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.
