Mrs. Ogatrulle parked the xc90 yesterday and discovered that the parking/tail lights and puddle lights (both sides) remained on after turning off the car and locking/closing the doors. I ended up disconnecting the battery so it wouldn't discharge overnight.

I checked the positions of the headlamp ...

Just another data point on the Nissens: as I reported above, I installed a Nissens six months ago. In our mild Northern CA climate (temps down to freezing at night for a month or two, with thin ice on the windshield), my son, who drives the v70 daily, has not observed any issue with heating ...

cn90, thanks for an awesome writeup. I referred to it again today while I replaced the heater core on my 06 v70 2.5T. Space under the dash was cramped and it was hard to get leverage. Took me six hours and several hundred swear words.

I did this job on my 08 xc90 about two years ago (same heater ...

The passenger airbag was disabled by the SRS system due to the reported fault in the passenger seat OWS. I didn't disconnect anything on the seat.

06 v70

I got an "urgent" SRS service message on the dash for no apparent reason. Passenger airbag disabled. Nobody has been in the passenger seat for a while.

Scanned with VIDA, got SRS-0252 "Occupant weight sensor (OWS). Internal Fault" set about 8 miles ago. Counters indicated 1 cycle with the ...

On a related topic, VIDA has this note for both my 06 v70 and 08 xc90:

It's been a while since I did the brakes on my 06 v70, so can't remember. Maybe someone here knows:

In order to replace the front brake rotor, I know the whole caliper holder has to come off. Can I just take out the two caliper holder bolts (to the knuckle) and pull off the whole thing (caliper ...

I had a chance to go at it with the drill today. To answer my own questions: yes, all six areas need to be drilled out in their centers. I started with a small bit and worked up to 3/8 in, which was enough to separate the four welds on the ends. The two inner circular areas needed a slightly larger ...

Kiddo ran into someone else's car last week, so I'm doing repairs. I have VIDA, but for the life of me can't find anything about getting the steel bumper bar off. I took out the four bolts that hold it to the frame, but there seem to be some welds (I've read hints that they need to be drilled out ...

I tried ATF and then later, grease, but was unable to get the driveshaft into the transmission. I noticed that the clip on the aftermarket driveshaft (DSS) was not shaped like the volvo clip:

driveshaft-clip.jpg

The volvo clip is circular but sprung open a little.

I put the old volvo clip onto ...