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shivcon · Mar 14th, 2012, 08:10

i have recently bought a second hand xc90 2005 2.5 T AWD 63k km's - for my sins it appears! i did hear and was warned about the auto box in volvo's but brushed it aside thinking this is a luxury car and the problems of a few were probably of their doing; well it seems not. my first question is; is it a case of WHEN rather than IF the auto box will fail? secondly can anyone help me to understand what could cause this problem? when i pull away from a stop there is an awful grinding noise which i can feel up through the peddles; friend thought gearbox rubber mounts? & regarding the 4 wheel drive- i recently went into some sand with my front wheels and got stuck (my rear wheels were still on hard ground) when i tried to reverse out the rear wheels did not turn at all and there was this awful noise coming out the the auto box, but i continued but eventually gave up and had to be pulled out by a friend, all the while being laughed at with my new AWD Volvo!

Mar 14th, 2012, 08:10	#1
shivcon New Member Last Online: Feb 8th, 2016 05:00 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Harare	AWD grinding noise i have recently bought a second hand xc90 2005 2.5 T AWD 63k km's - for my sins it appears! i did hear and was warned about the auto box in volvo's but brushed it aside thinking this is a luxury car and the problems of a few were probably of their doing; well it seems not. my first question is; is it a case of WHEN rather than IF the auto box will fail? secondly can anyone help me to understand what could cause this problem? when i pull away from a stop there is an awful grinding noise which i can feel up through the peddles; friend thought gearbox rubber mounts? & regarding the 4 wheel drive- i recently went into some sand with my front wheels and got stuck (my rear wheels were still on hard ground) when i tried to reverse out the rear wheels did not turn at all and there was this awful noise coming out the the auto box, but i continued but eventually gave up and had to be pulled out by a friend, all the while being laughed at with my new AWD Volvo!