A few weeks ago, the car went into limp mode on startup. Engine chugged violently and I turned it off and left it for a day.
Next time I started it, it ran smoothly, but the CEL was on. I drove...
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A few weeks ago, the car went into limp mode on startup. Engine chugged violently and I turned it off and left it for a day.
Next time I started it, it ran smoothly, but the CEL was on. I drove...
re Xemodex failures:
A few years after Xemodex repaired my DIM, it conked out again. (I don't recall the symptoms.)
I called them to claim a warranty repair under their lifetime warranty.
I...
I went at it with my oscillating cutter.
Working half blind and in constricted space made it impossible to neatly cut off the bolt head. I had to cut into the module some distance from the bolt,...
A while back, I got the "BRAKE FAILURE STOP SAFELY" message and 80% of the warning lights in the DIM lit up.
I took it to my local mechanic (who've been servicing the car for years) and they read...
These cars do have the perfect spot for such lightbars!
Has anyone found a good LED replacement for the stock fog lights?
The yellow light does flash.
We haven't had much of the right sort of weather to test this, but once I was able to try climbing our driveway in the snow and I went very gentle on the...
Suspense, bad weather, problem-solving! This thread has it all.
Simultaneously makes me wish I had time and equipment to work on my own car, and glad that I don't!
Double Post
I don't think we have traction control (where the brakes kick in to control spin?). Certainly, we do not have the switch on the console that disables it.
Is this a fair price?
If I end up buying a salvaged gear, what work should be done to it before bolting it on?
Wow Bill, great reply!
I would love to work on the car myself. I truly would. Thinking about it makes me happy!
I will give it some further consideration, but we are renovating the house and...
I have the Volvo recommended Gislaved snows on all four wheels, and they have plenty of tread.
There was no notification from the instrument cluster. There was a code, but I don't recall if the dealer told me what it was. (It might be on the repair slip, but I don't have time to dig that out.)...
I will take the car in for repair and maintenance this week.
We just drove 130 km, to visit family, and a new symptom has revealed itself.
As soon as I take my foot off the gas, there is a...
Not my experience at all. I live on a hill and we had some super slippery waxy snow this week, and it was all I could do to get to my driveway. And this isn't the first time the AWD has failed and...
Yes, always.
Cam:
Our car is a TERRIBLE front wheel drive car! It is significantly worse in slippery conditions than any other car I have ever driven. Front wheels spin like mad with the slightest touch of the...
Wow, a great slew of replies!
Q: How do I know the angle gear is bad?
A: We have owned this car since June, 2010. Every 12–24 months AWD fails on this car. Only once was it a mechanical problem...
Our 2003 XC70 with 320k km needs a new gear and sleeve. Boo.
It also needs:
pads & rotors ×4
emergency brake shoes and springs
rear sway bar bushings
rear control arm bushings
at least...
I broke the 30-pin connector on the iMiv-to-iPod cable and need a replacement.
iMiv.ca no longer sells to the public. Buyers must go through volvotech.eu.
Yesterday, I put a replacement cable...
FCP last two emails have emphasized that they are trying to improve the quality of their offerings. Maybe they upgraded some of the parts in this kit?
When I asked the same question, I got a pretty emphatic "Go for it!"
An Update!
I just had a reluctor ring replaced. The local dealer had the part in stock and my indy did the work.
Symptoms included traction warning light flashing during easy, straight-line, low-speed driving...