The last post was a good tip. After doing a judicious review of the wiring diagrams and which accessories were operating off which ignition switch terminals, I found that everything that was malfunctioning was going through the L-1 terminal. (one of 4 that are energized in the "on" key position) A ...

There are no warning lights that come on when this happens. I should clarify the high beam issue. If you hold the lever back the high beam will come on, but it will not latch in, or toggle between high and low as it normally would.

I have an intermittent problem with my '97 850 GLT. Periodically the turn signals, high beams, and speedo stop working. There may be other things too that I am not aware of. The rest of the instrument panel seems fine. I have already replaced the turn signal relay once. Shutting the car off and ...

I had this exact same problem. It is caused by old degraded ATF that Volvo uses for power steering fluid. When the fluid gets too old it starts to foam, leading to air bubbles being drawn into the pump. The pump does not like compressible fluid and makes a lot of crackling noise, like marbles ...

I beg to differ with Bigshot on the bar alignment tool for holding the cams by their end slots. The slots are slightly off-center, so the bars that fit into them have to be offset by some amount if the slots are to be held parallel in the correct position. Does anyone out there have the proper ...

My 850 GLT with only 130K miles has annoying noise coming from the power steering pump. When I checked the fluid level there was foam in the reservoir. This seemed to come on suddenly. 130K seems young to have pump failure. Any suggestions of cause other than pump failure? No work has been done on ...