MichCar It will be one of two boxes fitted to that car.
The TF80SC transmissions must have a fluid change and flush at no more than every 80,000 km (ideally, at every 60K km) if the owner wants the trans to live. Volvo claims these rubber bands are "sealed for life".... but they want to sell you (and fleets) new cars when the transmissions crap out. Y'see, to cut projected fleet servicing costs down, they didn't put any fluid filters inside the TF80SC, then fed clients the fiction that the trans fluid never needed to be changed..... even when it's working at hundreds of PSI and at hundreds of degrees C. Hence Volvo's idiotic "sealed for life" mantra where dealers refuse to do routine oil flushes on request. TF80SC problems can usually be cured by valve body replacement, possibly also torque converter replacement, and then maintained in good order with fluid flushes at sensible intervals. The software for adaptions must also be altered when the fluid is changed.
And the TF80SC is the better of the two boxes....
The Ford PowerShift (correctly referred to as PowerShit) led to - in Ford's case - a massive recall and buyback of affected vehicles. However, these clunkers were also fitted to some Volvo models during the Dark Years (1999-2010) when Ford were Volvo's overlords, and I don't believe Volvos were covered under the ACCC's judgment against Ford in the PowerShit matter. There's no real cure for PowerShit transmission woes.
$14K is a ridiculous amount of money to spend on any road car's gearbox. It might be worth talking with an expert who primary aim isn't to sell you a new car.
In you're in Melbourne, go and see Berry Motor Group.
In Sydney, see Savvas Auto.
In Canberra, see Ike's.
In Brisbane, see GLT Car Centre.
In Adelaide, see Volv or Ronton's.
