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If I were in your shoes - and my '08 XC70 is getting near - I would pick up a spare and keep it in the car - I would also pull the coils (or have my dealer do it) and inspect them for any signs of damage.

Hopefully, someone will chime in on how to test them, and tell us how to find a coil that has failed

BTW, when I purchased the car with 80K miles, I had the plugs checked, was told that they were original to the car ( they were marked Ford Motors and should have been changed at 60K ) - I had new ones installed - I am quite sure that the coils were in good shape or my dealer knows that I would change them!

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2008 I6 Engine Coil Pack Replacement Schedule XC90

posted by Chris Mullet on Sun Nov 11 11:29 CST 2018
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It seems there is no magical mileage at which coils start to fail. I hear about them failing at 75,000 miles yet our 2.5T and 2.4NA (185,000 and 240,000 miles respectively) are still running fine on their original coils. I would never replace a good working OE coil with an after market unit regardless of the mileage. The advice to carry a spare or two is what I subscribe to. You can grab a couple of OE coils at the pick-n-pull for as little as $5 each when they have there half price weekends.
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