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Old 10-19-2010, 05:39 PM
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Unhappy 1st time Volvo Owner

after all these years... outside my dads old 242DL`s

Just bought a 2005 XC90 V8 or my wife did... Sweet engine, flawless interior and exterior.. first owner was the wife of a BMWCCA car nut, he took great care of it. I thought I walked into"the" preowned XC90...

The rest of the story......tranny shudders at around 1500 rpm... light throttle accelleration only, pick a gear, seems like the torque converter cannot decide wether to lock up or not. Add a little more throttle and it downshifts no shudder..
Discouraged already... just a tic over 55,000 miles. Took it to the dealer today.. ECM software updated, TCM was up to date...no change.. getting a fluid flush next week...
Second owner, all services were by the selling dealer (group) and up to date and on time.
Can I expect Volvo to cover costs of the transmission given the lousy history of the GM based trannys in the T-6 and a growing list of V8 transmission problems?
I am a rep for a premium German car company.. I would cover in the intrest of customer loyalty and first time brand owner. We have about 7K in equity in it, thinking about blowing it off already.. discusted...Oh our software updates are free.
 
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Old 10-20-2010, 02:42 AM
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Hey congrats for the new purchase and welcome to the forum.Do share if you have any problem.
 
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Old 10-20-2010, 09:48 AM
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Welcome to the forum.
 
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Old 10-21-2010, 07:21 PM
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Thanks, re-reading my rant it sounds like one those Sunday emotionaly genernated work, reply to all emails you regret sending on Monday afternoon... We really like this vehicle, we will get through this and give it the finest care possible..
 
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Old 10-24-2010, 04:54 PM
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shudder cured.. hopefully for the duration, see how in the XC90 forum
 
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