The wife tells me last night that the display read transmission service urgent in her 2001 V70 XC and that she did notice a surge in RPM's when accelerating. When she informed me last week that the CEL came on, I scanned and found the following codes P0030 (HO2S Heater Control Bank 1 Sensor 1) and a...

Thank you very much Gents who responded to my post. Went and removed the battery, tried charging and it did not hold the charge. Bought a new one and back in business... Thanks again for taking time to provide your expertise and insight.

After totaling my 1998 v70 GLT I decided to stay with volvo and found a good deal on a 2001 v70 XC cross country. Not sure if it's just this particular vehicle or all, but this has been the worst vehicle I've ever had. Having said that, the latest issue just happened this afternoon. Son called from ...