Try driving it for more than 30 minutes to see if that fixes it...please. No luck with driving it fixing the problem. I've put on over 500 miles in the last couple of weeks and had to do the reset for every start. People have said that owning a Volvo is a love/hate relationship, I guess after 10 ye...

Update: took the car in to a shop that specializes in European vehicles. Fellow seemed to know his stuff, the kind that likes what he does and really wants to help someone who isn't a stranger to greasy hands! After driving the car in and shutting it off it was, of course, now in a crank-no spark co...

I checked for 12 volts at the coils today and found 12 volts with key on. I wasn't able to check for 5 volts while cranking as I was alone. After a reset the car runs fine with everything working.

Is there any possibility that because of the 7 weeks the car sat with the battery disconnected, it has gone into a mode different than a short term power outage?

Do you suppose because it was disconnected for 7 weeks that it went into a mode different than a short-term power loss?

Is that where you reconnect the battery,then lock/unlock the driver's door 5 times using the key before starting it? I've tried that and gotten the usual first start but no restart. Unless I'm not doing it right?

Thanks

Having the same problem with my 2000 v70xc. Car recently sat for 7 weeks with the battery disconnected, when I reconnected the fully charged battery it wouldn't start (crank only, good fuel pressure). I tried disconnecting and reconnecting the negative post and it started - I thought 'great, problem...

Hi Lee, Thanks for the reply and sorry for being so vague in my question. I've read numerous posts on various forums that suggest if your tach does not register the cranking rpm then a faulty crankshaft position sensor should be suspected. In the case of my car the tach does not move during cranking...

Hi,
If no response by the tach when cranking indicates a bad crankshaft sensor, what sensor does the tach use when the car starts?

thanks, monty

Watch your inside rear wheel on tight turns, perhaps the diff is the problem. The inside wheel may be trying to turn the same speed as the outside wheel. Watching ours on a slippery surface (snow, ice) you can see the inside wheel slip as the car moves while turning tight, just like driving with a w...