New brakes pads.
Squeaky clutch.
Sticky gear change.
Squeaky fan belt.
Bought this car to handle my long commute to work and its great fuel consumption which was near a good diesel well done Mitsubishi for the GDI engine!
Trouble was that it had dodgy Renault parts (i.e gearbox) so the gear change was annoying sticking in third, and first gear was hard to find to.
Leather seats and cabin were excellent and the build quality plus refinement were good.
Hates corners and its not fun to punt around in, but there again it's a Volvo!
If only details such as handling and gearbox were improved would be a great car!
Depending on how old an S40 and the engine that's fitted to it, there seem to be two major types of manual gearbox:
One sort has reverse indicated on the shift pattern as being left of 1st. This gearbox is notchy, vague and generally poor.
One sort has reverse located below 5th on the shift pattern.
This gearbox is much smoother and precise.
It seems to vary as to which gearbox you get - generally, the bigger the engine and the newer the car, the more likely you are to have the second (better) gearbox.
I have an R reg 2.0 CD, and must say I don't find the gearbox a problem. There is a bit of play in the stick whilst in gear, and compared to the box of my old Prelude, the feel isn't too inspiring. Not a good box, but definitely not the worst I've used by a long shot!!
Totally agree with the handling too, although wider and lower profile tyres help a lot.
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