2001 S60 Considering Purchase

[volvooh]

I am considering the purchase of a 2001 S60 as a car for my son. I have three other Volvos, all 2000 and older and have been pleased with their reliability. I have heard some 2001-03 Volvos have transmission issues and I was not sure if the S60's were included in this. Also what other issues might we be looking at .

I have a 1998 V70 my oldest son drives and its getting ready to turn 200,000 mi, so I am not afraid of high miles, but I don't want to buy a money pit either.

[HurricaneLuis]

Unless if you get one with a manual transmission I'd personally avoid any 2001-2003 5 speed auto Volvo, just do a simple Google search for those model years and you will find tons of results of transmission shift flares, slipping, and just complete transmission failure

[precopster]

In what I've found and read the 2003 seems to be exempt from the problems. The 2003 MY had a revised valve body with a different part number to 2001 & 2002 models.