Sorry for the slow reply. My wife's car started acting up the other weekend when I was supposed to work on the V70. So, I spent the past week using my spare time to diagnose her car. I finally had some time to test a few things on the V70. Here's the update: -- Put in a fresh battery (tried 3 differ...

Had some extra time tonight, so I pulled the battery from my '01 V70 T5 and put it in my '06. No dice :( On my first start attempt, it initially almost fired up. But then it reverted to the previous pattern. I was getting the following messages: -- Reduced Engine Performance -- Transmission Service ...

Thanks again for the advice. I’ll have time to work on it again this Friday/Saturday. Will do the following 1) Check battery and try the one in my ‘01 V70 2) Check for spark 3) Check “warning messages in the info message center on the LHS of the cluster.” I remember there were a few, but I didn’t wr...

Thanks for your responses. My take-aways/follow-ups: 1) Try a new battery. -- Should I try this even though I have since fully charged my current battery, and I get the same result? The engine cranks, and there seems to be plenty of battery power (post-charging). But I just never reach ignition. 2) ...

I'm new to the forum but hoping someone might have some good advice. I'm afraid that I've fried my V70: I recently did some work on my 2006 V70 2.5T: -- Refurbished the turbo -- Replaced the front engine seals (oil pump gasket, crank seal, cam seals) -- Replaced the water pump & seal -- Replaced...