Just bought the car for an amazing price. It has some issues but the one that is most concerning is the hard shift between 1st and 2nd gear. He said, it was like that since he's had it. Is this common with this particular Volvo or is it the car? and if it is the car, any ideas?
You will have to strip the box and check the syncro''s on the gears . It sounds like a broken synchro ring.
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I had the same problem and fixed it with only one nut to remove and one easy plug in part the Crankshaft Position Sensor is located between the firewall and the engine on the bell housing which connects the engine to the driveshaft Right on the top shine a light down in there and remove the nut to the left of the sensor sticking up and unplug it check the wires to see if they are rotted mine were all rotted and touching eachother went and bought the part at autozone for $55 plugged it in and it now works perfectly! hope this helps
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Try to flush out you old trans fluid,see if this helps first.If its brown,that's bad it needs to be red.
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Buy a service light reset tool. try www.biltema.se and look up part no, 15-1389.
SOURCE: 2001 Volvo s60 D5 very difficult to shift gear
if you have a hydraulically assisted clutch, check the reservoir. it's located on the firewall in the vicinity of the brake vacuum booster. if it's low/empty, fill it. you may have air in the system which will require bleeding. what is the mileage? you may be due for a clutch. if you google, "hard shifting manual trans" you will gain more insight on the matter.
SOURCE: My 2003 Volvo S60 shifts hard from 1st to 2nd
I don't have that prob on mine but I would suggest you change your ATF asap with Mobil1 or equivalent. Do a complete flush and observe the fluid taken out if there r chunks of metal w/ it. If none you're in luck.After flush, test drive only on "D" and see if the harsh shifting is still there. If no Mobil1 is available just like here in San Diego, use Valvoline MaxLife for cars w/ over 75k miles. Owners manual specifies a certain number on recomended ATFs and it's in the MaxLife. I just used it and seems to be working good. Good luck
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