Hi all, new to the site and new to Volvos and already looking for advice unfortunately.

I have a 2004 S80 D5 Auto with 200k miles.

The issue I have is the gearbox is showing signs of ‘flaring’ I believe from what I have been reading online at least.

1st-2nd seems not bad but every other gear after that gives the sort of false neutral feeling and the revs rise but feels like it is not in a gear. (Very similar to a slipping clutch on a manual gearbox)

If I ease off the throttle it will change up a gear and it does so smoothly with no nasty bangs etc. But it does this constantly from a cold or warm engine.
If I hold the throttle to the floor the car changes gear as normal through the gears however.

I have bought a b4 servo kit as a hope it may solve this issue but has anyone got any advise or experience with this happening as it’s not the typical b4 servo problem I read about I think.

I also intend on doing a sump dump and replacing some of the fluid as I am going to be under the car anyway.

Thank you all in advance for any help/assistance.

George.


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