Originally Posted By: Volvohead
Originally Posted By: cptbarkey
. . . otherwise in my mind the later models are VERY BUGGY and not worth the hassle.
That has not been our experience.
Up around 55k miles on our '09, and NO meaningful problems to date (other than a bad dealer that can't do an oil change correctly).
Ours will burn rubber if you jump on it. And any significant trip yields over 40 mpg with it.
Before this one, we had an '06 with the 2.5. Maintenance has been roughly the same - very low.
Which later models? Mine is the successor to the ALH, and while not the more buggy BRM it’s still the dreaded PD motor otherwise known as a BEW. Visual inspection of the camshaft at 200kmiles indicated no undue wear. EGR system is and was a complete mess on these cars, yet a good number still soldier on with it (not mine anymore, it came off with the turbo upgrade, after the OEM turbo grenaded at 259kmiles—but usually it’s just one low-cost lower EGR pipe that fails). DMF clutch was a nuisance, and the electric lift pump died last week—but these bits are not internal and bound to go at these miles.
No DPF on my model, and while a camshaft replacement would not be cheap it’s still not prohibitively expensive. The BEW motor is more smooth and more quiet than the ALH, and in stock form more powerful.
