2002 V70: is this stop neutral behavior?

Post by **Volvo Daddy** » 27 Oct 2013, 18:04

My wife is the daily driver of our base 2002 V70 w/ 5 speed automatic. She has mentioned a couple of times that when she steps on the gas, the engine revs but the car doesn't move. I finally experienced it the other day. Came to a stop for about a minute, foot on brake whole time, then stepped on gas. Engine revved but nothing happened. I lifted off the gas & stepped on the brake. When I stepped on the gas again the car moved forward. Is this typical stop neutral behavior? A very disconcerting experience. Haven't had any other problems with the transmission. Car has 162k miles on it.

JimLev · Post by **JimLev** » 27 Oct 2013, 19:23

Have you checked the tranny fluid level or ever changed it? That's not a normal behavior.

Post by **Volvo Daddy** » 27 Oct 2013, 20:01

Fluid is @ correct level when hot. Fluid was changed @100k miles.

Post by **JRL** » 27 Oct 2013, 21:04

Was the stop/neutral ever removed as it was supposed to be, years ago with updated software?

JimLev · Post by **JimLev** » 28 Oct 2013, 05:13

Did any other years or models have this piece of software in it?
Was this suppose to be some sort of fuel saving feature?

Post by **JRL** » 28 Oct 2013, 05:59

Emissions
No, only 2001s and some 2002 NON turbos
As most of us know by now, this proved to be a total disaster

JimLev · Post by **JimLev** » 28 Oct 2013, 06:06

So my wife's 01 S60 has it, ugh.

Post by **JRL** » 28 Oct 2013, 10:27

JimLev wrote:So my wife's 01 S60 has it, ugh.

Yes, it came with and if it hasn't been removed DO IT NOW
Fresh fluid and upgraded software.

JimLev · Post by **JimLev** » 28 Oct 2013, 11:38

I'm planning on doing a fluid change soon, Mobil 3309.
As far as I know there has never been any software upgrades to the car.
The fan speed controller was replaced due to a recall many years ago.
I have noticed a very slight delay after starting up from a stop, but it doesn't do it all the time.
My wife has never mentioned it. I never remember it doing it before.
This was the reason I was going to change the fluid, thought it might have something to do with the slight delay.

ChiNorm · Post by **ChiNorm** » 28 Oct 2013, 12:11

To the OP, flush the fluid again, all of it. Do it every 30 k miles.

Good luck.