The 2.4 in my 2006 S40 was stone cold reliable to 157k miles before I sold it. Needed a new alternator at about 145k but that was it. It\u2019s been 2 years and I still miss driving that car. The BEST front seats of any vehicle I\u2019ve driven or ridden in.
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Some of the smaller engines are crap and give the p1 platform a bad name... I'm looking at you 1.6d ????
T5's require maintenance but are pretty bulletproof. In 5 years of ownership the only time the car has let me down was a radiator leak.
My old 04 Volvo Xc90 had 311k on the dash before the alternator gave up lol. Doing better than that!
I’m using 5w40 too. It was recommended at the service. I’ve got a 2012 Volvo S60 D3 with really lot of kms????. It’s better for the older engines, it gives a smoother run for them.
Pal has Volvo brakes on his bmw E10.
The oem volvo ones are all I've found, I just settled on those for my s90 cuz the guys at auto zone gave up trying everything that claimed it would fit...
Despite what people say, the manufacturer doesn't always know best. On my car, a few years into ownership people discovered the hydraulic lifters were failing when Volvo recommended 0W-30.
If your car has HUD then check that the after market windshields do not blur the HUD display. On Volvos the aftermarket windshields blur the HUD image.
Mine has been unreliable. The timing belt blew, both lower control arms and shocks needed to be replaced, and also both wheel bearings. Just my experience, I got mine at 130k and I'm at 155k now. Im getting rid of it. \n\n\nSo if anyone wants a c30 with a ton of work done feel free to message me lol. Its perfectly good now, fun to drive and I bet thats about everything that needed to be replaced.
Thing lasted 3 months, and really only lasted that long because I spent virtually every weekend at pick-a-part getting parts to keep it on the road. Some of it was my fault (I slightly crashed it into a guard rail), but the rest was fuel pumps, bad injectors, stupid little things like the speedometer and rear antenna, and the AC which never worked.
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