XC90 - Mega Issues £5,000 bill !!!! PLS Help

[mikeXC901]

Thanks for your replies all.
To conclude (as I hate unresolved posts)

The garage offered to split the repair bill, but still £2k each +

I have no more faith, I bough a bad one

They bought the car off me for Trade + £500 = £5500, so I lost £2.500 in 3 months

Harsh lesson learned, but the sensible option - cut my losses, and potential future losses.

[oragex]

Originally Posted by mikeXC901

My view is I paid them to do a job, they should have higlighted the risks before doing the job, car worked fine before taking it in, ask for a leak to be fixed, now have a car that is worthless (unless I spend £5k.).

The garage is dishonest - there is no such thing as the gearbox was 'moved' so the sludge got in the solenoids. There is also a chance they took the transmission from your car and sold it to someone else. A XC90 good working transmission is worth gold because many had issues and need it to be replaced. I would put here the name of the garage so we know about it.

[cheshired5]

Sounds like the garage have got off Scot free and got a bargain car that's a relatively cheap fix with the right facilities.
I wonder if they offer this "solution" often......hmm.

[ifzal123]

Hi all

sorry for interupting


My xc90 2004 D5 with 90K is currently at the Jaguary dealer, it is within 3 month warranty.

It has developed a gearbox oil leak. Stratstone Jaguar have said that a seal needs to be replaced. They have booked the car in with a Driver transmission based in Moseley, Birmimgham on Thursday.

is there anything that you guys would recommend changing since the auto box will be worked on?

many thanks

[forumoto]

I felt sorry upon read this thread...

[oragex]

Early US XC90 models with the T6 engine had a flawed auto transmission. Most owners simply lost their money. Reason was the auto transmission could not handle the torque of the T6 engine. Maybe the diesel model has a similar issue since a diesel engine has more torque. In all cases, a leaking transmission is not just about a seal. I would return the car.

http://forums.edmunds.com/discussion...6-transmission