Volvo V50 Forum

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hi as title says has any one towed a caravan with the v50 and if so how did you get on and what weight van was it? also what average mpg did you get? ive just had tow bar fitted on mine today and off out with it and van next tues and was just wondering? cheers

Hello!

I am new in this forum

I just bough a used V50 T5 AWD, I love this car. I have a concern with my lights, they have a lot of condensation behind the glass and I don't know how to remove it!

do I have to replace the front glass?? is is an isolation problem?
is it dangerous to drive with hazy lights and is it supposed to be covered with warranty?

thanks to let me know!

Raphael.

New to the Volvo world and this forum. Just purchased a used 05 V50 2.4i. Not fully loaded, just a nice clean basic Volvo(what I was looking for). It has 52k on it and is very clean. It was a one person vehicle traded in for another volvo locally. The only issue I have is the radio will scroll through stations and act normal, just no sound. The CD play works fine and everything plays well. Is there a way to self diagnose, or do I need to take it to the dealer?

Thanks,
Kate

Hi

When my V50 came back from it's last service I noticed it's started making a weird noise. Sometimes (not everytime) when I shut the boot relatively firmly a strange whining noise sounds for about 10 - 15 seconds. It's really hard to locate the exact source as you walk round the car, but it sounds like it's coming from the rear.

I've noticed it sometimes does it when I drive over the speed bumps coming into my office car park.

The only thing I can guess is it's something to do with the rear suspension?!

Does anyone have any idea what it could be before I take it to the garage, I like to have an idea before I get sold an expensive repair.

Thanks for your help in advance!

Richard

I have an '05 V50, T5, AWD with 50,000 miles. Wondering if someone can provide me a list or link to the services Volvo recommends for 50,000 and beyond? For any of the Volvo techs out there, are there any intervals that should be extended? Shortened? Added to the list? Thanks much.

Hi guys,

First post but its a messy one. I've got a 2006 2.4i V50. Its been an OK car, but we have had loads of electrical issues ( central locking failing on passenger side, full electrical failure on passenger side, external temp sensor failure..) All of these have been fixed under warently, but only to return again for a simlar issue... Today, i have a new one. My wife noticed that we had a leak of some sort showing where we park the car. No error or messages showing in the car. i popped the bonnet to have a look to see if i could spot anything obvious, but nothing to be seen. I checked the oil, which was ok, and closed the bonnet. I then got back into the car to park it in the driveway and when i started the car, the front windscreen wiperes came on and are going flat out. The wiper control switch has no affect when i tried to turn it off. Then on the driver display, a message comes up "Tailgate open", then "Anti Skid Service Required", followed by "SRS Airbag Service Required". The central locking does not work or the mirrors or reversing sensor. The car drives and stops ok but i have only driven around the driveway. I think its more elctrical than mechanical going on the previous issues we have had but i'm not sure what damage will be done if i drive the car as i'm not sure what the leak is..

does anyone have any ideas or has seen anything simliar. The cars just out of warenty, so talk about timing. We have just have the service message come up as well and we have it booked in for the end of the month.

Thanks,

Kev..

can you open the cargo door from inside? i have 2006 v50, thanks

My Volvo V50 2006 modell (Manual Trans - Diesel) makes a metallic scraping sound when turning to the left - sometimes. The sound seems possibly suspension connected as it "appears" after maybe driving over a bump and then turning. The sound is amplified the horizantal and vertical movement of the car. The sound is periodical and sounds like gring 2 pieces of dry metal together can become quite high pitch - the sound only lasts for seconds at a time and for a minute - then disappears for hours. I've tried pushing suspension up and down, pulling on the wheels, looking for any loose material - nothing.. HElp?

Didn't find anything that answers my question.

I'm totaly new in the Volvo community

Is it possible to buy the original parking sensor system for the V50 on the internet?

Hi,
New to forums and have never owned a Volvo.
I'd been researching cars via www.cars.com and they had the 2006 V50 listed as a best bet.
We test drove it and really liked it. I made an offer of 21,000 USD out the door, which they accepted.
I'm supposed to pick it up Wednesday and so far have only paid a 100 USD deposit. I'm looking for feedback to questions below, ASAP.

I was pretty comfortable with the decision until I saw all of the SSS (start, shudder, stall) climate control, and electrical issues that are posted.

A lot of these posts are older and I was wondering if most have fixes, and more importantly how do people who own this vintage feel about their cars?


