Turns out the "foreign car mechanic" put the Transmission Oil additive in the Transaxle compartment. That big bolt is the Band Anchor Bolt--removing the bolt causes the band to fall out of place---and you lose third gear! Everyone should know about this or am I and this mechanic the only ...

The xomodex whatever guy said that once the ETM starts going it can send the transmission faulty information that can cause damage. I only have coincidence or suspicion since it happened when my etm started to fail. Perhaps there simply is no way to prove it. Are there codes that would prove it? I ...

First I want to acknowledge Howard Cheng for posting the ETM removal instructions with pictures so that even I could change out the original ETM for the xemodex version.

My 2001 V70 XC has 189,000 miles on it and the transmission was changed out at 73,000 by Volvo. Transmission was working fine ...