Emission Failure...I went to get my safety inspection today and much to my surprise it failed....reason too many failures on the OBDII Test. Failures included Catalyst Not Ready, Evap. System Not Ready, Air Not Ready, O2 Sensor Not Ready and O2 Heater Not ready. They said that I would have to got to a Volvo Dealer to get them corrected. I called the dealer....only one in our area and he said that they could do it the job called for three hours and would take a couple of days and the cost is $90.00 per hour. Does this sound reasonable or is there another way to do it? Thanks for any help.....Larry
PS....One other problem on the test was the third brake light was out. I tried to open it and it didn't work and the manuals didn't help either. It has two red knob at the top I tried to push them in...no luck....tried to turn them with the same results. It does have a slot in the center I tried to put a coin in it and it didn't work either....any sugestion on this problem? Thanks...Larry

what state are you in?

I live in Texas, and I had the same results all of the systems were not ready. the tech doing the inspection said that most volvo's he tests say the same thing, he clicked something on the screen and completed the test and I passed.

I know the systems were not ready because I have vacume leak that I can not find that causes the CE light to come on. I have a OBDII scan tool and reset the CE before i drove to the test.

Dan

There's a Volvo TSB on this and Volvo will "sometimes" pay a dealership (up to) 3 hours to reset that, takes two trip cycles, BUT everytime we get one of those, we send out an hourly tech with the scan tool (Volvos VST) and it takes the guy over a day everytime. The car has to cool down between its two required trip cycles during this proceedure and in summer now, that will take a while. It's a major hassle for any dealer in states that are now testing/failing cars for that reason even though there's nothing really wrong with the cars emisions system.
A dealer needs to get the time to do that pre-approved by their rep and it's suppose to be a one time thing only. That means the next time, in 2 yrs if your car fails again for the same reason....you'll pay. It's become a bad scene, total BS IMO.

Did you have the battery disconnect shortley before you went in for your test? From what I have read it takes a few hours of engine running for emission system to reset after a battery has been disconnected.

Early this year I did have some problems with the battery going dead but the last few months it has been ok....It is the wife's car and she uses it more now.I have no trouble lights and the car runs good. I guess I am stuck with taking it down to the dealer....thanks...Larry