V70 Auto box problem or not!!!!

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StaffBull - 27 Jun 2005 19:36 GMT

Hello all, I have just bought a V70 Classic (2000 model) 153,000 on the
clock but purrs like new!!!

the orange light on the dash is flashing- its the orange arrow which
denotes the W setting for the box, it's constantly flashing but there seems
absolutely nothing wrong with the car!!!

Any ideas?
How can I reset it? or do I need access to the ODBII dongle thingy?

Many thanks in advance,

Steve a Volvo newbie!!!

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Rob Guenther - 27 Jun 2005 19:49 GMT

Take it in, could just be a fault from the shifter selector switch, that's
all it was on our 960 (cold weather made it act up, put a new one in
anyways). Volvo's in general don't have transmission problems... on the
early 850's there were some, but not really any of the other models IIRC.

> Hello all, I have just bought a V70 Classic (2000 model) 153,000 on the
> clock but purrs like new!!!
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> Steve a Volvo newbie!!!

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StaffBull - 27 Jun 2005 20:16 GMT

Thanks, do you mind me asking how much the sensor was to replace?

> Take it in, could just be a fault from the shifter selector switch, that's
> all it was on our 960 (cold weather made it act up, put a new one in
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>> Steve a Volvo newbie!!!

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Rob Guenther - 27 Jun 2005 23:10 GMT

I believe it was around $300-350CAD with labour.

> Thanks, do you mind me asking how much the sensor was to replace?
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>>> Steve a Volvo newbie!!!

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StaffBull - 28 Jun 2005 00:53 GMT

Thanks, doesn't sound too bad!!

>I believe it was around $300-350CAD with labour.
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Stephen Henning - 28 Jun 2005 04:42 GMT

> Hello all, I have just bought a V70 Classic (2000 model) 153,000 on the
> clock but purrs like new!!!
>
> the orange light on the dash is flashing- its the orange arrow which
> denotes the W setting for the box, it's constantly flashing but there seems
> absolutely nothing wrong with the car!!!

It is a fault caught by the transmission computer. There should be a
code that will indicate the fault. I had the same problem in a '01 V70.
It was "incorrect ratio" and turned out to be a bad PNP switch which is
the part that tells the computer the gear selection of the transmission.
However, the dealer changed the input speed sensor and output speed
sensor first and that didn't have any effect since neither was bad. I
would work with them on this and see if they will find what parts can be
the cause and ask to just pay for the bad one.

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StaffBull - 28 Jun 2005 19:21 GMT

Many thanks Stephen,

Steve

>> Hello all, I have just bought a V70 Classic (2000 model) 153,000 on the
>> clock but purrs like new!!!
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> would work with them on this and see if they will find what parts can be
> the cause and ask to just pay for the bad one.

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