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How much is a second hand or recon unit going to be? I would like to think that his mechanic would fit and you'll not get charged for labour.

Handbrake is an xc90 issue as anyone will tell you, can be a pain to get sorted, if he has to replace the shoes make sure he uses genuine volvo ones or it'll never be right!

As far as the warranties go they can be a bit grey and vague. A mechanic friend had a car in with a turbo on the way out I think the bearing was starting to get noisey..…….it was still under warranty, guy brought it back and they wouldn't do anything as it was noisey and not broken as such. He said ok I'll bring back when it's gone "No sir, you have told us that you are aware that there is an issue with your car, if you don't address this and maintain your car correctly the warranty is void"
The warranty with mine a few years ago would pay up to the first £600 up to three times within the first 6mths, all depends what warranty the dealer pays for.

Total nightmare dude