that's a lot of money. what makes you think it needs 3k in repairs? what did the mechanic say was wrong with it?

there should be a few quality volvo shops in santa cruz. if not the greater bay area has lots of reputable high quality shops that work on volvos. take it somewhere else!

honestly.. i'd just check around, ask some people about which shops in your area will pass your car without giving you hassle. reddit city subs are a great place to do this.

i used a huco on a w123 mercedes i had that was bosch OEM, no problems at all

i'm going through the same thing on my v70 with mcc, its the same design with a different faceplate, but i haven't gotten to tear into the control unit yet. if this isnt solved by then i'll lend a hand

started to dig into this. pulled the kick panel and carpet and found the cable had come disconnected from this lever here. i put it back on but there's something further up the line causing it to bind, so i took it back off and just wedged the blender to be fully closed to hot air. i pulled the radi...

hmm maybe? i don't really know much about it myself either. i searched around but couldn't find anything about cables coming loose... maybe a piece of plastic broke somewhere? it seems weird that it defaulted to full heat.. i guess i'd expect it to remain at whatever setting it was on before it pres...

Uch, bummer. looks like the mcc version is a needle in a haystack

thanks. i should note this is the manual control version. if i found the automatic version in the junkyard would that swap in as a direct replacement or no?

was driving home on the freeway with the A/C on and out of the blue the driver's side vents went to full blast heat. the passenger side is fine. i tried rotating the drivers side temp dial back and forth maybe 20 times and it's still full heat only. shut the climate control on and off again a few ti...