Transmission issue on '97 V70R

dieselcruiserhead · Post by **dieselcruiserhead** » 16 Dec 2010, 17:27

This is a great car that I recently acquired. It has about 170K miles and runs great other than one small transmission issue. When it's cold out early in the morning, and particularly here in Utah over the winter (zero degrees this morning) it has a little trouble getting into gear. Once moving it's just fine though it's a little harsh for about the first 1-2 minutes of driving. I imagine fluid is original but it looks OK and it at the right spec. It also doesn't leak anywhere.

I was searching and saw lots of transmission issues for other users. I supposed it's definitely a good idea to have the codes read and was also thinking of having the fluid changed as well. If people have recommendations, definitely let know...

Post by **JRL** » 16 Dec 2010, 21:21

You can't read codes unless you have a CEL
Change the fluid, two or three times but DO NOT FLUSH at those miles

FCPEURO · Post by **FCPEURO** » 18 Dec 2010, 10:32

You can only have the transmission computer scanned by Volvo unfortunately. Is the transmission Up arrow coming on?

Post by **BEJinFbk** » 18 Dec 2010, 15:00

Not to go off topic, but a 97 V70 R?
That's interesting... Sure it's not a '98?