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XC90 years/types to avoid?

posted by  jablackburn on  Wed Oct 14 04:19 CST 2009
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My neighbor from back home years ago had a '02 or '03 T6 AWD XC90, my family had an '03 Acura MDX, and the neighbors next to us had an Explorer. The Volvo and Ford were seemingly ALWAYS in the shop; the XC90 went through 2 transmissions in less than 3 years (under warranty of course). We never had a SINGLE problem with the Acura in the 5 years my parents owned it. Not saying the XC90 is a bad car, but there are probably better/more reliable SUV's out there (the Honda Pilot is a VERY good SUV, even if it is a bit boring). If you like the Volvo, however, I'd definitely go for the T5 version as some people suggested...these engines are some of the best ever built IMO.

On another note relating to the V8 Yamaha, Taurus's Yamaha engines EAT head gaskets - my girlfriend has a '99 with just a tad over 100,000 miles on it, in good shape and well taken care of, and her car just up and blew a head gasket for no reason last month. Not to mention it's horribly grumpy and takes 2 or 3 tries to start if it's cold and raining outside. My S70 has almost 170,000 on it and runs much better.






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