Details of my potential purchase:

2006 T5 AWD 6-speed manual
28,000 miles
no navigation system.

Thanks in advance,
Mitch in Michigan.

Hi all,
I'm driving a 2004 V50 2.0D (actual mileage is 145.000 Km) and, except for some troubles along the way, so far so good. The last minor issue I'm facing concerns the disappearance of the "Powerlift" functionality on rear right window, i.e. the capability of the window lift motor to drive to upper and to lower lock positions the window when the command button is actuated "at the second click". I learned that this problem can be fixed by resetting the electronic control unit of the rear door, via the Volvo diagnostic tester, if not due to hardware breakdown. So, before going to my dealership and being put at serious risk of unnecessary replacement of the whole expensive control unit + motor assy (yes, this happens....)I would like to ask to any of you if a workaround for resetting the door control electronics is known. It might be some key combination at startup or just the onoff battery cycle or...who knows.
Thanks for any help.
Luca

We have a 2005 V50 T5 stationwagon. Car has been fine until few weeks ago when we noticed that after driving, even a short distance, in high temperatures (80F+)/sun the car would not re-start. Turning the ignition key resulted in dashboard, a/c etc. starting up but starter did not turn. After either 30+ ignition attempts and/or sometimes waiting for car to coll down for 2 to 3 hours it would start.

So far, ignition module was replaced ($480) - problem persisted, battery replaced ($280) after local dealership was able to replicate problem and determined low current from battery but problem has persisted and when last encountered we tried but failed to jump start the car. Again, we simply had to wait until it cooled before we could start it.

This is clearly temperature related - any thoughts?

Hello -
Recently purchased RTI navigation DVD # 31285852. While the display works fine, the voice accompaniment is missing. I bought my Volvo while working in Germany. The North American navi DVD works fine, and I seem to recall having the same problem with the original European DVD set but we were close to moving back to the US that I did not make an issue out of it. Now that I'm back in Europe for at least five years I'd like the voice.

Any assistance or ideas would be appreciated.

And yes, I've cleaned the disk and checked the volume level. The test voice works fine.

Hello, new to this sort of thing but just had to ask a question.

I have a V50 SE Sport (05) and have today (for the second time) had the immobiliser kick in and my car refuse to start. The display reads ‘steering failure’ ‘immobiliser’ ‘book service’ or something like that. Just wondering if anyone else had experience anything similar or heard of it before.

Thanks.

So I have read alot about the brake and electronics problems of prior years....do the 2007 - 2008 models suffer from the same issues? Thanks, Adrian

Hi everybody,
I took my first V50 for a test drive yesterday and was wondering what a fair price would be.
The car is a 2007 2.4i with 47000kms with a listed price of $23980 ($27484 including taxes and documentation fee) location Vancouver BC Canada.
How much would I be able to low ball without being laughed at or offending the dealership? How much would they have paid for the car? I am happy for them to make money on the deal, but I don't want to get taken for a sucker.
Thanks in advance for any advice. I am looking for to becoming a proud Volvo owner.

We have 2005 v50 with the T5 engine. Our AC blows hot air off and on. It is almost like you flip a switch when the AC is running fine and then it just blows hot air. Volvo HAS done the software update with no help. Now they want to replace the compressor at a cost of over $1000. I have read other posts were people have replaced the compressor and it has not helped. A small local garage that we have tried thinks it is not the compressor and they want to look at it again. We are taking it in Wed.
Has anyone had any success getting this fixed. The Wife likes the car and wants to keep it, but at 110,000 miles is it time to say goodbye to the v50 and go with something else??? Thanks all, Adam.

Hello!

Many thanks for the replays already in the advance!

I am from Latvia and because here is very expensive car service, I have made it by myself, but now all the time when I start the car in display shows message "Time for regular service".

Does anyone know how to delete such kind of message?

Thanks!!!

zeg

I am a new member to the forum and so far I have just been looking around and it seems to be a helpful site. I have searched and tried to find info on the rear spoiler, but haven't had any luck. I was debating on getting the stock spoiler, but was trying to figure out how it is attached. Does anyone know if they are drilled and bolted and how involved it would be to install one?
Thanks

The cargo door on my 2008 V50 is not latching. Any suggestions as to how I can fix this? Has anyone experienced this before?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Hello

I have never owned a Volvo before but I think I will do soon. My first child is due in a few months and thus I want to get a wagon to compliment my 05 Lexus ES sedan [which I'm not in love with but I do like].

