Instruments of Death P2 Volvo Jack

mick_jenkins · Post by **mick_jenkins** » 25 Jun 2017, 07:43

I was changing out rear brakes and I needed to jack my 2004 volvo s60 so i could use my jack stand and this heap of hell gave out. Not a good design even when it was functional. Im so grateful i can switch it out with something proper for times of an actual emergency. Really volvo...not even a normal scissor jack? Anyway, beware of this midevil device, you can pick up normal jack for like 25 bucks. sorry...i just had to vent

Post by **abscate** » 25 Jun 2017, 09:14

Is it different than the P80?

I love the P80 jack but have never used my P2

mick_jenkins · Post by **mick_jenkins** » 25 Jun 2017, 09:45

I think the p80 came with the traditional easy-to-use scissor style jack. I'm really wondering if anyone has been maimed from the one that came with my s60.

Post by **mrbrian200** » 25 Jun 2017, 10:04

OE jacks have always been a scary affair...even going back to the bumper jacks when vehicles had steel bumpers. The only exception being some trucks/SUVs that include a decent quality bottle jack and a set of wheel chucks.

This has been compounded in the last 20 years or so with varying jacking points underneath the vehicles that aren't terribly obvious to many people and a lack of some industry standard/regulation to make it obvious such as a orange paint or tab with a universal stamped symbol sticking down to mark the exact spots where the jack is supposed to go.

mick_jenkins · Post by **mick_jenkins** » 25 Jun 2017, 10:37

exactly. that seems so logical to have universal markings. look even in the owners manual it show different jacking points. very confusing.

mick_jenkins · Post by **mick_jenkins** » 25 Jun 2017, 10:41

anywhere on the pinch rail?

Cookie-the-Swede · Post by **Cookie-the-Swede** » 25 Jun 2017, 12:40

I attempted to use my Volvo jack once. I took one look at it and said "No way am I using this sketchy thing!"

Post by **abscate** » 25 Jun 2017, 19:33

Don't forget to block the wheels opposite in both directions

Post by **mrbrian200** » 26 Jun 2017, 21:32

I caught somewhere starting next year IIHS no longer will give vehicles a 5-star safety rating if the headlamps aren't up to snuff (too bright, too dim, or light spread/focus not good).

I think some of these OEM jacks/jack points which aren't obvious to the average vehicle owner should probably be addressed as well. Though damage from a failed jack isn't considered collision damage it nonetheless could result in insurance claims which is IIHS primary reason for existence. Not all used cars come with the printed owners manual to look this up in an emergency. In my experience 10 year old cars past 2 or 3 owners maybe half of them still have it.

My '06 3 owner S60 had the manual. Sis' '03 2 owner XC90 did not. The top of the OEM jack that was in my S60 is bent a little out of shape with paint scratched up down the side which indicates to me a previous owner tried to use it, didn't get it positioned properly and the car fell to the ground. There's a gash in the paint under one of the doors where you can see the paint had been touched up in about the same spot where you ended up with a hole in your plastic trim. Because the flaw is down where you would never see it normally I'm not worried about it. But an actual hole there you probably will notice.

Post by **jonesg** » 28 Jun 2017, 03:26

Coincidentally, my jack actually seized yesterday, I went to HF and grabbed one of the alum racing jacks.

I am curious if anyone has tried the elec jacks.