9th Nov 2008, 18:49

Have a 2004 T6 - Has been a great vehicle until last night when the urgent transmission service light came on. Will check into the web site provided, as well print out some of the offerings Volvo/Ford has provided. Better act fast as they may be out of business soon.

13th Nov 2008, 10:50

Add me to the 2004 T6 AWD transmission going out club! Man that's a mouth full! Just found out about 30 minutes ago that our 2004 XC90 with 71238 miles on it needs a new transmission for $6,800. Now that's funny right there. I'm pretty fired up after reading these additional comments and you can bet I'm going back to the service center that contacted us and I'm going to give them a mouthful. Count me in if you want to get something going, I'm going to send a letter as well as stated above!

14th Nov 2008, 01:09

Add me to the list. "Service Transmission Urgent" light popped at 66,000 miles.

Dealer, after diagnosis stating 3rd gear slipping and witnessing metal shaving in the drop pan, said new tranny needed at the tune of $6,000. I could not spend $6,000 for a repair on a car that would probably worth no more than $15,000. Besides, just two months ago I spent $2,000 for a repair on this car. That's $8,000 a within few months period! UNBELIEVABLE!

When asked if any assistance can be offered, dealer offered 10% discount on the part. No more than that. Ridiculous!

In complete disgust, I went to the Audi dealer next door to buy a Q7 with my XC90 as a trade in. (I was that furious.) Audi offered $6,000 as a trade in value. (They knew it'd cost $6,000 to fix the problem.) Hoping that Volvo would do better than its competition (I was willing to purchase another XC90. I know 08, 09 models don't have tranny problems. I know. I know. It sounds pretty crazy that I was actually going to buy another XC90 but truly, I was quite happy with XC90 up until now), But guess what? Volvo offered me $2,000. Yep. A lousy $2,000. How can they treat a loyal customer this way when I'm willing to give them yet another $50,000 worth of business despite all these problems.

I left the dealer disgusted and decided to call the customer care center and report the experience. I pleaded to the rep who was recording my case to include on the report of what happened at the Volvo dealer and how disappointing I was. To my pleasant surprise, they called me the next morning and told me that they will pick up the tab 100%. Car is in the shop and ready for pick up tomorrow. Although I'm happy, I'm still worried about this rebuilt tranny they are going to put in my car. I'm hoping it to last a few more years before getting rid of it.

15th Nov 2008, 20:38

I bought a 2003 Volvo XC90 two years ago. I love the vehicle. However, in November the urgent service transmission light came on. I took the vehicle to the mechanic and he told me that the transmission fluid is black and that I will soon need another transmission. I decided to research the problem and in doing so I found your comments. Even though I love my Volvo, I doubt if I will ever buy another one. This is the second Volvo I've owned and I find that they are just a tremendous amount of trouble. If a class action suit is filed I gladly join the crowd.

17th Nov 2008, 00:28

Add me to the XC90 T6 transmission failure group! Bought my 04' last winter and it has 78k on it now. I've contacted the CEO of Volvo Cars of North America and let her know I will never purchase another Volvo in my life.

This is rediculous. I cannot believe Volvo will not assume responsiblity for their faulty transmissions.

21st Nov 2008, 13:49

I am not happy to join this club. My Volvo with 44740 Miles got this message. I am going to dealer tomorrow to see what they can offer. I just bought this car 4 days ago. Lucky it's still under the dealer's warranty.

22nd Nov 2008, 10:21

I went to the dealer today. He agree to change the gear for free as the car under his warranty. But he won't give me warranty for the new gear. My question is the new gear would be able to handle the powerful engine. I mean is there is any modification on the new gear or it is the same as old one. The dealer said this is new designed gear to handle this engine. But I do not believe him. Can anyone advice me?

25th Nov 2008, 21:18

Looks like I'm in the '04 T6 XC90 transmission failure club. Vehicle hesitates then jerks into gear when leaving a dead stop. 86,000 miles, all service done at Volvo dealership. Just had the transmission "upgrade" done and problem persists. A $46,000.00 tire eating (4), problem prone rolling nightmare!!!

3rd Dec 2008, 23:42

Same person who left a comment on Nov. 14th.

2 weeks later after the replacement of the transmission, fuel pump is blown. UNBELIEVABLE.

Luckily, Volvo offers warranty on fuel pump up to 7 years/70,000 miles.

Odd. Why such a extended warranty on the fuel pump only?

Was going to cost me $1,500 if it wasn't the warranty.

No more volvo for me. Never again.

8th Dec 2008, 10:37

Volvo buyers beware!

I spent over $45,000 on a brand new 2004 Volvo XC90. My first transmission failed at about 30,000 miles under warranty. Volvo replaced the transmission at no cost. I was concerned this was a bad sign and asked the Volvo service guys if they were having this problem with other XC90s but they promised me this was "unheard of". My second transmission failed at 67,000 miles, just a few months past warranty. Volvo refuses to pick up the cost of replacing this transmission.

Have been car shopping this week because I refuse to give Volvo one more cent of my money to fix this absolute lemon of a car. I am only being offered $4000 for trade in. $4000 for a car that cost over $45,000 and is less than 5 years old.

Other expensive problems with my Volvo--excessive tire wear, countless problems with the CD changer (by the way, if the CD stops working, they have to send the changer to the manufacturer to get your CDs out--this takes months and on 3 of the 4 times this happened, my CDs were never returned), brake problems, etc.

I sold my Acura to friends when I bought the Volvo and they are still driving that Acura, with over 100,000 miles and NO PROBLEMS!

10th Dec 2008, 12:01

My '04 XC90 is having transmission problems; also going to try and extend the life with yet another fluid change. It is just outrageous that this vehicle is not reliable. My lawyer will help me get a new transmission and then I will trade.

16th Dec 2008, 16:57

Thanks to all for your posts. There were incredibly helpful. In the time since the dreaded Transmission Urgent message appeared (my wife, driving the car, called to tell me), I read through this thread, called around, and found a transmission-specialty place to do the worst-case job for $3000 (all before my wife got home). If it weren't for all your posts about the job prices, I would have NO idea what such work would cost. Thanks so much for sharing.

By the way, I took the car (2004 Volvo XC90) into the dealer THIS MORNING because the gear shifting "didn't feel right," but they said that there wasn't a message, and they couldn't replicate the problem, so they didn't do anything about it.