I have the option of a V50 SE with 25,000kms or a V70 with 55,000 kms. Both are circa 04/05. Both are around the same price. Both are in good condition. I'm in Australia, but don't let that hold you back from giving me good advice.

Now, factoring in my future baby and the likelihood that it will be treated fairly badly [kerbed, dinged, chocolated, vomited, etc], which one is best?

My Wife is a confident driver, so size is not an issue. I don't really care about fuel consumption or resale.

My main wishes are: 1) reliability; 2) comfort; 3) quietness; 4) low NVH; 5) practicality for baby.

Can you guys help me choose? Thanks in advance.

SHOCH & HORROR when i rolled up to book 60,0000 km service for my V50 1.6D. To find out it is going to cost me 1200.00 Euro and that is without them finding anything wrong god help me.
I had to ask for a print out and prices for this service. I then went to the salesman that sold me the car 3 years ago, after a chat his reply was to go to ATU same as Hafords with my info. so away i went and asked the cost for the same service and showed him the list of parts ie fliters etc and he priced them all up and said it would cost me 407.00 Euro.
Guess what i done next!!!! Yes i booked the service, and returned to my Volvo dealer and in a relaxed way told them where to stick their srevice costs.
What a rip-off.
I can safely say that Volvo are NOT helping any of its customers during this credit crunch.
After having 5 different Volvo's over the years, i will be looking for a different make of car soon. Sod them.

Hi all,

I'm new to the forum and I'm very impressed with what I've seen of it so far. My November 2005 V50 2.0D has just alerted me to an "Anti-Skid Service" being required. The local main dealer has just informed of the replacement cost being in excess of £1000!!! I've only owned the car for 3 months so this is most unwelcome. The main dealer is trying to get a contribution from Volvo to reduce the cost, so fingers crossed! Have any of you had a similar experience? Is this a known fault? Is the V50 forum the best place to ask this question? Any help appreciated.

Has anyone installed H&R spacers or any other spacers on their factory OE wheels...? ...if so...photos please...

Volvo tells me I should only use their trailer wiring components to avoid potential incompatibility problems and subsequent damage to the V50 Rdesign's electrical system. Their components are unreasonably expensive IMHO. Can anyone direct me to a reasonably priced trailer wiring alternative that is compatible with the vehicle's wiring system? Thanks in advance.

Hello All,

Just bought a V50 after several years of owning various V40s! Love the V50 but would like to enhance it's appearance a bit by adding a R-Design body kit & tailgate spoiler. Google hasn't really thrown up much in the way of 'tasteful' body kits. Any body help with supply of a kit? How much it will cost? and where to get it fitted (south west area preferably)

Any one got a second hand R-Design kit???

Cheers

Higgy

After conversations with my service manager at the local dealership and reading lots of tips, forums and product reviews I have concluded the only viable option to connect an iPod to my V50's stereo is via an FM Transmitter. After further research I have also decided to try the iTrip by Griffin.

My question is, "How do I change my radio's frequency range to allow me to access lower and higher international settings to optimize empty air?"

Hi,
I got a Volvo V50 1.8 from 2005. In general we've been satisfied.
But we're now having problems with the back door; it can't be unlocked. We had the same problem last year but it went away by itself (or so it seemed).
Any ideas what is wrong? Anything I can fix or do I need to hand it over to the mechanic?

Br
Henning

Hi all,

I am new to the forum, so hello all.

However, I arrive with a large bee under my bonnet.

My V50 AWD is 4 yrs old this month, and the phone module has failed for the second time. The first failure was a warranty repair. However, 2 yrs later it has failed again, and is 'dragging down' the satnav, radio and CD player. So none of these are working.

Volvo quotes me £1150 to replace.

Can the forum advise me on the best way forward (apart from spending the £1150 I mean). Are there reconditioned phone modules? Can the module be isolated from the other functions to permit them to work? etc.

Thanks for the help.

David.

so my check engine light turned on (7500 miles, 2008 V50 2.4i) and it is currently at the dealer getting looked at... i ran an ODB-II code reader thing and it said (P0300) Random Cylinder Misfire... anyone have experience with this?

also, i'm getting my tires rotated and balanced - 59.95USD... is this a ridiculous price?

this is the 2nd issue I've had with my "brand new volvo" how many "kinks" do you typically have?

