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Originally Posted by Steve Carlton
I remember Toyota did Jeep Cherokee transmissions in the 80's and 90's. I think they're Aisin Warners in the S60. If you want to get a Volvo cheap, I'd suggest sticking with a well-maintained 240 or 850 and spending closer to $4-5K on the car.
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In the Wrangler too, bolted to the inline six cylinder. I owned a 93 that went through three AX-15 transmissions, same failure sadly each time, 5th gear snap ring falls off and causes all manner of other issues.
If you're lucky you can just replace the snap ring and things are fine. If you're unlucky it gets lose and punches a hole in the side of the transmission and wells out the 5th gear hub.
The S60 uses the Aisin AW55-50 which has all sorts of it's own demons. The common "solenoid" failure for instance. I was lucky to be able to do this fix on a low mileage S60 and it worked. The second time I tried it on the mother-in-laws car there was just too much metal floating around and the valve body was damaged.
Junked the car after that, $3500 for a rebuilt just wasn't worth it.