It could be as simple as a dead battery. When modern cars battery voltage sags below a certain voltage, everything shuts down, as they are all digital now, so you don't get the analogue 'leeway' anymore. Jumping should have fixed it temporarily but it is common for people to have crappy cables that ...

Pull the codes off the battery and you can date it from the interwebs.

These cars need a good battery and alternator or they will give you hell

You need to adjust, apply brake hard, then adjust again. Most people leave them too loose. A little bit of friction is ok - the shoes need to bed to the radius of the 'drums' on the internal part of the rotor.

If you have a car with VIN code 39 or 64 and are REGISTERED in the Golden, Green, Bay, Pine Tree, or Empire states... your Volvo warranty on most everything engine is 15 years/150,000 miles! Roll on!! Covered items Model Year 2006 PZEV Warranty The PZEV warranty is the Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle...

When you get old and crusty you

Set, block, and jack.

Set jackstands.

Put jack back under, touching, but not loaded.

Put the tires underneath

Have cell phone nearby if working alone.

thats how you GET old and crusty, and not flat.

Quicken..your 10 valve Volvo wasn’t sold in the US so you won’t find a lot of info apply to that engine here. It does look like the 10 valve uses a different IAC though, and all our parts places do show it no longer available

Check the calipers after a 10 minute run to see if they are hot...douse a cup of water and listen for boiling. Compare to the other side.

If you drive on sticking calipers, you will ruin your new Pads!

The verb to screw up the Internet is 'ajitpai' loosely translated from Sanskrit as

'Let's turn ISP into the cable company because that works well'

June-ior will be fine in that S60. My junior is taking the 99 back to school next semester for the same reason, light use and already dinged up

All of my ladies had to graduate from the Bittenbinder 'Tough Target' school before mission real world launch. Well, all of them except Caitlin. That's because she is 6 foot and 180 pounds of lean defender muscle and can snap my back like a twig. It's a really really bad financial time to buy a new ...