Two years ago, a backed up left drainage tube caused a leak into my drivers footwell soaking the carpet and making a puddle. Ever since I've had my mechanic clear out the tubes every spring and fall preventively and I haven't had the problem again. I'm hoping the regular preventative maintenance wil...

I have the same year V50. Mine was ordered with the BLIS option so buttons fills that front space that your red arrow is pointing to. That second space is empty on my car as well. As far as I've been able to tell it has never been filled with anything. Even on the various European models of the V50 ...

Good idea. I'll check to make sure fluid level is at the level it ought to be since the refill. And, yes, the transmission performs flawlessly in automatic mode.

Re: trans fluid level. I should have mentioned that I renewed the transmission fluid this past fall at 55k and then had the dealership do a transmission adaptation reset. I was hoping this would help the geartronic shifting become more precise. But not really.

I bought my 2011 V50 T5 a year ago with 40k on it. Ever since I've owned it the Geartronic mode of my automatic transmission has not been snappy with its upshifts. Down shifts are fine. Whenever I tap the shift lever back for a downshift, the transmission immediately complies. But upshifting is anot...