I have a 2002 S60 (front wheel drive). A couple of days ago I was idling in line at a drive-thru coffee shop and when I went to pull forward to the window the engine revved, but the car did not go forward. I tried reverse and that didn't work either. It was as if the gears would not engage. I had it towed to my regular Volvo mechanic. My mechanic couldn't find anything in the computer system and recommended I take it to the dealer for a second opinion since it sounded to him like a mechanical problem in the transmission. I was able to drive it home from my mechanic and to the dealer, but it feels like the gears are jerking into place, particularly when starting up from a stop-light. It lurches into 1st/2nd gear. It also very occasionally will feel as though the engine is "surging" for lack of a better word. My foot will be on the break and the RPMs are okay, but it feels like the car wants to take off / lurch forward. That only seems to happen when it's cold outside and the car hasn't completely warmed up. Are these issues related? Solutions to either or both?
Dec 1, 2009 at 2:12 PM