The relay looked like this. I swapped it with the one for the fog lights, and now the high beams work!

Turns out some of the bulbs fell out of their black socket. I dissasembled the instrument cluster, put the bulbs back in with a little super glue to prevent them from falling out again.

I had instrument cluster issues, and although the instrument cluster was erratic, the headlights worked as normal. The other issues do seem like they could be caused by a faulty instrument cluster though.

My Volvo has almost 300k miles and I’m not sure when or if the suspension was replaced, so I’m assuming it’s failing due to being worn out.

Success! I got a bunch of crow-bars and chisels at harbor freight, and I tried to use them for about an hour. I decided to give the axle popper another chance, and in my anger fueled swing the axle popped out! I don't know if using the chisels loosened it somehow, but I spend a long time trying to u...

I finally got my volvo put back together. I replaced the left/driver control arm, ball joint, and axle. The control arm was pretty hard to bend to connect to the ball joint, but I eventually found that keeping the wheels straight instead of all the way to the left like in the 1A auto video allowed m...

Drove back to college today as winter break is sadly over. When I left there was a few inches of snow on the ground, and I assume my awd works because the Volvo handled great. And boy did changing the axles and the rear suspension make a hell of a difference. It now feels like a new car! I also took...

It does not creak anymore. Seems it just happened before the glue dried.