Hi all, I just replaced the fuel door on our XC70 '03. First I drilled out the pegs on the old one, this works like a charm and prevents you from having to hit them and maybe bending some metal that you rather not bend?! I don't know this for a fact, but an ounce of prevention is worth a...... Than,...

Just replaced both front axles of our 2003 XC70, here is my experience: First things first: I loosened the lug nuts and the drive shaft bolt with the car on all 4's, safety first. Than jack up the car. I did not take anything off, but the tire, than loosened the lower ball joints and that gave me en...

Hi, Glad to hear of an other place to get a better quality re-manufactured axles, I have been looking and only found China stuff that is causing trouble over and over again. As you mentioned the Raxle company does not have anything after 99 or so, yet. I wonder if you can give us an update on your e...

To those that have the message 'low beam bulb failure' (this from memory) after installing HID headlights with a ballast. I bought a XC70 2003 to replace the 98V70 which was bought by my friends wife and still going strong. It shows you that picking your login could be subject to change, never thoug...

Hi there, just going thru the new posts, happens that I just submitted a fix for your problem.

Hope it works for you.

Here is the link to my post:

https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums ... =1&t=27573

Good point, should have but didn't, it seemed OK like this but point well taken.

Hi to those that want to tackle this, the reason I am writing is how to get the axle out of the wheel bearing hub. See pictures.. I should have written on this a while ago but here is my experience in getting a new half shaft on my car. I feel that this link will give you a lot of good information a...

This is on a V70 GLT 1998, I am not sure what years they used the same type of flasher unit but I wouldn't be surprised if it is many. I wonder if this complicated electronic unit is part of the alarm system?! The problem was that the flashers would work for a short time after getting back in the ca...

Similarly to Lewismug I am working on the task to resolve the location of the 3,5mm female jack and a good location of this. Lazy Hi there, The location I choose and which I still like is pictured in picture #9 in my write up on adding an aux. input to the SC-813 radio: https://www.matthewsvolvosit...

elcs70 wrote:i have an automatic 99 s70, the button on the shift nob stuck today while i put it in park from drive.

Hi there, I was looking around and found this in the repair database:

https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/chat/p ... hp?p=31434

Hope this works for you.