99 V70 xc awd Transmission No reverse

Niamhsdad · Post by **Niamhsdad** » 18 Mar 2015, 16:57

Hello,
I have a 99 V70 xc AWD.. reverse was slipping a little when i bought the car. Drove for about 2 months, and had reverse when i got home from 1hr.. trip down to Richmond VA, next morning.. started the car wouldn't back up at all.. you can hear the engine rev.. but the trans doesn't engage at all.. drives great forward.. no slipping no shuttering no nothing.. all the power it has always had. I have drain and filled fluid 6 times or so.. and the reverse slipping seemed to be much improved before it quit all together..

So to the two questions i have.

1) is there any chance it could be anything else other than worn trans.. this was a one owner car with 240,000 miles. fluid looked a little dark when i bought it.. but not burnt all to hell and not really stinky.. maintenance records all up to date and done over the years.. he gave me receipts for everything.

2) if it is toast, I have a 95 850 turbo wagon, with a newer trans i put in before totaling the car (small front end collision) does anyone know if i can pull that trans out and put it into my 99 v70 xc I know many of the parts are compatible..

Thank you in advance for any help.

Post by **Ozark Lee** » 18 Mar 2015, 21:24

Is the up arrow flashing and have you read the codes?

There is a chance, albeit slim, that there is a control problem and codes will help sort it out.

There are several problems with swapping in the '95 transmission into the XC.

The AWD transmission is different than the FWD transmission. If you wanted to remove the transfer case (and lose the AWD) you could get a FWD to work, but really not a '95 transmission.

The speed and RPM sensors on the '95 version are different than the '96 to '98 versions and the sensors on the '99, while being in the same place as the '96-'98, are digital while the earlier ones are analog. If it were a '96-'98 transmission you can swap the digital sensors for the analog but there really isn't any to realistically go from the '95 to the later versions.

...Lee

Post by **JRL** » 19 Mar 2015, 06:24

Trans is shot
Only trannies that will fit are 99s and 2000 AWD trannies

Post by **scot850** » 19 Mar 2015, 11:41

Any just to add to what Jim has said, I'm fairly sure you have a 4 speed auto box. Some 00 year (like my V70R) have 5 speed autos.

Neil.

Niamhsdad · Post by **Niamhsdad** » 19 Mar 2015, 15:03

Lee,
Thanks for all your info....
The arrow is not flashing and hasn't come on.. i know it still works when i push the winter button.. and it worked well in the snow here... i dont know where to pull the tranny codes from. I have an OBDII scanner, will that work.
Otherwise, what should i use. I would like to know the codes before tranny swap. I have done it before but its a ton of work if you don't need to do it. Still hoping its not shot, but something tells me it is toast.
Thanks again for all the help
Jake

Post by **Ozark Lee** » 19 Mar 2015, 17:43

Some of the error codes will show up with a typical OBD-II scanner but it may take VIDA/DICE to get deeper into the diagnostics.

...Lee