I'm gonna buy a DICE setup myself. My trans is going crazy and I'm hoping its because my Fluid Counter needs to be reset. I changed the fluid 12k mi. ago (dark burgundy) and the trans slowly adapted over several thousand miles to where the hard shifts just about disappeared. This summer/fall the shifting has been very smooth. My problem is in winter I drive up a steep mountain pass to the ski resort and I'm guessing the fluid is getting hot, the fluid counter already has too many instances recorded in memory of overheated fluid, so triggers a DTC message TRANSMISSION SERVICE URGENT and puts the trans into 3rd gear, shifter indicates "-.-". Now mind you the trans shifted fine going up the mountain with NO BAD SHIFTS. This was happening last winter too. Problem I'm having now is anywhere I drive, the shifting is great but as soon as the fluid warms up, I get the DTC and 3rd gear. I just put in 12 quarts of new fluid; the old fluid was very dark. Still the same problem. Don't mean to hijack the thread but I figured when I said the trans is crazy you guys would want some details.
Anyway, this is the DICE I'm looking to buy: https://www.ebay.com/itm/VOLVO-VIDA-...145?rmvSB=true. Yeah, it's cheap, but the delivery is like 4 days as opposed to 2-4 weeks. I've got an unused new 2015 ASUS laptop which will be only for VIDA/DICE so I'm deciding whether I should install Vida from disk or use a VMWare version. If anyone has any feedback or recommendations, lemme know.
2007 XC70, 206,000 miles
2002 V70XC, 130,000 miles, parts car
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