I read a review (maybe consumer reports?) that said the lights were kind of weak. Mine are too, the hi-beams kick butt! I adjusted the beams up a little bit and that seems to help. Unluckily, I live in a large city, so I am rarely driving without the assist of street lights, but in the middle of now...

The engine seize thing from before souonds odd- let the shop know about this- they may find something wrong that the other place did. The needle going into the red is your dash warning. I do not know if the volvo has a light for overheat- many cars do not. So going into the red and operating there f...

Well- I figured out my trouble. I had to do some serious driving for my job and after checking service records at dealer (one owner couple prior to me with all dealer service!) found that it never had the plugs changed and now with 119k on it, maybe that was my issue. I searched and found that Bosch...

First- did the guage read into the red area at all? If so- there is your sign from the dash that it was overheating (not being facetious or mean- that is the truth). The age of the car and the low mileage are two things that raise a red flag for me. Has the coolant ever been changed? If not- you cou...

Check with your dealer- there was a service bulletin about 00 and 01 V40 headlight wiring. Most 2001 had the fix at the factory.

Mine did the same at 99k, and is a 2001. The light would flash and no start, after trying 3-200 times it would start. I replaced the immobilzer ring antenna, which resides around the ignition sw. part was about $14.00US and I did it myself in under an hour. Original keys worked fine with the new uni...

2001 V 40 with 115K , 1.9T, auto trans flushed 4k ago with proper fluid. Under hard accel (like onto onramp or passing at 40mph+) the car jerks pretty violently and sometimes the SES light will flash. If I accel smoothly at less than 3/4 throttle, it does not do it. It will not store the code. Now I...