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What years to avoid? S40-V40

posted by  RepairmanJackal on  Mon Nov 14 19:38 CST 2011
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I've been planning to get my wife a nice little S40 so I can take our venerable 940 wagon out of daily-driver service and use it for the family truck.

Much to my disappointment, I've discovered that there are a number of late 20th and 21st Century Volvos to be avoided - 1999-2000 XC/C/S/V70s because of the variable timing thing and 2001-2003 V70-series due to defective transmission software.

Although purely anecdotal, a co-worked complained heavily about his S40.

Are there known "bad" years to be avoided with the S40? I drive a 1998 c70 these days and it has some quirks, but I know them pretty well.






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