thank you oragex I'm gonna take that info and run with it

Well the symptoms are identical to the linear solenoid and b4 servo issues of the previous years. So that seems the most likely. Just want to figure out the build dates affected before I drop the time and money into it. Then I'll start pursuing other potential problem sources.

I Just want to know if my transmission could possibly have bad solenoids based on it manufacture date.

I tried that already, seemed to help but not fix entirely. Now its back to the same old same old about 15k miles later

I have a 2004 Volvo XC70 with 125k miles. It's having the shift flare and hard down shift issues as well as going to "-" instead of shifting gears. I was researching the issue and found the same issues being fixed by replacing the inline solenoids and B4 servo cover. HOWEVER this seems to be on ...