Closing the loop, it was indeed the fan. After about 30 mins of reinstallation, everything fired back up and A/C working like a charm. Junkyard fan with 6 month warranty, $49.99 plus $15 shipping. Easy quick fix!

Thanks all!

Alright so I pulled it out, took about 30 mins, relatively simple...

Fan barely turns, so it's defintely shot. At this point, I'm not going to go the universal route, just not worth it.

But should I go to a junkyard and pull one? It'll be about $65-75 bucks for a used volvo part. Or I can grab an ...

Believe me, I'm not looking forward to it. I'm leaning towards universal since I only need the car until next spring and I really don't drive it all that much. It's our kid hauler when we need to take a little more 'stuff'.

Looks like just three wires for the fan, but it's hard to tell the actual ...

Yeah I just went out there to check things out... Fan moves but it's not easy and it's not smooth, so I'm thinking it bit the dust. Is there a way to slap a universal in this or do I have to go out and get the whole assembly? Shouldn't a fuse blow before the wires get too hot? Isn't that the point ...

So the wife picks up the kids in our 98 xc70 and calls me saying the car is on fire. I pull up, looks to be some smoke coming from the cooling fan. Now I'm not 100% sure if that failed, but the wires going into the motor look a little melted. How often is that the issue? I keep reading about the ...

So the wife is driving the car and of course something goes wrong. No A/C. Well come to find out, essentially the blower is not working. Last year we had the blinking issue a couple times but everything seemed to resolve itself after turning off the car.

I attempted to troubleshoot this so I ...

Morning Everyone,

Just picked up a nice new to me 1998 V70XC AWD. Now it wasn't perfect, but the best I've looked at over months of looking. Anyway, it has multitudes of records from the dealer regarding service so I figured I would bite the bullet and take a leap of faith on the vehicle.

Now the ...