shayne72;104744 wroteits a volvo, none of them are particularly a
Vee_Que;104742 wroteshayne72;104730 wroteSo according to most reviews and the US news site the fact that they state that the 2008 3.2 aspirated is the most reliable XC90 model available with rock solid engine and transmission is total rubbish then...
The Americans don't use diesels either. .
Are we going to start growing up or should we just turn this into a holden v ford site. Seriously its a volvo and its an XC90 so at the end of the day its not going to be anything to rave about.
As a (semi-retired) Volvo master mechanic... I'll note that I spent on way way more hours working on 3.2's than v8's at a dealership that sold more v8's than 3.2's
Most of the customers never saw just how much shit I had to fix on every single service on the 3.2 under warranty
I nearly always fought for 3.2 cards because I could ALWAYS find something major on them that turned a (from flat rate perspective) money losing service into a full days work
When they went out of warranty they would come back once, get one massive bill and then be traded in on something else in warranty and the dealer would flog the 3.2 off at auction
The 6 speed auto in the XC90 is universally solid regardless of what engine is behind it
The 3.2 does not out right fail, it just munches itself to pieces taking along everything around it
