For some reason, the headlamp switch will not turn off my headlights. I generally drive with them on, but with all the maintenance I've been doing lately, it'd be nice if I could energize the system w/o the battery gettign run down. The headlights do turn off when I shut off the car (a nice feature to be sure) and they go off when I switch it to the running lights (middle position).

So is this some new feature? the owners manual says nothing about it...
or is my switch defective?
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Volvo #6: all wagons.... 1972 145S, 1976 245 DL, 1983 245 GL, 1986 740 GLE, 1990 740 GL, now a 1995 940...What's Next?

For what it's worth, the headlights on the 3 '93 945 cars that I maintain can all be shut off by turning the switch to the left (counter-clockwise)

Jeff Pierce
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'93 945 Turbo ( one kickass family car ! ), '92 Mercedes 190E (my daily driver), '53 Willys-Overland Pickup (my snow-plow truck/conversation piece -- sold to a loving home), '85 Jeep CJ-7 w/ Fisher plow

DRL on a volvo that automatically shuts off it's lights seems silly. I always leave them on ,except during repairs.

There's no slot screw on the face, or under the know. Possibly on the back of the switch, but I didn't feel like prying it out again. I have found the dead-spot on the switch before, it's just so in-elegant for a volvo.

Funny thing is, this display array is almost identical to the array on my old 740s. Could I switch out the switch between an 86 740 GLE and a 95 940. Similarly, if I went to a junkyard, could I grab the switch out of a 960 and stick it in my 940?
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Volvo #6: all wagons.... 1972 145S, 1976 245 DL, 1983 245 GL, 1986 740 GLE, 1990 740 GL, now a 1995 940...What's Next?

We have a couple of ‘95s and a few times I had to pull the fuse. There is a tiny dead spot in the stitch handle that turns off the headlights.
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Tom F. Couple of Volvos Mods, RainX & cup holders.

My wife drives a 95 944 on whichthe DRL cannot be turned off. I believe that the DRL can only be turned of in the 960/90 series RWD cars.

Sounds like DRL or day time running lamps and they work much like you describe. As I recall the early ones had a little switch right in the face of the main headlamp switch. It looks like a little slot head affair, stick your pocket screwdirver in it and turn it 90 degrees and it should turn your lights back to conventional set up. I just took a look through the schematic books for DRL and I do not see them listed in there for 940,960, or 850. Seems kind of odd as I know they have them. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm???

That sounds like the "daytime running light" feature. There is a little slot screw head next to the light switch. It should be straight up/down. If you turn it counterclockwise to "\" then the headlights will only come on when you turn them on. It's in the owner's manual.

Klaus
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98 V70Rawd(101Kmi), 95 854T(85K mi), 75 164E(173K mi)