Hi guys,

Hoping I could get some feedback on what I'm hoping isn't a catastrophic tranny problem in my 1999 v70 (non-turbo) (4speed), 96k miles.

I went for a drive to do some errands (for us a 60 mile trip). Had a couple of stops-- all through which the car was running beautifully. We came to a stop at a red light, idled for a couple of minutes, and when the light turned green, I stepped on the gas-- only to get a revving engine. I thought I'd slipped it into neutral, but to my horror, it was in "D". I tried shifting through the gears, but no luck. My wife suggested turning the car off, and starting again. Although doubtful, I did this, and was able to get into gear and travel about 100 feet to park at a mobil station. The problem then showed up again, and I was unable to get anything but revving.

I thought to check the fluid-- always keep a quart on hand... it loked OK, but I added half a quart anyway (what the heck). Nothing.

I also thought it might be a "winter mode" problem... I tried every possible gear combination I could think of with winter mode on. Nothing.

I'd also heard somewhere (perhaps on bay 13) of some transmission shift interlock part that tends to go-- I had fiddled with this while waiting to be towed, and had tried the vigorous back and forth movements on the shifter (came quite naturally with my state of mind at the time).


I got the car towed (this was noon EST. today), and the tow guy is going to be calling around to see if he can find someone who works on volvos.

Does anyone have any ideas? I would really appreciate some insight! I've never had any problems with the car since we bought it a couple of years ago. We've gone 20k miles with no hint of transmission problems.


Many thanks in advance!