I wish I had read all of this BEFORE the bill for $1600 came due. I do believe it was the drive shaft as the noise stopped once replaced. However, the local foreign car 'specialist' gave no hint whatsoever that I could put off the repair and drive it as a FWD. He also insisted that there are no rebu...

Is this low mileage transmission failure issue a common problem for the '98 V70XC model ? We have 130,000 miles, which I thought was a youthful age for a Volvo. Having been just recently thrown a curve by the drive shaft going out, I'm getting a little skittish with this car.