I have purchased mine for $15 on Amazon for my 2007 xc70. You can check the fit for your car on Amazon. Very easy to replace.

I have purchased mine for $15 on Amazon for my 2007 xc70. You can check the fit for your car on Amazon. Very easy to replace.

Volvo part 1275602 is what you want. Both coil packs are identical. They are not unique to a specific year but I don't think they were widely used.

This video should help if only to familiarize yourself with the location of the coils.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dWCv9aqeEw

The car in the video is a few years older than yours but it has the same ignition system.

The biggest problem with this vid is that the guy seems to be using a Go Pro or the like on a head band, which is great if you're jumping off a cliff for the ten thousandth You Tube BASE jumping video, but not so much for car repair. He frequently refers to items just outside of the shot. So much for production values.

However, it's good enough to locate and replace the defective coil pack if you do not already know where it is.

But I would second Bill's suggestion to check the connections and I would go a bit further and say pull the plugs to see if any of the electrodes are getting cruddy.

Are you able to tell which coil pack seems to be the problem? You might just want to replace them both if they are of the same age...like maybe the original ones.

FCP has them for $81.99 each (Genuine Volvo).


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'79 242, '84 DL 2 door, '80 DL 2 door, '89 DL Wagon, '15 XC70 T6 AWD

Here are some basic instructions for 4 and 5 cylinder Volvo engines of your era. Easy peasy…

https://www.swedespeed.com/threads/ignition-coil-how-easy-to-change.680610/

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Will I buy another Volvo??? We'll see....

Hi Doug,

Are you adverse to DIY?
Here's a wide variety of coil packs for your car:
https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/volvo,2003,s40,1.9l+l4+turbocharged,1433943,ignition,ignition+coil,7060

Do it yourself and avoid the gigantic markup of parts by greedy mechanics
who aren't happy with $110/hr to change a wiper blade.

Before replacing coil packs, I'd survey all of the two-pin bullet connectors
to the coil packs. They can fail with age. Make sure they are firmly in the connector shells and not able to be pulled back and out of the shell.
You can clean the coil pack male bullet pins with a toothbrush and 90% isopropyl alcohol and blow out with air. Then use some anti corrosion zinc paste (Penetrox-A) on the male pins.
If you find any broken female pins /pigtails you can get new pigtails to splice in at www.davebarton.com (Volvo wiring guru)

Bill

I know nothing about the coil packs in your model year car. However, before you pay someone else to replace it, I strongly suggest researching the job and do it yourself. Most coil packs are easy to replace…

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Will I buy another Volvo??? We'll see....