My tires on there at the moment are garbage @oragex. That's gotta have something to do with it. It's got 160k miles.. but it's in really good shape. The AWD works like a champ in every other condition I've tested it in - incredible traction and control even with crappy tires. I'm now thinking that m...

MadeInJapan wrote: ↑23 Dec 2008, 19:35 True...next time, when you reconnect the battery, put your key in the ignition in position II...that will keep strange electrical things from happening.

Thanks for this! Just saved me some hassle.

Good call re: tires. That could definitely be it. They're due for an upgrade, for sure. The more I think about it, the more it seems like it just had to have something to do with the fact that all 4 tires were sort of on different conditions for a moment when this was happening -- one on slush, one ...

Thinking out loud here - could it also be something not right with the AWD system, kicking in unevenly left to right and pushing the car from the rear? That's exactly what I was worried about -- almost like it was out of alignment, and it was evidence of one or two of the wheels spinning at a faste...

I think you're probably right @BlackBart. I just got this Volvo... I'd been driving a Land Rover, which also had full-time 4x4 - but I think it's a different system, and it wouldn't do that, it would just charge through it and you wouldn't even feel the snow or ice at all. That said - I also felt l...

Hey guys, I had a weird thing happen today and wanted to ask about it. I was just driving on the highway going about 40mph or so, and there were some patches of wet slush / snow / ice here and there... but nothing major. When my XC70 would cross a patch of snow or ice, it would jerk to the side and ...