All wheel drive

Post by **tridents65** » 31 Dec 2011, 18:09

Today I looked at a 2006 S80 turbo with all wheel drive. I don't know a thing about all wheel drive. Have these been reliable on the Volvos. The car has 63,000 mi. and at the mileage I would not expect it to have any problems at this point. But down the road whats the track record on these? Any advise would help. The car was at a new car Volvo dealersd lot. The price I am about to agree to seems good (15,000?) it has all the beels and whistles far as I can tell. The dealer has specnt about a grand on a few minor cosmetic touch ups. I didn't want to sign the dotted line untill I got some feed back from this group (Matthews) hasn't failed me yet with my daughters '95 850.

Post by **JDS60R** » 31 Dec 2011, 18:14

By 2006 most of the bugs were worked out. Pressure sensor in the AWD Haldex unit is sometimes an issue as is the coupler between the transmission and the angle gear. I suggest changing out the front and rear Diff fluid as well as the Haldex , as soon as you buy it and then every 30,000 miles.

Even if it cost twice as much to maintain the system as it does I wouldn't hesitate a second. AS far as the price on the car goes I do not have time right now to look into it. Check www. nadaguides.com and see what clean trade in is. I would pay around that price but never higher than retail.

Post by **tridents65** » 31 Dec 2011, 19:09

good advise. Thanks!

Post by **tridents65** » 01 Jan 2012, 02:15

NADA retail price for my zip code is 16,225. With the work the dealer did to prep the car (about 700 in parts and about 1100 in labor) I think the sales price at 15,000 is acceptable. Why is it then thats it's 3:00 in the morning and I woke up with cold feet?

Buyers remorse? At 15 grand it's a lot of money to me. Think I'll read some more and try to go back to bed.
Happy new year!

Post by **tridents65** » 13 Jan 2012, 18:24

update: Bought the car at 14,600.00 I have been driving it a bit now and all seems to be in working order except for a hopefully easy fix for a problem I have explained on a new post. I've ordered a new set of plugs. Other than that I don't think I have any issues to deal with. Back to work this week end on my daughter '95 850. Also, a pretty good car.