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bfiske - 10 Apr 2006 13:58 GMT

Has anyone experienced a problem with the transmission, where the
Sport/Economy/Winter lights flash alternately and the amber arrow in the
instrument cluster flashes on and off? The acceleration also feels like
the car is in 3rd gear (Failure mode?).

Please advise.

Thanks.

Brian

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Mike F - 10 Apr 2006 15:45 GMT

> Has anyone experienced a problem with the transmission, where the
> Sport/Economy/Winter lights flash alternately and the amber arrow in the
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> Brian

You have a problem, and a code can be read, if you have access to the
correct Volvo tool. The most common reason for your symptoms is the
gear position switch (aka pnp switch), which is located on the side of
the transmission, and is a bit of a pain to change.

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Peter K L Milnes - 11 Apr 2006 00:38 GMT

W-S-E switch will also cause this problem. Usual cause of symptoms is loose
connections or dirty switch contacts where W-S-E switch is concerned.
Gearbox is being faulted to Limp-Home mode.

All the best, Peter.

700/900/90 Register Keeper,
Volvo Owners Club (UK).

>> Has anyone experienced a problem with the transmission, where the
>> Sport/Economy/Winter lights flash alternately and the amber arrow in the
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> gear position switch (aka pnp switch), which is located on the side of
> the transmission, and is a bit of a pain to change.

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bfiske - 11 Apr 2006 13:38 GMT

It was the switch on the side of the transmission.
It was replaced and now the 960 is back in action.
Thanks all!

Brian

> W-S-E switch will also cause this problem. Usual cause of symptoms is loose
> connections or dirty switch contacts where W-S-E switch is concerned.
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>>gear position switch (aka pnp switch), which is located on the side of
>>the transmission, and is a bit of a pain to change.

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Mike F - 11 Apr 2006 14:07 GMT

> W-S-E switch will also cause this problem. Usual cause of symptoms is loose
> connections or dirty switch contacts where W-S-E switch is concerned.
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> 700/900/90 Register Keeper,
> Volvo Owners Club (UK).

I should have elabourated a bit. There are lots of things that can
cause this problem, of which we've mentioned just two. In my
experience, the pnp switch is the most common culprit, but the WSE (mode
selector) switch is also quite common, especially when food is spilled
on it. Personally, I wouldn't change any part until I had the diagnosis
of the trouble code.

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