A good friend of mine is a "Master Mechanic" and confirmed the tracer dye, he described it as looking like "Predator Blood" from the late 80's Arnold Schwarzenegger action flick... good description! Alas, I am left with more questions than answers at this point, and may have an area Air Conditioning ...

After several friendly responses here regarding my wife's failing A/C, I felt comfortable enough with a simple recharge service to rectify the cold driver's side vents/warm passenger side vents. All went as planned, and the wagon once again had ice cold air. After about a month or so, the symptom ...

My wife was forced off of the road in October, and cracked the housing for her 2002 XC70 ( big silly power mirror, with lights and memory) after hitting some debris form a freak snow storm that snapped countless trees. I actually work for a large auto group, and priced out replacement parts with my ...

We have been having similar symptoms on my wife's 2002 XC70... there was this strange noise in the dash, sounded like a servo or solenoid opening and closing. The driver's side was ice cold, and the passenger side was hot. After a post here, and several friendly responses, I narrowed it down to a ...

Thank you for the advice gentlemen... I climbed into the rear of the car, and the passenger side rear vents are also quite warm. Considering it seems to be getting a bit more noticeable as time goes on, I am inclined to think it is a low charge issue. If it was a strict mechanical or electrical ...

My wife's 2002 XC70 has recently developed this terrible quirk, where the air conditioning is not flowing through the passenger side vents. The rest of the vents in the front of the car are ice cold, but you can hear this strange "wheeze" every minute or so from the inside of the dash area, as if a ...