Surpise - it's covered by the recall 1999 S70

[Bill]

I got a pleasant surprise today when I brought in my
99 S70GLT for an oil change. I was going to buy
2 new lowbeam bulbs, as both just burned out.
They told me that there was a recall on the headlight
cable, and they replaced it including bulbs free.
They also replaced the turn signal sockets under recall.
My left turn signal has been flashing too fast lately, and
I was expecting to have to pay for something there too.
There was a third recall - replace the steering stops.

I never received a letter about any of the 3 recalls, so it
was a pleasant surprise. Maybe this is old news, but
there was no mention of it at my service in May.

Bill

 

[Mike F]

I got a pleasant surprise today when I brought in my
99 S70GLT for an oil change. I was going to buy
2 new lowbeam bulbs, as both just burned out.
They told me that there was a recall on the headlight
cable, and they replaced it including bulbs free.
They also replaced the turn signal sockets under recall.
My left turn signal has been flashing too fast lately, and
I was expecting to have to pay for something there too.
There was a third recall - replace the steering stops.

I never received a letter about any of the 3 recalls, so it
was a pleasant surprise. Maybe this is old news, but
there was no mention of it at my service in May.

Bill

These recalls have been around for several years now - my car was done
in 2001. Are you sure that you didn't get new headlight wiper stops,
not steering stops?

--
Mike F.
Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont.

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[Bill]

The item on my bill says "stop lug part #8628222",
they said it was steering related. But the wiper stops
do look brand new. It would not surprise me if they
told me wrong information.

Maybe they only perform the recall work
when there is a problem???

Bill

 

[PM]

I think lot of "non-serious" recall repairs are fixed at service time. Yuo
just have to go to Volvo for a service....

The item on my bill says "stop lug part #8628222",
they said it was steering related. But the wiper stops
do look brand new. It would not surprise me if they
told me wrong information.

Maybe they only perform the recall work
when there is a problem???

Bill

 

[d_s_heach]

I had mine done as well at service time (99 S70) - Now they are dim. I was
told they added a resistor to keep the bulbs from burning out but now there
is no light. I would rather have replaced a bulb every 3 or 4 years.

I think lot of "non-serious" recall repairs are fixed at service time.
Yuo just have to go to Volvo for a service....

 

[Mike F]

I had mine done as well at service time (99 S70) - Now they are dim. I was
told they added a resistor to keep the bulbs from burning out but now there
is no light. I would rather have replaced a bulb every 3 or 4 years.

The "resistor" is simply an extension harness that relies on the
additional connection and short length of wire to limit the voltage
available to the bulb. Just remove it and plug the old harness back
into the light.

--
Mike F.
Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont.

NOTE: new address!!
Replace tt with t (twice!) and remove parentheses to email me directly.
(But I check the newsgroup more often than this email address.)