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Car Forum / Volvo Cars / July 20061998 V70 R - replaced battery
My original battery finally died so I put in a new one yesterday. The Service Engine light is blinking, the Tracs Off light is on, the ABS light is on, and the odometer now reads 220K whereas before I put the battery in it read 136K. Also, all info below the odometer is blank: i.e., no clock, no temperature. Any ideas? > My original battery finally died so I put in a new one yesterday. The > Service Engine light is blinking, the Tracs Off light is on, the ABS > light is on, and the odometer now reads 220K whereas before I put the > battery in it read 136K. Also, all info below the odometer is blank: > i.e., no clock, no temperature. Are you sure they didn't switch cars on you. Seriously, I think the odometer just switched from miles to kilometers. Your manual will tell you how to switch it back. Could the battery have been hooked up backwards and then put in correctly. This would explain why some things are blown out.  SignatureCheers, Steve Henning in Reading, PA, USA Owned '67,'68,'71,'74,'79,'81,'87,'93,'95 & '01 Volvos. The '67,'74,'79,'87,'95 and '01 through European Delivery. http://home.earthlink.net/~rotarians/volvo.html > Are you sure they didn't switch cars on you. Seriously, I think the > odometer just switched from miles to kilometers. Your manual will tell > you how to switch it back. Could the battery have been hooked up > backwards and then put in correctly. This would explain why some things > are blown out. Miles to kilometers makes sense, I'll check my manual. But battery wasn't hooked up incorrectly. Do you think, though, that the missing info on the dash is permanent? >> Are you sure they didn't switch cars on you. Seriously, I think the >> odometer just switched from miles to kilometers. Your manual will [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > wasn't hooked up incorrectly. Do you think, though, that the missing > info on the dash is permanent? miles to km display? i knew I could change F->C and 12 to 24 hour clock display but I didn't know I could switch the odometer/speedometer from miles to km. (trivia note: if you divide the km by 10, then you get swedish miles which is how car usage is reported in for sale adds and also service schedule. i.e., my Ford escort recently had its 12 000 mil service, 120 000 km. My first trip to Sweden my (now) Swedish wife told me it was about 50 miles from Stockholm to Gothenburg. I could look at the map and do the arithmetic and I knew it was more than 50 miles. Now I know!) >>My original battery finally died so I put in a new one yesterday. The >>Service Engine light is blinking, the Tracs Off light is on, the ABS [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > backwards and then put in correctly. This would explain why some things > are blown out. Also, the speedometer and tachometer no longer work with the new battery
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