I had a strange problem this morning... My new v70 wouldn't start. It would crank okay. I was parked nose down on a slight grade.

I knew there was gas in the car... The gas gauge read just above red, the trip computilator said I still had 75 miles in it. The low fuel light was not on, nor was it when I parked the car last evening.

I had the person who brought the flatbed (courtesy of volvo roadside assistance) put in some gas, and the car started. Good news.

Wouldn't you think that if the car was parked in such a way as to not allow fuel to flow to the engine that the low fuel indicator would light?

I'm interested in comments as to whether the low fuel indicator is properly calibrated. I have seen it to operate before.

This is my first Volvo and I really like it, despite the fact that the passenger side mirror doesn't work, I've had to take the fuse out of the horn due to the issues with the remotes and alarm, the fact that the AM radio reception has recently degraded, the fact that the manual transmission is rough going into second. I've only had the darn thing for about five weeks. Sheesh.

Bx ('01 V70 T5 M)