The Lemon Index$6,000 middle bill · most between $5,000 and $6,700
Higher than the $4,500 middle bill owners of all 175 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 107,000 miles (13 reports).
Volvo XC90 owners reported paying a median of $6,000 for a transmission replacement, with the middle half of bills between $5,000 and $6,700. That's from 16 owner reports (16 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,0000%
- $1,000–$2,5006%
- $2,500–$5,00012%
- $5,000 and up81%
Share of the 16 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2004 Volvo XC9010$5,500 middle bill
- 2005 Volvo XC904$6,000 middle bill
- 2011 Volvo XC901too few for a middle
- 2021 Volvo XC901too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2004 Volvo XC9070 complaints name it15% of that year's complaints
- 2005 Volvo XC9024 complaints name it11% of that year's complaints
- 2003 Volvo XC9020 complaints name it22% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a transmission failure. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engine codes that can lead here: P0700 P0730 P0715 P0720 P0731 P0732 P0733 P0734. A code is where a shop starts, not proof the part failed.
Keep going
- Volvo XC90 reliability by year
- Transmission replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Volvo XC90 owners reported
Fuel pump replacement (7) · Engine replacement (6)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11717923, 10845870, 10641999, 10568536, 10422946, 10418619, 10378346, 10355043, 10311511, 10291861, 10278245, 10269562 and more.
Quick answers
How much does transmission replacement cost on a Volvo XC90?
Volvo XC90 owners reported a median of $6,000, and the middle half paid $5,000 to $6,700, from 16 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Volvo XC90 transmission replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Volvo XC90 middle bill of $6,000 is higher than the $4,500 owners of all 175 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Volvo XC90 repair costs come from?
From 16 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Volvo XC90 years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2004 (70), 2005 (24), 2003 (20) Volvo XC90 named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.