I recently purchased a '01 C70 HPT and have a few questions now that I have owned the car for a few weeks.
First, where is the cabin filter on this particular car and how do you get to it to replace it?

Next, does anyone have the optional wind deflector and if so, does it work well with top down driving and would you recommend it?

My car has the auto-dim function rear-view mirror. The owners manual refers to an off and on position and there appears to be two green lights, left and right on the mirror. On my mirror, only the left light is illuminated. Do you think that the right light is burnt out or perhaps is there a problem with the auto-dim feature on the mirror?

The vanity mirror lights come on when the visor is folded down but do not come on as indicated when the mirror cover is slid open, a possible short?

Thanks to all C70 brickboarders for your answers to any or all of my questions. Fred.

I think the other guy answered your other questions. There are a couple of screws on the black moulding part under the passenger side windsheild wiper. Just undo them and you can lift the flap up and see wehre the filter is. It's a tight fit, but you'll be able to wedge the old one out and a new one in. I highly recommend the charcoal activated one to be used in the winter time...a lot of nasty exhaust will "try" to get into the cabin from driving behind trucks, etc., and this particular filter makes a huge difference.

In regards to the Auto Dimming mirror. I took the OEM out of my S70 and installed the one that comes in your car. The green light is normal. The other side that looks like a burnt out light is the light sensor. It is what senses bright lights and dims the mirror, so it is normal for it to look burn out the way it does.
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1998 S70 T5 Emarald Green Metallic, 2004 V70 2.5T Ruby Red, Previous Owner of Black '94 850 Turbo Wagon. My cars have been running so well lately they've got me worried.

Dear David, thanks very much for your answers to my questions re the C70. I really appreciate your help and answers.
I have addressed a question to Theresa on this post re something called home safe lighting on the C70 and would appreciate any thoughts that you may have on this subject. Thanks again, Fred.

Cabin filter is in the back of the engine compartment, right side, near where the tip of the right windshield wiper sits.

Don't have the wind deflector, and it's never really been a problem.

One of the lights you mention is the actual on/off light; the other is the actual sensor.

There's a fairly common wiring problem (so my dealer told me) with the lights on the vanity visors where the plastic hinge cracks and the wiring gets pinched and broken (preventing the light from coming on). I briefly looked into gluing and rewiring it one time, but it didn't seem to be worth the trouble.

Congrats on the car. It's a LOT of fun to drive. Some negative comments about C70's in brickboard, but the 01's seem to evade all the criticism with the microswitches in the top, etc. Biggest headaches have been tire life (abt 30K per set) and having to grease the steering stops on a regular basis (~2500 miles). The link I used to have for how to grease them is dead, but it's really easy to do and cures a noise that sounds like it would be expensive to fix.

Dear Theresa, thanks for your really great and understandable answers to my questions. I am sure that you are right on each count and I really appreciate your help.
I have one more question that I forgot to ask. The original invoice for my C70 lists a feature called home safe lighting. Do you have any idea what this is? The owners manual makes no mention of this whatsoever.
My wife's '01 V70 T5 has something called approach lighting that is turned on by a separate button on the keyless remote that turns on white lights under both outside rear view mirrors. However, I don't have any such button on my C70 remote nor are there any lights underneath the rear view mirrors.
Thanks again, Fred.

From the original 1999 product training brochure (http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/tech/C70-ConvertibleBrochure1999.pdf):

"'HOME-SAFE' LIGHTING
Locking the car and walking to
one's front door in the dark is
made easier by enabling the
headlamps and parking lights
to be used to illuminate the
surrounding area. This
function is operated by
'flashing' the high-beams,
which switches the lights on
for 30 seconds."

-KB
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'99 C70 Convertible || '99 V70R AWD || '90 780 Turbo (for sale)

Very cool...wish my car had that!
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1998 S70 T5 Emarald Green Metallic, 2004 V70 2.5T Ruby Red, Previous Owner of Black '94 850 Turbo Wagon. My cars have been running so well lately they've got me worried.