My '92 240 wagon has been running well and I've been driving it all day.
However, when I just went to move it into my parking spot from the street,
there was a bang.
Opening the hood, the caps were blown off the battery and while there is

Okay, the work on my has 1978 264GL has begun. The autotransmission is
shifting a little hard, no doubt it needs to be flushed, just
monitoring that. Didn't pick up the hood hinges yet as I've decided in
stead to concentrate for now on the body. I've discovered that the rear

Gents,
Here's another small issue: the battery was dead in my '96 850 GLT and I
had to put the code back in, after jumping the battery. However, I
forgot the code and put in the wrong code three times and it seems to be

i drive a 262, which panel-wise is just like any 200 series volvo. the
problem at hand is speedometer lighting (i mean the light to lets you
see what's on in the dark; the warning lights all work). it went off
and no fuses are bad and everything else on the panel (except for the

suddenly stopped working, although the speedo is still ok, so I'm guessing
the little geared wheel has broken or jammed someway... happened before,
about 4 years ago, and I was able to find a replacement speedometer head in
the local junkyard. At that time, I noticed there were ...

I don't know how many times people who are not really familiar with
Volvos have made a hash of things or cost customers lots of extra money,
but the problem is quite large.
Every vehicle has it's quirks and you want someone working on yours who

Well, I´ve solved a lot of problems with the group help.
Now I have other that I forgot:
My car is a 850 GLT 93, with automatic transmision.
When the engine and transmision is cold (two or three minutes after

Hello, My Volvo recently broke down and I had it towed to nearest
garage. The mechanic says the transfer case part of the transmission
needs to be replaced. I called a transmission repair place and the guy
told me that it isn't that simple and that the electronics on Volvos

Uk M Reg 960 2.5 litre has a flat spot between 1000 - 2000 rpm where
should one begin to look?
Thanks
Simon

I am not very mechanically inclined by any means. But I'm trying to
figure out why my Volvo won't start right now. It's a Volvo 240D 1986.
It's been very wet out lately and it stalled on me the other day. I
went to start it this morning and it wouldn't budge. The engine is

I have to change tires on my newly purchased XC70/03.
What would you specialists recommend?
Mild summer and winter temperatures but lots of rain and some snow during
winter.

I got a 1999 Volvo V70 2.5 TDI Prestige (103 kw) which has not any iPod
adapter, thus I'm currently connecting the iPod to the cassette player.
Looking in the web, I saw AUX adapters for V70's not older than 2001. Anyone
know if there are adapters for my Volvo model/year also?

I have a 1990 Volvo 240 with AW70. I've owned the car since last
summer and today I was replacing some of the last failed bulbs which
had been in that state already when I bought the car.
I was slightly surprised to find that the "overdrive off" indicator

I have a 2002 UK spec S60 SE. Is there any way to fold down or remove
the rear headrests? When I fold the rear seats down, the rear headrests
push into the back of the front seats.
TIA

Autotree Pro Ver. 1.45 is a 32 Bit ( WIN95-XP) software Application for
automotive diagnostics. The program written in a Tree format to make
systematic and quick diagnostic checks a breeze, organized by area (Engine,
Transmission, Electrical, Fuel, Emission, body, Clutch, Etc. ) ...