Hello everyone! I have pre-emptively joined this forum. I am hopefully purchasing a '96 960 this afternoon. There are two I'm looking at. One with 152k miles, and another at 170k miles. Any suggestion on issues I need to be looking for on these vehicles? Should I be looking for something with lower miles? I hear all these stories of Volvos lasting 300k+ miles, are they really true? I'm making the switch from Cadillac to Volvo and couln't be more thrilled!!!

 

Welcome to the forum.
At the very least ask about when the timing belt was last changed. They need to be replaced every 70 k miles. If the belt breaks catastrophic engine damage will occur. They are interference engines. If the answer is I don't know you may want to have it inspected and be prepared to replace it. One garage in my town gets about $800 to do the service, but they chnge the water pump and tensioner at the same time. I have a 1997 960 wagon, and I like it. You just have to be prepared to do some work yourself or these things will become expensive.

Good Luck