Thanks, I had to get the car towed to the repair shop as it was blocking traffic. Chose a shop that specializes in transmissions, they said it's a transmission issue but cannot say what it is until they open it (very expensive, and if it is the worst case scenario 2-3 times more expensive than the ...

2001 Volvo S40 144000 miles. Here is the situation. I pulled out of the garage this morning and everything seemed normal. Drove maybe around 500 feet with few turns and the car made a grinding noise and disengaged, so I had to stop and leave it there. The engine runs fine but the car will not move ...

On a completely different car (not a volvo) I fixed similar problem by cleaning the throttle body.

I solved some of the weird problems I had with the climate control by disconnecting and spraying the connectors at the back of the unit with electrical grade lubricant. At the same time I cleaned the temperature sensor in the climate control module and fixed the non-working ambient temperature ...

I believe I figured it out. In short it appears the mesh filter inside the reservoir was clogged. I took the reservoir off, washed it under running water with some dish detergent, dried it as good as I could with a hairdryer, put it back and all seems to be fine now.

The design of the reservoir is ...

So I have this problem with my 2001 Volvo S40 - while driving the power steering fluid leaks out of the reservoir. It seems the system is actually pushing it out through the cap, not the reservoir or cap leaking. I think it happens when turning and accelerating at the same time.

I noticed the ...