New V70 T5 owner

michaelbrooks · Post by **michaelbrooks** » 13 Feb 2012, 10:49

Hey everyone, it's my first post here and I've got a few issues that are hopefully rather commonplace. I recently bought a 2001 V70 T5 automatic with 94k miles. It was one owner with all maintenance done at one dealership. Very, very clean car. Before buying the car I called two Volvo dealerships in the area and spoke with service advisers about issues with that year/model. Both gave me a few things to look for but neither mentioned anything about a DREADED 01 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION.

Oh crap, what have I done?

It drives and shifts very well, both in automatic and in the simulated manual mode. The only oddity is that launching from a stop is much smoother IF I give the car a half second pause after releasing the brake, before pushing the gas. Without a half second between brake release and hitting the gas, there is a small but noticeable jerk (aside from the one in the driver's seat, thank you). Is one of the brake calipers slow to release?

Am I just screwed on this transmission or do some people get lucky and make it into the 150k+ range?

Other issues:
-The rear wiper has started coming on...and staying on.
-Wiper spray non-functional on passenger side.
-Blown speaker in rear door: where should I buy a replacement?
-Light is out behind half the passenger temperature dial. I'd think a blown fuse would affect a much larger area so is this just a tiny light bulb burning out?
-Message system says directional bulb is out, but all seem to be working. Is it a prediction or an electrical gremlin?

Any help is greatly appreciated. And aside from the specter of imminent transmission doom, I rather love the car...

Post by **jblackburn** » 13 Feb 2012, 12:55

That's the stop-neutral feature. When the car stops, it puts itself into neutral. When you take off again, it puts itself back in Drive.

Take that car to a dealer and have them upgrade the transmission software as soon as possible.

michaelbrooks · Post by **michaelbrooks** » 13 Feb 2012, 13:39

That doesn't sound like a feature to me. Sounds more like...trouble. Thank you.

Post by **JRL** » 13 Feb 2012, 15:43

This one has NEVER had transmission software upgrades done!!!
Get it to volvo ASAP, have the fluid changed, new software applied, reset the adaptions and have them do a new drive cycle, as for your other issues either you or someone is going to have to find them and fix them

michaelbrooks · Post by **michaelbrooks** » 15 Feb 2012, 07:23

Thanks for the reply. I have noticed that the stop-neutral doesn't happen when driving in the manual mode. Perhaps I'll keep to that until I get the car into volvo service.