2001 Volvo S80

worst car I ever owned in 44 years

By Jim (GA) on Saturday, April 27, 2013

I own this car - My approximate mileage is 112,000

Pros: "fun and confortable to drive. good looking car"

Cons: "bad transmissions/expensive repairs"

Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 1

"This car eats transmissions! Transmission went out at 80K. Took the car to a certified Volvo repair shop 4 times trying to rebuild the transmission, only to have it break down again within 2 to 4 days. One time it blew gaskets and leaked transmission fluid all over my garage floor and had to be towed from my garage back to repair shop. Finally, on the 5th time trying to fix the problem the repair facility put in a used transmission from a wreaked 30K mile S80, since a brand new one is way to costly for most of us. That transmission lasted 30K miles and broke down just before I was going to have the transmission serviced. It now sets in my garage with a bad transmission deciding what to do with it. Don't waste your hard earned money on a Volvo. Expensive repairs and very unreliable."

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worst car I ever owned in 44 years

By Jim (GA) on Saturday, April 27, 2013

I own this car - My approximate mileage is 112,000

Pros: "fun and confortable to drive. good looking car"

Cons: "bad transmissions/expensive repairs"

Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 1

"This car eats transmissions! Transmission went out at 80K. Took the car to a certified Volvo repair shop 4 times trying to rebuild the transmission, only to have it break down again within 2 to 4 days. One time it blew gaskets and leaked transmission fluid all over my garage floor and had to be towed from my garage back to repair shop. Finally, on the 5th time trying to fix the problem the repair facility put in a used transmission from a wreaked 30K mile S80, since a brand new one is way to costly for most of us. That transmission lasted 30K miles and broke down just before I was going to have the transmission serviced. It now sets in my garage with a bad transmission deciding what to do with it. Don't waste your hard earned money on a Volvo. Expensive repairs and very unreliable."

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worst car I ever owned in 44 years

By Jim (GA) on Saturday, April 27, 2013

I own this car - My approximate mileage is 112,000

Pros: "fun and confortable to drive. good looking car"

Cons: "bad transmissions/expensive repairs"

Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 1

"This car eats transmissions! Transmission went out at 80K. Took the car to a certified Volvo repair shop 4 times trying to rebuild the transmission, only to have it break down again within 2 to 4 days. One time it blew gaskets and leaked transmission fluid all over my garage floor and had to be towed from my garage back to repair shop. Finally, on the 5th time trying to fix the problem the repair facility put in a used transmission from a wreaked 30K mile S80, since a brand new one is way to costly for most of us. That transmission lasted 30K miles and broke down just before I was going to have the transmission serviced. It now sets in my garage with a bad transmission deciding what to do with it. Don't waste your hard earned money on a Volvo. Expensive repairs and very unreliable."

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worst car I ever owned in 44 years

By Jim (GA) on Saturday, April 27, 2013

I own this car - My approximate mileage is 112,000

Pros: "fun and confortable to drive. good looking car"

Cons: "bad transmissions/expensive repairs"

Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 1

"This car eats transmissions! Transmission went out at 80K. Took the car to a certified Volvo repair shop 4 times trying to rebuild the transmission, only to have it break down again within 2 to 4 days. One time it blew gaskets and leaked transmission fluid all over my garage floor and had to be towed from my garage back to repair shop. Finally, on the 5th time trying to fix the problem the repair facility put in a used transmission from a wreaked 30K mile S80, since a brand new one is way to costly for most of us. That transmission lasted 30K miles and broke down just before I was going to have the transmission serviced. It now sets in my garage with a bad transmission deciding what to do with it. Don't waste your hard earned money on a Volvo. Expensive repairs and very unreliable."

1 person out of 3 found this review helpful

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Best I've owned

By Cybs (MA) on Monday, March 11, 2013

I own this car - My approximate mileage is 204,000

Pros: "Very pleasant luxury ride with great reliability."

Cons: "Don't have any."

Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 9

"This car has been reliable and continues to supply excellent service. At this mileage it rides as well as when I bought it with 46,000 miles. The only repairs besides normal maintenance have been the emergency brake. Exhaust system is still original. Have replaced the rear struts, but after 200+K expected much worse."

4 people out of 5 found this review helpful

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