Hi all, im new to volvo's have always owned vw's in the past. But decided to buy a V50 and have been impressed with what ive seen so far. Looking to get a a 2.0 Diesel but what is the difference in spec between the se sport and the R design?

Hello, need to change front pads on my v50 2.0 diesel se, how hard or easy are they to do, has any one seen or know a step by step guide to change the front pads?

thanks in advance

richie

Have a 2008 V50 with standard headlights, not the self adjusting type. The passenger side is aimed a little lower then the drivers. I am familiar with how to adjust, but I can't find where the screw is to adjust the height. Has anyone done this.
Thanks

Bonjour, I wish I'd found this site when I bought our Volvo V50 a year ago. It might have saved me 100 Euros having the tracking done!

However, as these forums are invariably inhabited by helpful people and the best place to ask 'silly' or obvious questions without getting slagged off perhaps one of you kind posters can answer this query.

This morning we received a letter from our Volvo dealer asking us to make an appointment as our motor was being recalled. It is a 1.6D - 110 Feeling, Estate. Due to a language problem - we are Brits living in France with limited technical French - we don't know what the problem is, so has anyone previous experience of any potential probs, please? It would be very helpful having some idea of the problem before we go to the garage.

The car was built in Belgium and is about 18 months old and apart from a terrible road noise due to the the 'geometry' being way out when we bought it, so far it has performed very well albeit we thought we'd get more than the 5.5 litres per 100 kilometers. But hey, ho, it is a very pretty car My wife's words!

Any thoughts would be gratefully received,

Clyde

A couple of days ago while driving my 2005 V50 volvo on the motorway (wife & two kids plus a fifth passenger also riding) the vehicle lost its speed almost completely without warning and the engine stalled. A few seconds later the car following us (average speed of 100kms) hit us hard. It was quite a nusty shake, thank god we are ok.

Took the car to the locall dealer, he said no such precedent exists in Cyprus, they will check it out and let me know their version of the failure.

Any feedback on this? I read that similar incidents occured in the past in the US and UK.

Hi there,
I'm new to this forum, and hopefully picking up our 2005 V50SE this week. But we have to decide if want to purchase a 3 year used car warranty before we pick it up.
I know it's the $64,000 question, but in your opinion, is it worth getting a warranty for this car?
The warranty will cost us $2000 (AUS), so I'm wondering if there are many things that can go wrong with the car that are that expensive? We're really finding it hard to decide, as it's not something we budgeted for!!!
In your experience, have you needed/used your warranty?
Thanks for any input!
K

I have a V50 2007 and both headlamps fog up. It seems water is getting in somewhere. This happened after we had very cold weather in the UK. On taking the headlamp unit out, slight cracks were found in the upper casing where the lens meets the black casing. Local Volvo dealer is saying not covered under warranty. Anyone else had the same problem?

hi guys i am new to this forum! i am in need of abit of help here!
i own a 2007 (57) s40/v50 (im aware they have the same front end!)

i have recently had a slow speed accident into my drive but my dash & driver bag blown! doh!!!

i have repaired the car and not gone through my insurance, asit only needed a bumper & headlight & the airbags & dash!

i ahve got the dash & airbags but i cannot remove the ones that are currently in htere!

i dont know how to remove them at all! i have took the centre console out (radio, climate control etc)

but i do not know where to go from here!

any help at all would be appreciated!

Hi!

Sorry for another newbie question. It seems the geartronic will downshift even in manual mode, but will it upshift if reaching the rev limiter? I have a 2006 T5 AWD A.
Seems it doesnt...

I was surprised at this result:

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/hot_li...ecs+page-3.html

Zero to 60 mph: 5.7 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 16.2 sec
Street start, 5–60 mph: 7.2 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 14.4 sec @ 94 mph
Braking, 70–0 mph: 175 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.85 g

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/hot_li...5_awd_road_test

Mash the throttle, however, and the V50 blasts to 60 in 6.9 seconds and passes through the quarter-mile in 15.2 seconds at 93 mph. Our Euro-spec model continued up to an unrestricted 141 mph,

Hi everyone!



What is the best way to launch this car? It seems that brake with left foot, preload the turbo with right leg, then relese brake is the best option. Any thoughts?
Do 225/40 r18s slow the car down or make it faster vs 205/55 R16's?

