Volvo Forum + Help for Owners
MVS Forums Contributor Mike (precopster) shares a video he made of his valve body re-assembly, and much more about 2001-2007 (in North America, 2000-2008 in Australia) Volvo AW55-50SN transmissions.
If you have undiagnosed banging noises on downshifts, and RPM flares, you would likely benefit from the information in this topic, even if you end up having the work done.
2001 Volvo transmission is famous for all the wrong reasons. arble writes: Thanks but no thanks I got home from work last Friday and there was a 2001…
Let’s get into this 2001 Auto Transmission Sad Story Another Volvo Forum topic regarding the death of a 2001 Volvo automatic transmission, this one with some insight by…
Having a transmission dilemma? How to Deal With Volvo Dealers re: Failing Transmissions Volvo forum member scottymac bought a used XC70 and found that a) the transmission was…
Don’t Break Your Transmission! Transmission Drain n Fill vs. Flush Real world advice from Volvo owners who have done one or another – and the results. Transmission Flush…
Model years 2003-2005 were made with automatic transmissions that fail early and often.
The parts guys at my Volvo dealership told me recently that it’s the XC90 T6’s that are the ones to avoid at all costs. They said it’s a GM designed/partially assembled transmission on these XC90’s that was a pile of junk from the drawing board. They said there aren’t anywhere near the number of transmission problems with the T5’s or the V8 model XC90s.