2003 XC70, plenty of videos, etc on timing belt installation and water pump on similar vehicles but I have not found any good instructions on doing the job on an 03 XC70. 2.5 turbo. Don't really need...

Weird, started her up tonight and the fan is running properly. So i guess no problem after all. Dave

2003 XC70, the interior blower was becoming erratic (usually on but sometimes not, sometimes pulsing up and down) plus it made an annoying squeak. So I bought a blower for my local U Pull It yard and...

so is the fan control module in the fan enclosure or is it up in the control box under the radio? Dave

Hello all, 2003 XC70, lately the cabin blower has been erratic, fan is on, then off then on, up and down. Last night driving home blower wouldn't come on at all. this morning it started (up and down,...

Yeah- that's what I was thinking about. I guess I'll have to go to the mall sometime to find a shoe store.....Dave

Perkins- in addition to my 04 with the crappy wheel, I also have an 03 with the sweet wooden steering wheel. My local U Pull It yard sells steering wheels for $10. If I can find a pretty one, I might...

04 XC70, has the tan leather wrapped steering wheel. I can clean it but I think the color on it the leather has flaked off in spots. You know what I'm talking about. Looks awful. Ive seen little...

Yeah so I opened her up last night and sure enough- right side wiper arm pivot is frozen / rusted tight. No movement. Junkyard trip for me.

VT, thanks for the suggestion, I will investigate tonight. Dave

04 XC70, wipers not working, checked the fuse with the spare, tapped the relay in the fuse box, got nothing. I had the battery unhooked for a few days doing an alternator rebuild. There is a strange...

Brush and voltage regulator assembly did the trick! She's putting out 14.2 volts at idle. Dave

Original poster here, im planning to dig in this weekend, i have ordered a regulator/ Brushes assembly but don't have it yet. Are there other things I should evaluate on this alternator besides the...

Yes, looks like alternator. 12.55v engine off, 12.11 engine running. Im seeing 200 bucks plus for alternators (paid $400 for the car). So im REALLY interested in swapping out those brushes. Or I...

Yeah, I was thinking alternator too. I'll do the voltmeter test tonight and see what I find.

if it does need an alternator it would be really cool if I could just solder new brushes in there. I...

Hello XC folks- 04 XC70 with a pile of miles, my son was driving the other night and got stranded about 15 miles from home with a dead battery. Car quit while he was driving it. He said he noticed...

Bill- No, i didn't do any adjusting, I just replaced the shifter assembly. I have watched a few UTubes and it looks like that PO705 indicates a bad PNP switch. Maybe that's what you're referring to...

Original poster here. So I haven't done anything with the ATF as of right now. I did put a scan tool on her and got codes PO700 and PO705. Sounds like the PO700 is a general code and 705 says "Range...

So I picked up the XC last night, had about a 30 mile drive (in the rain) to get her home. After about a half hour I came to a stop light and gently accelerated from the stop. Car seemed to...

OK, I think for now I'm just gonna do a total ATF flush and see where I am before my head starts spinning with the thoughts of complex transmission tasks. I'll report back. Thank you!! Dave

Mick- So when you guys refer to a "valve body rebuild", does that mean popping that cover off, cleaning out the insides and replacing (or maybe just cleaning?) the selonoids? Rebuild sounds like...

Astro and Mick- Thanks for the tips. I found 2 cases of 6 of the Toyota type on ebay for $67.73 including shipping. My local dealer would have been about 90 with tax.

during The driving I did pre...

I bought a high mileage 04 XC70 last weekend with a 2 month old set of Michelin snows and a new battery. The cost of the snows was about $150 more than I paid for the whole car. Anyway, it runs well,...

04 XC70- Is there a "how to" out there on replacing the transmission filter? The fluid flush looks pretty simple. Thanks, Dave

Brett, ok, good advice. I'll do that test when I'm in there. I will add that last weekend I did a 560 mile day in the XC one flat, straight section of interstate I went hands off for almost half a...