Thanks so much for your quick and detailed reply. I'm in contact with a Volvo mechanic back at home in LA (I'm in South Africa right now) and he thought it could be low refrigerant-- probably thinking along the lines of that temperature switch, if equipped. I'll see if I can get my parents to take i...

Hey guys, I have a 1999 S80 2.9 with around 124,000 mi on her. She's been a good girl for most of the time I've had her (since '04) and I love the space, creature comforts, and sophistication provided in this car over those of the same model year. However--and there's always a however-- my A/C has b...

2006 S80 T6? Yeah... I have a '99 S80 2.9 and they have the speaker grille in the center of the dash, but if you have the HU611 radio (The only one that has a tape deck), then you don't have the full 9 speakers. They like to manufacture everything so that it's compatible with different packages. For...

The grinding noise would have to be the STC. It makes something of a really rapid pulsating noise, and you can typically feel vibration in the pedals as a result, in addition to the flashing STC light in the warning light cluster. A note about "W" mode... It all depends on where you have t...

Well that thoroughly ruined my day. Stupid hicks. Obama's an idiot. All I could think of while watching that (didn't make it all the way through) was about how my engine sounds exactly like that (at least before it started "crying"). I could have swapped that engine into my normally aspira...