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Alastair
Current: 2009 Cayenne GTS and a 2016 Prius IV... yes.
Previous Volvos: 2009 V50 D5 R-Design, 2005 V70R, 2001 V70 T5, 2001 S40 T4, 2x 1999 S40 T4, 2003 V40 T4, 1999 V70 T5, 1996 854 T5 & 855 T5, 1995 855 T5, and a 480...
Previous other stuff: Saxo Turbo, 2004 996 C4S, 2008 Z4M, 2001 Yaris T-Sport, 2002 S2000 Mugen, and a 1999 Evo VI
volvokid (Thursday 12th January 2012)
Screen in and RTI working again!
The main board in the screen unit had failed. Apparently rare - its usually the DVD units that break.
Vey impressed with Central Services for their diagnostic / repair work. Not cheap as such (£250 inc) but far cheaper than any Volvo dealer solution! Thanks guys.
Their details are:
CENTRAL SERVICES (IPSWICH)
Volvo radio service
188 SPRING ROAD
IPSWICH
SUFFOLK
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TEL 01473 725953
Last edited by Al115; Sunday 22nd January 2012 at 11:22.
Alastair
Current: 2009 Cayenne GTS and a 2016 Prius IV... yes.
Previous Volvos: 2009 V50 D5 R-Design, 2005 V70R, 2001 V70 T5, 2001 S40 T4, 2x 1999 S40 T4, 2003 V40 T4, 1999 V70 T5, 1996 854 T5 & 855 T5, 1995 855 T5, and a 480...
Previous other stuff: Saxo Turbo, 2004 996 C4S, 2008 Z4M, 2001 Yaris T-Sport, 2002 S2000 Mugen, and a 1999 Evo VI
...is it all working now then???
Current Garage:
1997 960 3.0L 24v - Polestar...(Honest guv..!!)
1997 855 T5 S - stripped to 1300kgs gross weight - 14.2sec qtr(rank 17*)
2001 V40 T4 SE - 14.199@100.15MPH - Hybrid Turbo/VXR injectors and DeCat(Rank 15*)
*Data Sept 2013
Any Stuff For Sale - check out my Ebay link
Alastair
Current: 2009 Cayenne GTS and a 2016 Prius IV... yes.
Previous Volvos: 2009 V50 D5 R-Design, 2005 V70R, 2001 V70 T5, 2001 S40 T4, 2x 1999 S40 T4, 2003 V40 T4, 1999 V70 T5, 1996 854 T5 & 855 T5, 1995 855 T5, and a 480...
Previous other stuff: Saxo Turbo, 2004 996 C4S, 2008 Z4M, 2001 Yaris T-Sport, 2002 S2000 Mugen, and a 1999 Evo VI
Any suggestions, information, complaints or grievances relating to this forum please feel free to contact us, talk to a mod or administrator
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Al115 (Sunday 3rd June 2012)
Not that rare Al. I know a few people that the screen goes black whilst being used then comes back on. Even mine has done it 2 years ago....said so in the service history! I think thats the start of the PCB going faulty. Mine has since done it once or twice but it works fine. When it packs up i will give these guys a ring.
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I think yours and mine need a photo shoot together All like when we did your Evo by the gates
Yeah that'd be a good idea Especially on a sunny day like today!
Alastair
Current: 2009 Cayenne GTS and a 2016 Prius IV... yes.
Previous Volvos: 2009 V50 D5 R-Design, 2005 V70R, 2001 V70 T5, 2001 S40 T4, 2x 1999 S40 T4, 2003 V40 T4, 1999 V70 T5, 1996 854 T5 & 855 T5, 1995 855 T5, and a 480...
Previous other stuff: Saxo Turbo, 2004 996 C4S, 2008 Z4M, 2001 Yaris T-Sport, 2002 S2000 Mugen, and a 1999 Evo VI
Storm-Troll (Sunday 29th January 2012)
Al115 (Friday 27th January 2012),Storm-Troll (Sunday 29th January 2012)
Adding to the list... 2 leaking shocks (one front, one rear) --> 4 OEM replacements... ouch. At least SWs got a great price on them!
Interestingly, the new shocks are a LOT softer than the old (98k) ones - so I can now drive around on "Sport" whereas before I'd have got annoyed with it being too crashy.
Also on the plus side, either the new shocks or the SUM recalibration has really helped the side-hopping problem that I was having. Now I can go round corners and hit a bump mid-way, and not end up in the opposite lane.
