Hi Nick, thanks for the reply. The luxury of Volvo, parts can be tricky to track down and when you do they need to be coded when installed. But when they run they are such great cars! Looks like Ill order the part and fit it then then book the car in with an independent Volvo guy up the coast from m...

Im in the same predicament with my XC.

How did you fair?
I see you can buy new modules on easy for around US$120.
Wondering if I can buy the part and code it with DICE.

Sorry if this has been posted before, I searched however nothing specific came up. We recently purchased a very clean 07 build XC70 3.2 with 6 speed Auto. Went to start the car this morning, all ok and then a warning flashed up "Parking Brake Service Required". Car will change to Reverse, ...

I know that this is an old post, but Ive just had the message come up in our 08 XC70, regarding Parking Brake service required with the Brakes locked on. The parking assist service light is also on. Luckily the car was at home and I have my '04 V70 to drive to Uni. Just wondering if this is an expen...

Sounds like a good result!
I have to check my mounts, our daily is getting some odd vibration at low- medium revs. Engine fine, power fine.

This sounds like very similar symptoms in our 2001 V70. The loss of fluid was causing barely any grab in 1 st gear until speed picked up. However in our case the transmission was heavily leaking fluid. I managed to drive it 2kms to our house where it is now "resting". We purchased a 2004 2...

I would think the work involved to achieve this is too much. Definately not plug and play. It would be easier to service your 2005 and iron out the issues it has. While the T5 is a great engine, the 2001 transmissions were a plagued year. You will no doubt see issues later down the track that will m...

Thanks for that, yatour sounds pretty good for the money. The other one I'm interested in is the Grom unit which has the advantage of bluetooth connectivity. The laws are really strict with mobile phone in cars. I will probably go a replacement 2 din Head unit at some stage down the track, but for n...

Anyone here ever purchased the Yatour brand connector for the Volvo HU car stereo systems? I'm happy with the sound quality and the stock look but it would be nice to hide an iPod in the glovebox with a decent playlist for weekend road trips. Anyone have any experience with these? Is it a simple ins...

I've used the Chief multi STF on our 2001, and I think it was pretty good considering the transmission already had suspected Valve body issues. We ran it for around 11 months and did around 20,000 Km's up and done the coast.
I'll buy it again as it's readily available.