Hi all just logged on to continue/update my education in Volvo's newest quality control strategies and saw the battery issue. I have a 1999 V70 that until this year needed a new battery every 2 years, second week of February ,I believe. This was first noticed and mentioned to me by the AAA guy who w...

MMMM what comes to mind immediately....... sporadic Central locking ( keep a spare key) stupidly priced keyless lock button, on my third Window switches- burn out, one smoldered light switches - crumpled in my hand head lights tail lights B+ Cable Charging system (new battery every other February, t...

I`ve been reading about the idle problems with the V70`s,i have a '99 V70 75000mi right after ford starting the redesign. about a 1000 mi ago I noticed the idle beginning to dip upon slowing, and recovered at the instance of stopping. I checked the internet and cleaned the mass air sensor then check...

will double check the vacumn lines , tail smell realy rich Ill check around some more for the link on the location/replacement of this sensor ( remember it was like $125 CAD) Recalls? I had recalls for headlights, taillights, throttle software upgrade, and should have had recalls ( in my opinion) on...

engine generally idles at 800 or so,
when this happens, after warming up, rpm may drop to 500-600
noticed in last few days AM temps 65-70 this was not so noticable.
the temperature sensor is starting to look better. whish i knew where it was.
ill get back if i get anything on it.
later

checked the vacumn line first, added injector cleaner to gas too. found that Hi test gas helped alot, but im not doing that to a 10year old car. Also read that it may be related to a temp sensor , that tells the computer to increase gas/air mixture until too rich. they said it was a simple fix, but ...

Hey I have a '99 V70 automatic in NYC with 73K mi. It gets around 20mpg mixed driving and almost 30mpg on a 2,000mi trip last summer. The engine idle speed drops as the car decelerates, almost like a manual transmission without depressing the clutch until the last second. It hasnt stalled yet but ap...