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switch over miles to kilometres

Help, Advice, Owners' Discussion and DIY Tutorials on Volvo's stylish, distinctive P2 platform cars sold as model years 2001-2007 (North American market year designations).

2001 - 2007 V70
2001 - 2004 V70 XC (Cross Country)
2004 - 2007 XC70 (Cross Country)
2001 - 2009 S60
2003 - 2007 S60 R
2004 - 2007 V70 R

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Eugene
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switch over miles to kilometres

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Please suggest how to switch over miles and deg.F to kilometers and deg.C on display.
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Post by MadeInJapan »

What year S60?
'98 S70 T5 Emrld Grn Met/Beige Tons of Upgrades Mobil-1
'04 V70 2.5T Red/Taupe Some Upgrades Mobil-1
'07 S40 T5 AWD 6 speed manual! Silver/Black Stage1 Heico & Elevate
'07 S60 2.5T Blue/Taupe- my kid's Volvo

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This is 2006 S60 2.5T FWD.[/quote]
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Post by MadeInJapan »

Sorry, I don't have any info on that late of a model year S60. Ask the dealer. I'm thinking that it will probably take a download.

Edit: Just confirmed from a different forum that at least in the XC90's (same year as yours) it can be done but only with a software download. Usually around $30 for the download plus the labor fee. My own dealer charges a minimum of an hour's labor for any software download. So, it would be about $130 if I were to have it done local to me. Check with your dealer to see what they charge.
'98 S70 T5 Emrld Grn Met/Beige Tons of Upgrades Mobil-1
'04 V70 2.5T Red/Taupe Some Upgrades Mobil-1
'07 S40 T5 AWD 6 speed manual! Silver/Black Stage1 Heico & Elevate
'07 S60 2.5T Blue/Taupe- my kid's Volvo

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Post by 2002V70 »

I swithced the whole US speedo cluster to a Canadian metric unit. Everything is now metric (temp in celcius, liters per 100KM etc.) EXCEPT the odometer! It still counts up in miles. The dealer will have to re-program the ECM as it sends info in miles to the speedo head.

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Post by vizigot »

Mine is a US model imported in Canada, and when I asked the dealer, he told me that I have to change first the whole dash, and then reprogram the ECM. Quite costly, so I live with
S60 2001 Blk/Blk 74000mi

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Post by Eugene »

2002V70 wrote:I swithced the whole US speedo cluster to a Canadian metric unit. Everything is now metric (temp in celcius, liters per 100KM etc.) EXCEPT the odometer! It still counts up in miles. The dealer will have to re-program the ECM as it sends info in miles to the speedo head.
Sorry, I did not catch how you switched whole speedo cluster. Have you had dealer for this?
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Post by 2002V70 »

Sorry for the late reply.
I just went to the junk yard and got a speedo cluster out of a Canadian car of the same year. V70 or S60 doesn't matter. Go to www.car-parts.com and drill down. All North American junk yards are linked.
About $200.00 for the complete cluster.

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