If you go for a Gen 2 petrol (as I have here in the States, an '06 V70) with an automatic, if you get one with the Aisin-Warner tranny (called the AW-55), it's Achilles heel is the valve body. It cost me $1500 USD to get mine fixed as the shifting went to sh*te. Some guys got lucky and it was just a solenoid fix. I wasn't one of the lucky ones. While I do a lot of work, I didn't want to delve into the tranny. I didn't want any part of that action so I just had it done, bent over, and took it in the shorts.
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