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Help!!! 2007 GXP Transmission Problems



Sorry Cheeseburger, my post wasn't directed at you. I have owned two Volvo V70's. When I bought the first one, I thought it was the greatest thing in the world, so I bought another one. The second one started having numerous, expensive problems almost right away. It eventually had a transmission failure. Luckily, it was in the yard when a tornado passed by my town and dumped an enormous amount of hail onto it. It was totaled and that was a good thing. The other one had it's own set of problems eventually, all of them unrelated to Pontiac's, all of them very expensive as well. Among them was a transmission failure. We rebuilt it, and I'm embarrassed to say how much that cost.

So when I saw Matt's post about falling under Volvo failure rates, I chuckled. It isn't just high, it's extraordinary and inexcusable; at least that's my experience. Sorry for the confusion.

Bad transmissions are no laughing matter though, I know that. My GTP has been in my shop for almost two years now with a bad one. One day I've decided to scrap it, the next day I've decided to fix it again. I know for sure I'd like to have my shop back, sux.
 
I really do not understand why you guys drive your cars so damn hard then cry because you have trashed the tranny. this is a HEAVY FWD car, yes you will destroy the tranny if you drive like a nascar racer. Really is not that difficult of a concept to understand.
 
lordcooler said:
I really do not understand why you guys drive your cars so damn hard then cry because you have trashed the tranny. this is a HEAVY FWD car, yes you will destroy the tranny if you drive like a nascar racer. Really is not that difficult of a concept to understand.
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You could baby the crap out of a GXP transmission but it will still fail, just like they all do from the same issue.

Issue is heat and poor design.

Why have a car with power and not beat on it??? Everyone thats knows anything about anything knows that the transmission is a high failure point in about any FWD vehicle.
 


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