'02 Volvo V70XC (Cross Country) Gearbox Gremlins (Amongst other things)

jaykenneally · 2014-08-06T16:05:55+00:00

It took a few goes to read this , I had a haircut , my teeth cleaned and a trip to Seymour , but finally got through it.... Welcome! This will save me payin...

Vee_Que

240s don't cost a fortune for gearboxes. You can buy two good ones for the price a xc70 auto. .. Can you take public transport in the mean time to save the car?

jaykenneally

You love your 240's don't you? Hopefully I only have to drive the XC70 for another week or two and then Ill shove him in the corner and throw away the key and drive the V70 everywhere instead to save the gearbox and various other things

Vee_Que

Not really. I like 740s more but its an example and they are Easier to fix when gearbox issues happen. I would seriously stop driving the car though to stop any further damage you will cause if it's playing up more and more.

jaykenneally

Haha I like 240's, am still considering the red one at Berry's. Anyway, the XC seemed to drive fine on the way to uni today, Ill see how it drives home. I don't have much of a choice but to drive the car, hopefully it can survive a little longer...

Vee_Que

You don't live in the sticks. Where is your uni?

jaykenneally

My uni is only 7 kays away but public transport in my area is fairly useless and I have to go into the city and out. Its more of an annoyance than anything. The car did actually drive well today, not a single flare up. One thing I did notice is that it was very reluctant to change gears, like it seemed determined to stay in first, second and third, usually second and i would lift off and it just wouldn't drop...

Ive noticed a few other things, my accelerator seems to be getting much less sensitive and I really have to push it down a long way to get the car going. The older cable-V70 seems much more sensitive. But the thing is the fly-by-wire in the cross country seems to be more of an on/off switch, its making for interesting driving lately. And it seems to stick on, like Ill let the accelerator go and put my foot on the brake and without adjusting brake pressure, the car will go from not braking at all to braking really hard and I think its because the accelerator takes too long to back off. It also randomly drops idle sometimes, only maybe like 50rpm, but still. So is there a chance my ETM is on its way out and could be affecting the transmission. Also one of my transmission mounts is broken and apparently that can upset it as well?

Vee_Que

Throttle gets issue on them but can be programmed to be less sensitive too. Small drops are vacuum leaks usually with cable throttle.

jaykenneally

I can't really remember how it drove when I first got it but Im sure it wasn't as "on/off" as it is now. Yeah my old V70 has a few leaks through the plastic/rubber inlet pipe, i think the 850s is better so it'll come, and yeah its idle is hopeless. Not sure about the Cross Countries yet.

Ben

I hate to be the doom and gloom guy, even the prick - but sell it. Sell it and get the model before or the model after. You're just going to keep having problems with it until it gets uneconomical or it's terminal.

Mine had small niggly problems until half a dozen big problems cropped up at once and we got rid of it. A few guys here have bought them, then had major issues or sold them on a few months later. My extended family bought a couple and have since moved them on. They are just lemons unfortunately.

Ex850R

Geez , now that's out there! It is true though....
I wasn't going to say it....

Ben

Friends tell friends when they've had enough =)

Ex850R

Ben;28344 wroteFriends tell friends when they've had enough =)

Yeah , throwing money at something that just keeps failing isn't good. But we do drive Volvo's...

X_X

jaykenneally

I get what you're saying but Im committed to this car haha. I may just end up doing a manual conversion on it rather than keep suffering the auto gearboxes. And I know there are other issues but they're not as bad and I can tackle those. The gearbox is my only real concern.

jaykenneally

So my flip key finally arrived, I transferred the transponder and everything, remote still works I know that much... Can any old key cutter cut these keys or do I have to get Volvo to do it?

Oh and car drove fine again today!

Vee_Que

Volvo send them out to locksmiths. Just like all modern cars.

Tzantushka

Vee_Que;28401 wroteVolvo send them out to locksmiths. Just like all modern cars.

That's right.
Global Locksmiths in Camberwell 'cuts' all Bilia's keys for them.

Oh, and I kinda agree with Ben.
If you're a Uni student and funds constrained, a P2 Volvo with 'issues' is not going to be your friend.

Unless it's your hobby...
:)

jaykenneally

Vee_Que;28401 wroteVolvo send them out to locksmiths. Just like all modern cars.

Im hoping Mister Minit can do it haha.

Tzantushka;28402 wrote
Vee_Que;28401 wroteVolvo send them out to locksmiths. Just like all modern cars.
That's right.
Global Locksmiths in Camberwell 'cuts' all Bilia's keys for them.

Oh, and I kinda agree with Ben.
If you're a Uni student and funds constrained, a P2 Volvo with 'issues' is not going to be your friend.

Unless it's your hobby...
:)

If Mister Minit can't do it then Ill take it there :)

And yeah I know that a Volvo isn't the cheapest car to own, especially this model. All uni students normally swear by their 240GL's (there are hundreds near my uni) and now I think I see why haha, nothing like an old Volvo for reliability (apparently).

But yes, once the older V70 (is it a P1? Its a 97?) is on the road it will be the uni drive and the Cross Country will get shoved in the corner and Ill slowly tackle everything as the hobby car :)

Ex850R

You can learn spannering via YouTube n the forums and tackle the Xc yourself!?
Wish I had a spot to work on projects , I picked up some timbers from shed in estate near me Sunday , he was renting it , massive though , big enough to service a truck or two which was the blocks of wood purpose.
I would need a couple of others in to make it cheap/ish , I didn't ask cost....

jaykenneally

Ex850R;28425 wroteYou can learn spannering via YouTube n the forums and tackle the Xc yourself!?
Wish I had a spot to work on projects , I picked up some timbers from shed in estate near me Sunday , he was renting it , massive though , big enough to service a truck or two which was the blocks of wood purpose.
I would need a couple of others in to make it cheap/ish , I didn't ask cost....

Yeah thats probably what I will end up doing, it'll have to go to the dealer or a mechanic for a few things but otherwise the increasingly long list of problems will be tackled by myself. We don't have a huge yard space, we live in a flat, but the one car space we do have seems to be adequate enough aha. It isn't if I have to remove a tranny or engine or something, I would indeed need a big shed.

Vee_Que

What do you study?

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