2001-2003 S60 Transmission Issues?

daedalus · Post by **daedalus** » 23 Jul 2014, 14:48

Hey guys,

I'm aware of the problems that plagued the transmissions on the 2001-2003 model years V70/XC70s.
I am looking at S60s now for myself and am wondering, do these same model years suffer the same problems that the V70/XC70s did? I find myself mentally precluding these years as I search for a car and that really narrows down my options. So, I decided that rather than assume they had similar problems, I would ask.
Thanks.

Post by **JRL** » 23 Jul 2014, 15:06

01-02
03s are much better in general
AWDs have more problems than FWDs because of the added hardware and stress to the system

daedalus · Post by **daedalus** » 23 Jul 2014, 20:30

Jim,
So is that to say that, all things being equal, a FWD 01 or 02 would be okay? What about the manual transmissions for either of these model years? Issues of their own, or good to go?

Post by **coflynn** » 24 Jul 2014, 06:54

I would avoid 01/02 entirely for autos. The FWD isn't necessary better than AWD as a blanket statement - I've got an '02 AWD, and in particular the AWD version (at least for me) didn't have the faulty ETM module installed. I also never had the stop-neutral feature on my car. This would be the same for some turbo '02s as well I assume (someone correct me though, I'm going off memory).

I can't imagine the price difference between an '02 to '03 would ever be worth the potential hassle of transmission/ETM/angle gear issues. Even if you have a manual transmission there is potential other issues (see the ETM) you've got to be careful of during that time-frame.