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2004 XC70 113k miles possible purchase V70-XC70 2004

posted by  rancher rick on  Tue Feb 23 12:25 CST 2016
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OK....here`s my experience & others, notably Klaus, will weigh in with actual technical advice.
We have two XC70`s, one is an `03 & the other an `04. My wife drove the `03 for a number of years as a commuter with 60/40 ratio of highway/city driving. A little over a year ago the `03 began to experience "tranny flare" in city traffic with 160K mileage. Slipping from 1st into 2nd & later, 2nd to 3rd.
We tried the B4 servo cover 'remedy" from IPD & flushed the tranny fluid(Toyota Type IV), of course. The issue was much improved for about two months but came back again. We are just about to replace the B4 again with the thought that the local shop which did the repair has no experience with Volvo`s & I`ve since had a negative experience there with my GMC truck. Maybe they are just borderline competent!
Last Summer we bought the `04 from a friend....It has 200K on it & no tranny issues so far. The only problem we have had was the CEM which went "south" recently & the people at Xemodex told me that is a common issue on `04`s. We did do some front end work on the car but we were aware of that going into the deal & my friend factored that into the price.
Have you checked into a transmission software update for that year. It seems that tranny issues were resolved by `04 from what I`ve read.
In general, our XC70`s have been excellent cars & we have no regrets.
Good luck!
Rich






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