{"id":613,"date":"2014-12-10T01:42:25","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T01:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.projectvolvo.nl\/?p=613"},"modified":"2026-01-10T16:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T15:22:09","slug":"cardanas-kapot-340","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.projectvolvo.nl\/en\/cardanas-kapot-340\/","title":{"rendered":"Volvo 340 Drivetrain Failure \u2013 Broken Driveshaft Diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The car had to be <strong>towed home<\/strong>, and on Monday we started the diagnosis. That didn\u2019t take long: the issue turned out to be the <strong>driveshaft<\/strong>, which was <strong>torn on one side<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luckily, we managed to find a replacement driveshaft <strong>the very same day<\/strong>, and the <strong>Volvo 340 is now back to driving as it should\u2014mostly sideways<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At first, we feared a <strong>gearbox problem<\/strong>, but fortunately that wasn\u2019t the case. 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