Mysteriously, the ECC started working again a couple of weeks ago, but (there's always a but, isn't there?) BUT, the motor blew up today. More expensive to fix than what the car's worth.

I'm looking at a 1998 S70 that I will probably buy this weekend

Hi folks.... how big a deal is it to just manually set the vents to either cooling or heating and bypass the ECC's shunts & thermometers? My left side vents are putting out blisteringly hot air, while the ones on the right are outputting cool air. The blower and the AC work fine, but there somet...

Thanks. I tried digging around with a cleaning wipe with my finger with no joy, but will try some contact cleaner tomorrow.

I can charge things very slowly with the radio's USB input, but again, verrrrry slowly

Hi Folks--

Is the 1996 850's cigarette lighter plug somehow nonstandard? The actual cigarette lighter works fine, but I cannot get any sort of USB charger or power accessory to work. I work out of this car and also depend on my mobile devices to do my job

Well, it turned out to be the SC-811 radio. I had the Kenwood installed and it works perfectly.

Thanks to all who replied

Hmmm. That's something to keep in mind. Thanks! I got the radio to receive FM for a little while today but then it stopped again. I'm not sure the fault is in the antenna or the connectors as I originally thought. While running the car and the radio I again reseated all of the connectors (which was ...

I need MP3 capability. The Kenwood unit I have does everything

No. I've had the car only six days. I don't think the previous owner did either

Not sure what's going on here. I'll be listening to an FM station and the SC-811 radio will suddenly lose reception as if the antenna had a bad connection. I checked the connector near the antenna and squirted some contact cleaner on it. Nothing looked corroded at all. I also pulled the radio out of...

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