And leaking aircon (seal failed... easily replaced).
Plus, a seized bonnet cable, for which we had to take quite a lot of the front of the car off... bloody thing. It's been an expensive month!
Still loving driving it though.
Alastair
Current: 2009 Cayenne GTS and a 2016 Prius IV... yes.
Previous Volvos: 2009 V50 D5 R-Design, 2005 V70R, 2001 V70 T5, 2001 S40 T4, 2x 1999 S40 T4, 2003 V40 T4, 1999 V70 T5, 1996 854 T5 & 855 T5, 1995 855 T5, and a 480...
Previous other stuff: Saxo Turbo, 2004 996 C4S, 2008 Z4M, 2001 Yaris T-Sport, 2002 S2000 Mugen, and a 1999 Evo VI
How much you pay for the shocks? I just had to buy 4 for the s60, paid £660 for all four delivered. Did you do the springs too?, mine were tired anyway so had too, but I think it's advisable to renew the springs when you do the shocks.
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How much were your oem shocks?
Sorry Chris double post.lol
I haven't read the responses to this yet but I really feel for you on this matter because you'll see all the threads and posts I've been posting on this site about my irritating electrical issues on my T5 with coils, misfires and now the perfectly fine battery randomly flattening itself whenever the hell it feels like it (or so it seems)!
You are so right about these cars being' buggy', they are just that. They're great cars otherwise but they seem to be plagued by so many electrical derived issues, not something I was aware of when I brought one. You solve one issue and another comes up and then something else and something else. It's like painting the forth bridge, (although they don't do that anymore I hasten to add).
Why they have so many issues like this I don't know. Whether it has something to do with Ford's input, remember Ford stands for 'Fix Or Repair Daily', and at the moment that seems to be what I'm doing on my 2001 T5.
Thankfully, there are lots of very helpful people on this site who have already saved me hundreds in garage bills by offering advice and trouble shooting solutions. I just hope I can give something back although most on here are far more mechanically adept than me by a long way.
I was driving back from work tonight trying to work out what the hell is going on with my car, it's very confusing and there seems to be no obvious logical explaination, probably because I'm missing a crucial bit of information that only an expert would be able to consider. I was also thinking, why can't the car just work as it's supposed to, how can there be so many issues.
I echo your comment about the costs racking up, you buy one little thing, and another little thing and another little thing and then you look at how much you've spent and you go "Oh my goodness, I could have brought another car for a little more money and saved all the hassle". But then you think, if these issues are so inherent to the model, maybe you're better with the devil you known than the one you don't! At least once you've fixed the issue you know the works been done and you learn some valuable skills at the same time.
Anyway, I wish you luck and I will do my best to help you as much as I can with the very limited knowledge I have.
Regards
James
Like I said, great price, I got under £150 per corner which for the R shocks is amazing! And probably not repeatable in the near future, there aren't so many that can fall off lorries LOL
The springs seemed fine so we left them for now, though I might go back there sometime soon.
Last edited by Al115; Sunday 3rd June 2012 at 01:36.
Alastair
Current: 2009 Cayenne GTS and a 2016 Prius IV... yes.
Previous Volvos: 2009 V50 D5 R-Design, 2005 V70R, 2001 V70 T5, 2001 S40 T4, 2x 1999 S40 T4, 2003 V40 T4, 1999 V70 T5, 1996 854 T5 & 855 T5, 1995 855 T5, and a 480...
Previous other stuff: Saxo Turbo, 2004 996 C4S, 2008 Z4M, 2001 Yaris T-Sport, 2002 S2000 Mugen, and a 1999 Evo VI
Just remember whatever it costs - it's probably a fraction of the cost of running most cars with equivalent performance.
With an older car - you're not paying depreciation, which is always a massive hit on anything less than 5 years old.
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Since I had my S60R I have lots of issues ,I think that when the main dealer does there services they only look at the tick boxes and very little else, time/cost is the biggest factor.
But when the car is not just a-b too,l we I think are that bit more aware of what is really required ,bit like gearbox oils fitted for life so Volvo say but some dealers say it needs it some say sealed for life this type of things goes on.
I was thinking about what I have spent since I have had this one and it's not funny at all approx £1800 in less than 10 months and I have done a lot of jobs my self, so a fair bit was on parts at trade cost as well.
But I have no problem at all as I think that a lot of the jobs were needed to be done but the service was done at the main dealer main reason was for the software update,
Would I buy one again.............YES.
t5_monkey (Sunday 3rd June 2012)
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