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Many Issues S80 2001

posted by  nannymobile on  Wed Aug 15 15:59 CST 2012
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I know that I posted a while back about a couple of these but right now I am just frustrated with the Volvo dealer where I bought my car and so I am posting again so I can print it out with the hope that they will actually listen to me.

First issue is the heat does not turn on until I put the temperature above 78 degrees and I don't think that is supposed to happen but they couldn't find anything but charged me the $200 deductible (Volvo warranty) anyway. But I fought them a bit and now I have to bring it back in this Friday and they said if they find something I won't be charged again.

The other issue is that the fan runs for over an hour after I turn off the car and very loudly to the point where a couple of times various neighbors have come to the door to see if I forgot to shut my car off! Also, and this is sporatic, the blower comes on inside the car after I have left it from between 15-30 minutes. I never had that happen but they said they upgraded the system and that is normal as well.

So, again, any help here would be greatly appreciated so that I can have some better information as to what is "normal" and what is just them not wanting to honor the warranty on it.

Thank you in advance.








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    Many Issues S80 2001

    posted by  KlausC on  Sun Aug 19 11:04 CST 2012
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    If you have electronic climate control and it blower is in auto mode, the 'heat' should not start until the engine is starting to warm up - usually about 1 mile of driving. The ECC will not start the heat IF the sun is shining on the dash and the inside temp is above 65F or so. Look for a small grill like cutout in the dash, a few horizontal slits, and using a vacuum cleaner suck the dirt out of the cabin temp sensor.

    The cabin blower will turn on if you have had the AC on. The blower will run for a while to remove the moisture from the evaporator, this is normal and a better alternative to replacing the evaporator when the corrosion from the water pokes a hole in your system.

    The engine fan comes on to cool the radiator. It probably should not 'run' for 30 minutes, but it will run at high speed until the engine cools off OR the battery gets down to 12V. This is normal, especially if the AC has been running and the condenser in front of the radiator is hot.
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