We've put about 2,500 miles on the '08 V70 we bought before Christmas. It's at 65,000 now. It's run perfectly with only an occasional no-start event when pushing the button.

This morning my wife gets in the car, it starts fine and stops at the end of the driveway. She said all the dash lights came on. I tried to start it and got what in a car with a key would sound like a low battery. Relays chattering, dash lights flickering, even the start button was vibrating.

After I got everyone where they needed to go I came back ready to jump the battery but tried it first. Started right up. When I put it in drive to pull back into the driveway it seemed like it was trying to go forwards and backwards at once. The trans seemed locked. Same thing for reverse. Even in neutral it was hung in some drive mode. There's a message on the dash "Transmission Service Required."

Sound familiar? I need to move it into the driveway so will see if it will roll in N with the engine off.

I haven't bought the Vida Dice yet but would it bring updates? I've read a bit about firmware upgrades on the web but I don't know when the trans control unit was last upgraded.

I just got rid of our 850 after it's trans failed.

Let the games begin.

Erwin