Yes, I have the VIN and I've used it many times to buy parts (even at the dealer) and frequently iy results in getting the wrong part I've checked the paperwork VIN against the VIN plate on the car and it is correct (no typos). My car is from around the time Ford acquired Volvo and the illustrated parts catalog is not very accurate. I ordered airplane parts for an airline for years and I almost always got it right. Airplane parts cost hundreds of thousands some times so the incentive is to get it right. For anyone who has had success with the volvo parts system for a car built around 1998 you're operating on luck in my experience.FLXC90 wrote:Do you have the title or other paperwork with the VIN? If so, you can find out if the car has TRACS, that's really the only differentiator for your car. (or ask your daughter if there is a TRAC shutoff switch by the rear defog switch) And Midwest does Advance swap, he sends you a module and the socket to remove it, you fix, and then return core and socket, Matt set it up for the average DIY Volvo owner.
Good point about the advanced swap. I didnt see that on the first visit to his website and its a great prgram. I gave it some thought and I could probably make that work. I don't want to bore you with a lot of details but my daughter is a college student and she lives in a rented house with no garage and a gravel driveway. its not an ideal situation for working on a car. Lighting is poor, you have to anticipate everything you'll need tool wise and if you drop something like a fastener on the gravel drive way its gone. if it starts raining while your working, you're done and the car is out of service. So, i'd rather work on the car at home and that makes even the advanced swap a bit of a juggling act because I have to get the part and the car at my house on the same day.
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