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HIgh speed 'hesitation' - transmission? V70-XC70 2000

posted by  pmac on  Thu Jun 24 12:25 CST 2004
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My wife's car - a 2000 V70XC, 40K miles - is having a slight problem at cruise speed (55-70MPH). With the RPM in the 2250-2400 range, the car feels like it's intermittantly losing just a slight amount of power - like a wind gust hits the car. The RPM doesn't budge, but it feels like the car is just about to drop into a lower gear, or that something is drawing power away from the transmission. You can feel it in the gas pedal.

Is there an electronicly controlled or mechanical shifter on the A/T that might be out of adjustment or some accessory that might be cycling in the higher gears? I was thinking the turbo or a/c compressor might be engaging, but that shouldn't be cyclic and it would also show up as a drop in RPM...yes?

The transmission fluid looks good - maybe a little high, but it hasn't been touched since the car was new.

On another subject, the gears in her headlight wiper are stripped. Anyone familiar with this fix?






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