Gents
Recently I had my 850 R serviced by my local specialist. Part of the service
was new front pads and discs Since it has been back the ABS and TRACS lights
are very slow to extinguish on starting and tend to light again after around

My '97 850 has a rattly, almost diesel engine like sound when driven
cold.  This lasts for about 2-3 minutes and only occurs when I am
stepping on the accelerator.
Has anyone encountered this?

As the new owner of a '99 C70 with the 901 stereo, I am stunned that a
unit with such advanced features as the station/song text mode (I forget
the acronym for that at the moment) can't do something as basic as play a
CD-R!

Looking for some advice on this one.
1989 240 in the uk with b230k and 182,xxx miles.
About 6 months ago had rough running and, eventually no tick over at
all.  I had the volvo people to look at it and they said it was lean

Need to top off the Power Steering fluid on this vehicle.  Manual says it
uses ATF.  Is any name brand ATF OK?  I'd go to the dealer but it is a bit
out of the way.  I can't see how something good like Mobil1 synthetic ATF
could hurt.   Comments?

I have a '98 V70 that needs to have the timing belt replaced. I have two
questions-
1. Does it need the tension pulley replaced ?
2. Is this a job that my local gas station mechanic can do?

I am considering buying a 2006 xc70. Can someone please tell me what grade
of gas they are using in late model xc70's? I know Volvo recommends premium
for their engines, but my 1999 V70 runs just fine on regular. Thank you.

1997 S70 T5 55000 miles. (UK Car)
Power steering pump seems to be making a little noise.Is this a common
fault for this car and mileage? What is likely to need
replacing/fixing?

hi guys i have a 940 saloon with B230FB engine and no spark from ignition
coil power into coil and out of coil  but no spark.. will replace coil
tomorrow but if coil not faulty what fires the coil so that can be checked
thanks. george

I have an F Reg Volvo 240 GL estate car, bought from new with about 157000
miles on clock.  It started to overheat today at start of journey when it
went into the red.  As soon as I got a decent speed it returned to the
normal middle position on the temperature gauge.  The water ...

I'm no longer able to patch up the old wires as they have gotten too
short where they exit in and out of the hinges.
Ordered a new LH and RH harness from eEuroparts for $20 (here within 2
days of order) and both are Scan Tech and made in Sweden and look

My brother-in-law's new 1996 940 GLE with 2.3 Turbo B230FK engine has now
developed more serious problems after about 1-2 weeks of driving.
1. When we got the car the oil was full up to the max mark, but there was a
lot of crud in the valve cover area.  There seemed to be the ...

If I came out to my car and had a completely flat battery...how would
you get the doors unlocked on these newer Volvos where the key doesn't
actually unlock the door physically, but through an electrical motor?
Or, maybe I should duct tape a brick to the roof rail for just such an ...

A few weeks ago on a cold morning the idle revs went down to about 500 then
up to 2000, and continued to pulse between the two. The problem went away
but has now reoccured, but as well as pulsing between 500 and 2000 rpm
it sometimes sticks at 2500 rpm. The engine is the 1.8 ...

Help,
  I installed an aftermarket CD player in my car and now the headlights
don't work.  I cut the wires to the old stereo (CR-718) and installed the CD
player...it works great...but there were 5 wires left over: