T3 Petrol Manual clutch problems

[Skyrimmer]

Reading a lot on Facebook forums about clutch and gearbox woes at around 30k miles on the T3 manual petrol engines. I am on 22k so feeling a bit nervous and unsure about keeping the car much longer. Have any members with this model variant done more than 30k miles and NOT needed a clutch or gearbox replacement. Cheers.

[stu22]

When we had our XC40 (T3, 163bhp), one of the many issues we had was the clutch pedal sticking down - this started circa 20k miles but was never resolved as the car was traded in at 24k miles

[KeithR56]

Reading a lot on Facebook forums about clutch and gearbox woes

I’ve seen the Facebook posts you refer to, and there’s an awful lot of them so I can see why you would be concerned. Having said that, I assume most T3 manual cars haven’t had this problem.

The reported responses from Volvo UK and the dealerships, if true, are despicable. It would seem there’s a real problem that they’re not yet prepared to own up to. Not the first time though (for Volvo, or other manufacturers).

Hopefully, you won’t have a clutch problem on your car, but changing your car early is probably going to cost you. I wonder whether it would be worth getter your clutch checked in light of the reported problems.

[Andy40]

If it’s causing you concern now - will it / won’t it be a problem , then if you are slightly considering swapping, I’d probably go for it, still silky season on trade in and 2nd hand car prices, so a good time to cash in (provided you’re looking at a new / stock car).
Fingers crossed it doesn’t cause you any issues if you do keep it

[JFDIT]

Or budget for a replacement clutch assembly? Probably worth getting price from a Clutch or a Volvo specialist.