Sorry about your exploding axel.....especially since you were going to repair it. Glad no one was injured. About 18 months ago I had had a clicking noise on turning right for a couple of years but could see no cracks in the CV boots. It finally got bad enough that I took it in to a French Volvo deal...

Hey Lads I just wanted to give a big tip of the hat to this forum answer. I had exactly the same problem start yesterday with my RR window refusing to go up. Read through all of the answers and ran downstairs to try the 'wiggle the switch' cure on the RR master switch ten minutes ago. Worked like a ...