The car is a 2001 V70 2.4T (i'm not even sure if these came in stick in the states but mine is an auto)

The car has 105K on it. My father bought it at 60K and drove 90% highway driving until now.

I've just taken the car over and what I've noticed is what I think is referred to as the "flare". Shifting either between 2nd to 3rd or 3rd to 4th( I think 2nd to 3rd) the rpm's surge for a second and it's like the car is in neutral. Then it grabs and it's back to business as usual.

Now: I am not sure if this tranny has ever been cracked open! In a perfect world someone did a 60K service right before my father bought it but as wel all know this is not a perfect world........ I am 100% sure it did not have a tranny service done while my father owned the car.

So..... my 2 choices seem to be:

1: Leave it alone until it grenades and then worry about it.........
2: Service the friggin thing and try to make it last as long as the engine.

Any recommendations?


Thanks.

 

There might be a software upgrade from the dealer that might fix it.

 

Hm - interesting. I was reading about the ... wha'ts it called... Neutral disengage switch or something and I was wondering if that might be a factor also.

What are your thoughts on whether or not to change fluid in the tranny at this point?

 

The neutral control only works when you are stopped and go to take off.
You can try the fluid if you want there is many different opinions on changing it or not.

 

Have the fluid flushed, download the latest software, reset all the tranny adaptors and prey.
Sometimes this will fix the entire problem