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I would class some of those things as common and some as car-specific. Power antenna masts, judging by how many I replaced, are just plain prone to failure. Common to all kinds of cars, though Volvo sedans and 740 wagons do seem to break a lot. Fortunately the later cars have the left-rear window antenna, eliminating one failure point.
Trans fluid should be considered preventive maintenance for all 850/70/960/90 cars. 30K miles, very important.
Driver's power seat, I agree is very expensive to fix. Especially if it's done by the dealer. We had more than one person run theirs over some immovable object under the seat, and wreck the controller or gearbox. It's inordinately expensive and complex.
As you know if you've read this board a lot, 900 brake problems are endemic. Not that they don't work well, but just a lot of troubles with warping rotors. Usually new Volvo rotors fix it. Not always.
The A/C system is going to be expensive to fix on any car; it seems that the 960 shows it's 760 roots in this regard. Auto-climate control problems were common to all of them. At least they don't lose evaporators like 850's and V70's. THAT'S a big ugly job.
Hope yours treats you well!
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Rob Bareiss, New London CT ::: 86 244DL, 87 244DL, 88 744GLE, 91 244: 808K total
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