Car fails to start intermittently. Battery is fully charges; all systems are working; and car will not start. Occasional the automatic selector shift freezes. This happens periodically at intervals of three months and sometimes two days. Sometimes the car will start within six fifteen minutes to six hours. Dealer can not find the problem. This happened to me most recently at one in the morning at a rest stop on the NJ turnpike. We called AAA. When they arrived they couldn't start the car. As they were about to tow the car, it started. HELP.

This started happening to my 98 S70 during the Fall. It became very frequent but now has stopped as the weather turned cold. The fault appears to be in the ignition switch since all I have to do is barely move the key while it is in the ignition, then the lights come back on, the car will start and the trans. lever is freed. I expect that I will have to go to the dealer when it warms up.

Frank, I can't help directly but I think there may be some

more info required for those that can:

When it does not start does the engine crank over?

When it does not start is the car cold (sit overnight),

warm (recently driven), both?

Can you describe more the problem with the shifter locking?

(I'm wondering if the car "thinks" it is in gear and won't

allow the starter to work.)