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1998 S70 T5 questions S70 1998

posted by  evand on  Thu Mar 11 04:10 CST 2004
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Hello,

I'm a brand new Volvo owner, having recently purchased a 1998 S70 T5 for my wife. We love the car very much, but we have a few things that we'd like to have taken care of. One of the first things is that the reverse lights do not come on, even though the car is in reverse.

Another annoying problem is that the rear seats squeak (and drive my wife crazy). We've tried a few things, and it appears that the seats are not latched in, and we can't get them latched no mattter how hard we try. I'm not sure if we're just doing something wrong, or if the latches are broken.

Finally, the rubber seal around the front passenger's side door is coming off on the bottom, and apparently the little stub that held it into the door has broken. These are fairly minor things in the grand scheme of things, but I would like to get this car to as near perfect as I can for my wife. I'm brand new to Volvos, and to this board, any help you could offer would be appreciated very much.

Thank you,
Evan

PS - That T5 screams in a major way!!! :-)








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    1998 S70 T5 questions S70 1998

    posted by  someone claiming to be Ray N. on  Thu Mar 11 04:41 CST 2004 [RELATED]

    Welcome. Couple of questions:

    Do you have a manual or automatic transmission? Both have problems
    asociated with the back up lights. On the automatic it is often
    associated with the PNP switch. See this site for the details:

    http://volvospeed.com/Repair/tranbackup.htm

    I have a 98 S70 T5M (M means manual transmission) and my rear
    seat squeeked badly when new. The latch mechanisim was replaced
    (under warranty) and the problem has never returned. If you
    fold the seats down does the sound go away? If so, it is probably
    the seat back latches (which do need to work for safety reasons).
    This is not a common problem. I wonder if your car has a similar
    build date as mine (mine is January 1997)? The build date is inside
    the door frame on the drivers door.

    Make sure you bookmark this site:

    http://volvospeed.com/bay13.htm

    This is the top level to the page with the note on the reverse
    lights. It has a lot of the common problems already described
    along with repair procedures and is a great resource.







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      1998 S70 T5 questions S70 1998

      posted by  evand on  Thu Mar 11 07:02 CST 2004
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      Thanks for the quick reply!

      The car has a manual transmission. I'll check the build date tonight when I get home, to see if it's around the same time as yours, and post what I find.

      My brother-in-law works on these cars (we actually got it from the dealership where he works at) and is coming up this weekend to look at her cruise control. I'm fairly certain that's the vac. hose and should be a fairly simple fix. Hopefully he'll have some suggestions about the latches, and may be able to hook me up with one of those sensors for the reverse lights. I think that we need those to pass inspection in Maine.

      -Evan






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