Vehicle

Volvo V70

The estate that defined the make for a generation, and still working at very high mileage across northern Europe. The older cars' electronic throttle module is the make's best-known age fault — it produces limp-home behaviour and throttle codes on an otherwise healthy engine, which is exactly the shape of failure that gets an engine blamed.

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Generations

P80 (S70 and V70) 1996–2000

The 850 renamed — saloon as **S70**, estate as **V70** — on the same platform and the same transverse five-cylinder engines. The V70 XC of 1997 is the first Volvo with all-wheel drive, using a viscous coupling and an angle gear that no front-drive car in the range has.
- Aisin AW50-42LE 4-speed automatic
- M56 / M58 / M59 5-speed manual
Body styles

Sedan · Estate

Platform

Volvo P80
Engines
2.0 five-cylinder — B5202S · petrol · 93 kW (125 hp) · 170 Nm (125 lb-ft)

2.4 five-cylinder — B5244S · petrol · 125 kW (168 hp) · 230 Nm (170 lb-ft)

2.5 five-cylinder — B5254S · petrol · 125 kW (168 hp) · 220 Nm (162 lb-ft)

2.3 turbo five-cylinder — B5234T · petrol · 176–186 kW (236–250 hp) · 310–350 Nm (229–258 lb-ft) · T5 and R

2.4 turbo five-cylinder — B5244T · petrol · 144 kW (193 hp) · 270 Nm (199 lb-ft)

2.5 turbodiesel — D5252T · diesel · 103 kW (138 hp) · 290 Nm (214 lb-ft) · VM Motori
Transmissions

5-speed manual · 4-speed automatic · 5-speed Volvo M56 / M58 / M59 · 4-speed Aisin AW50-42LE · 5-speed Aisin AW55-50SN

Drivetrain

Front-wheel drive · All-wheel drive
P2 2000–2007

Five-cylinder petrols and the first common-rail D5; the throttle-module years.
- T5 / T6 / D4 / D5 (badges, not engines)
- Volvo five-cylinder diesel (2.0 and 2.4) 2.4 L
Body styles

Estate

Platform

Volvo P2
Engines
2.0T five-cylinder — petrol

2.3 T5 five-cylinder — B5234T3 · petrol · 184 kW (247 hp) · 330 Nm (243 lb-ft)

2.4 five-cylinder — B5244S · petrol · 103–125 kW (138–168 hp) · 220–230 Nm (162–170 lb-ft)

2.5T five-cylinder — petrol

2.4 D5 five-cylinder — diesel
Transmissions

5-speed manual · 6-speed manual · 4-speed automatic · 5-speed automatic · 5-speed Volvo M56 / Volvo M58 · 6-speed Volvo M66 · 5-speed Aisin AW55-50/51SN · 6-speed Aisin TF-80SC

Drivetrain

Front-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive
P3 2007–2016

Larger car; D5 and D3 diesels dominate the European population.
Body styles

Estate

Platform

Volvo P3
Engines
2.0 T4 and T5 — petrol · 140–180 kW (188–241 hp) · 300–350 Nm (221–258 lb-ft)

2.5 T5 five-cylinder — petrol · 147–187 kW (197–251 hp) · 300–360 Nm (221–266 lb-ft)

3.0 T6 straight-six — B6304T4 · petrol · 224 kW (300 hp) · 440 Nm (325 lb-ft)

1.6 DRIVe — diesel · 80–84 kW (107–113 hp)

2.0 D3 and D4 — diesel · 88–133 kW (118–178 hp)

2.4 D5 five-cylinder — diesel · 120–169 kW (161–227 hp)

3.2 — petrol · 175 kW (235 hp) · 320 Nm (236 lb-ft) · 6-cylinder, US market 2008-2015
Transmissions

6-speed manual · 6-speed automatic · 8-speed automatic · 5-speed Ford MTX75 · 6-speed Getrag MMT6 · 6-speed Volvo M66 · 6-speed Ford MPS6 · 6-speed Aisin TF-80SC · 8-speed Aisin TG-81SC

Drivetrain

Front-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive

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