I have a 1995 850 Turbo, automatic transmission, that shift kind hard from park to reverse, or from drive to reverse. By hard I mean that it feels like drive line lash is being taken up, slight klunk (but not really a metallic klunk). Actually kinda hard to describe. I can say that my 3/4 Dodge van with automatic transmission does the same thing, and has for years. Well I wasn't worried about it because the car runs great and the automatic shifts smooth between all gears, whether in Sport, Econo, or Winter mode. But - I went to Hoy Fox Volvo in El Paso...just to look at the new models. Was considering trading in the faithful 850 on one of the new, pretty gold ones. They of course wanted to appraise my car. The dealer took the car for a drive, noticed the hard shift into reverse, and took it into the maintenance bay to have it checked. When he came back he said that the car needs a new transmission, and it would cost about $2500.00 to $2800.00. Of course this would have to come of the trade-in value (he didn't say that - I did)). I personally think the guy is full of crap, thought he had a moron for a customer. I took my keys, said thanks for the info, and left without pursuing a purchase from them. Probably never will either. Anyway - on to the question. Anyone else have this klunk into reverse? Should I worry about it if everything else is working fine? Any fixes for the hard shift? Thanks in advance for your info. And sorry for the rant.