My 2002 XC70 has the same intermittent problem. I paid $ to an online service and was told to disconnect the negative battery terminal for at least 10 minutes,and reconnect. Lo and behold the problem went away for 6 months. It's back now and the battery trick won't work. What has always worked is to...

18 months ago my dashboard crapped out. No lights,speedo,tach, etc. .Dealer said new dash-$1400, independent said send out to get repaired $700, so I got online and found SOUTHERN ELECTRONICS INC. For $299 including shipping, they repaired my dash,and warranted it for one year. Last month my gear in...