Three fixes in 2 months is a bit much, not cheap, and the first fix 2 days after buying the car, it's about 180K in mileage, odometer has never worked and transmission light never goes off, the mechanic wants to fix it for $200 including the part, I don't. The recent issue today is a flashing arrow ...

Ahh thank you (again), you're smart, very clued up. Though I wish a pic were posted on here so I can see exactly what I am meant to be looking at more clearly.

So from reading at the start of this thread, it's the number of blinks that tells you the mileage.

none the wiser this end, fly wire (where is that located?) silly question maybe but I have never done this btw.

Thank you for the very full and informative response, very helpful. I couldn't locate my paint on that site, so sent them a message instead. A volvo dealer via email told me my car paint colour was Tropic green metalic, colour code 142, however I can't find any paint with that code for a 1995 volvo!...

Ooh thank you for all those good tips, some I am not totally familiar with: OBD-1 port under the hood, how and what do I need to check the mileage accurately with? Where do I get that special coolant from, I am guessing only via the volvo dealer? I am glad I read this from you first, as Canadian tir...

Hello I am in Canada not the US, Ontario near the border. I recently bought privately a volvo 850 GLE, 150,000 Kms on the clock so he tells me as odometer does not work (I learned from reviews that commonly they are faulty) but the engine keeps an accurate record if it. Bit annoyed to day to say the...