In responding to the CEL on my 1999 V70 T5 with 148K miles, a code reader detected P1332 and P0013. Replacing the CVVT Solenoid eliminated the P1332. I just replaced the Camshaft Position Sensor (albeit with a used one). The CEL has returned along with the P0013 - Cam Position Actuator B - Bank 1 Circuit Malfunction. I'm out of ideas. The car starts and idles fine. Acceleration is smooth. No engine cut offs. Anyone on the board have some ideas how to rid the P0013 code? Thanks.

I found this on Volvoforums UK:

I replaced my pcv over the weekend and was just about to take out the solenoid and replace it when I noticed that one of the wires leading to the solenoid was totally ripped apart! So an error code of "circuit open" can sometimes mean just that - a busted wire!

I share this because the root cause was that a while back, some of the black corrogated plastic tubing that protects the sparkplug coils, etc broke apart on me so I took some of it out without really thinking that I needed to replace it. Well, if you don't replace it, it becomes very, very easy for these wires to get stuck over one of the mounting bolt holes for the plastic engine cover. When this happens, you can very easily crush the wire when you put the cover back on which is what I did. Not sure how the dealership missed that seeing that you have to take the cover off to view the solenoid...anyhow, solenoid is fine, red wire is re-connected. All good.
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KlausC, thanks for the reply. I'll check again, but I am fairly confident that the wiring to the solenoid is sound. Admittedly, the R&R kit comes with wires that require splicing to the originals. One thing I haven't done that I plan to accomplish is to check the alignment marks on the cam gears. The timing belt R&R was done in 2009 but only 20K miles have been driven since then. Does this make any sense as a potential cause if there's gear misalignment?

The timing belt is toothed and cannot 'slip', unless the tensioner came off, and that is highly unlikely. You would have felt the valves hit the pistons and noticed the lack of compression.

Remember, with the VVT, the alignment of the cam mark will be 'off' until you go 90 degrees past TDC and then back again.
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This weekend, I'm going to check again the adequacy of wiring splices and connector to the CVVT solenoid (that came in the kit). Thanks for the ideas and comments.

If the cam is off, you will get a p0014 or p0015, I think. Not a p0013.

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