How do you know if shocks need to replaced on a 2002 XC70 Volvo? A friend of mine has a 2002 XC70 Volvo and she's wondering whether or not she needs to replace the shocks as they've never been...

Thank you very much Howard. I was going to PM you our thanks but I see you found my thread first. Yes, it is the B4 Servo Cover. Personally, I don't expect Volvo technicians to check every car that...

So, my friend's Volvo (which I posted about before), turned out to have a defective transmission cover which had been recalled. (Special thanks to howardc64 for sending me the link that led to that...

Thank you very much for the swift reply, I will endeavor to do some more research.

Thanks for the reply, first of all, what do you mean by almost as bad as an 01. Secondly, her main concern is whether or not it will fail again or not. She doesn't want to replacing it a 2nd time.

A friend of mine has the Volvo XC70 and asked me to reasearch it after her transmission fell through the roof. Upon doing a quick search, I was mollified with what I found. It seems to me that the...