wife who was heart set on it, but now i feel better knowing it was probably a mistake....

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Well we paid 80$ for a look thru and they uncovered an oil leak and some other things but nothing that significant.

We spoke to the dealer and the service manager regarding my objections of the ETM. The service manager said that he had heard of the problem but has never replaced an ETM. Is this ...

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We got the service reports today. All scheduled services were done by the dealer with all the stock flushes/changes.

I want to drive it once more to make sure the tranny isnt noticably a problem and see what the mechanic says.

Tomorrow we are going to bring it to our local mechanic for a ...

All right already, looking for some thumbs up or thumbs down votes here on a XC70 2000 with 35k miles and full dealer service records.....

We test drove a low mileage (35k) 2000 XC70 last night at a Volvo dealer. My wife and i really loved it and are ready to make an offer.

I was un/happy to find this Forum and learn about the ETM/Tranny issue. The car was shuddering just slightly, but seemed okay at accleration and at low speeds up ...