Hi

Overall I love my V50, it's powerful, comfortable, is full of gadgets and looks good.

We bought it as we have 2 dogs and for that purpose it's excellent.

The only 2 things that bother me with it are:

The turning circle is rubbish, I am forever having to back up to get round car parks, getting round mini roundabouts is a joke etc

The other thing I don't like are the cheap feeling door handles, especially on the back doors

Not hugely bad things you might think but could be improved

If Volvo changed sorted these out I would be 100% happy with the car.

There that's my twopenneth

Hello,

I Searched zo manny forums, but i never found the way to change the interior Air filter for a Volvo V50 2.0TD out 2004/2005.

After some stuggeling... here it is....

The air filter is located behind the radio, and you can replace it from the drivers side.

First you have to remove the cover under the stearing wheel. This is done by removing the 3 schrews, 2 located at the bottom and 1 located at the left top, located just under the light switch.
Then you can click out the cover on the left site, the cover where the air is regulated into the door. After that you have to click out the cover just behind the middle console. It is not screwed. Then you can remove the big cover. Watch out. because you have to remove the licht cable and the temperatur sensor.

After removing the covers. you have to remove the Trottle padle. It is attached by 3 nuts. Then on the right beside the trottle attachment, there is a black cover with one or more schews.(in my car it was 1 screw)

After you removed this cover you can replace the filter.

good luck!!!

Jeroen

I have a V50 (56 plate) 2.4 SE which has twice now totally died. Symptoms are that as I am driving along, the engine shudders, I do not have consistent power, and then the engine totally cuts out and I cannot restart. What has happened is that the fuse for the fuel system (75?) has blown.

As it is failing it feels like the fuel is not evenly being delivered to the engine. After about 20 seconds of the shuddering, the car totally dies and will not restart. One dealer had the car from early Saturday morning to the following Wednesday evening but merely replaced the fuse (because the computer would not talk to them!). It's now in with another dealer.

Has anyone got any ideas on what the problem could be please?

Hello,

I got a powerbox for my v50. Now i'm planning to install it ..
De installation manual says it has to be installed on the RAIL Sensor ?

Where is it at in my V50 2.0D 2004 volvo ..?

Has any body got some pictures of installed powerboxes in a v50 ...

Many thanks ..

Hi there

I bought a 2.4i litre 2008 V50 in Singapore in May 08. There is an audible and very irritating clicking sound every 3 or 4 seconds emanating from the dashboard on the driver's side of the car. The local dealer told me this is something they've never seen before, but they have now discovered that the clicking sound is found ON ALL 2008 S40s and V50s. It's got something to do with a pressure valve in the air-conditioning system. Pressure causes the valve to open and close, which causes the clicking sound.

I'm not very pleased about it, especially since the cost of the car in Singapore (with high taxes) is about 64,000 Euros. Given the tropical heat here, you can't really drive with no air-conditioning on (which, according to the local dealer, is the only way to get rid of the noise).

Has anyone else had this problem? The local dealer is telling me that it's a problem on all 2008 V50s / S40s. That may be the case here in Singapore, but what about where you live? Please let me know.

Peter

Hey I have a 2006 T5 AWD and I was just wondering about getting some bigger wheels. I found a good deal on some 17"x8" Pegasus R models, but I'm not really sure how to check to see if they are too wide. Offset is 46mm. Does anything need to be calibrated as I go up in size? Thanks

Hi All,

Noob here. Just ordered my new company car..... as the title says...


White V50 R Design 2.0D Sport......can't wait to see it!!


Damn if I can find a picture of one tho!!

Anybody on here able to help?

Thanks

Rob

I recently had an incident where I tried to start my '05 2.4i V50 and nothing happened. The dashboard stayed dark, but when I turned the key back to try again, the message read "Key Error - Try Again".

I tried numerous times and even tried using my spare key, but nothing worked. So I popped the hood and unplugged the battery cable to reset everything. The vehicle then started. Interestingly enough, when I popped the hood, I could hear what sounded like the hard drive of a computer working away. ticks, humming, etc...... just like a p.c. when it is "thinking". This noise also stopped when I disconnected the battery for a short period of time.

Anyone have any experience with this?

I have 2007 AWD turbo with 31000 miles......CEL just came on....can't get to the dealer till Wed....any common issues with the V50 that would trip the CEL...?