People,

I got 2000 S40 in January, and I love it. But I have a burned out bulb in my headlight. I purchased a bulb today to replace it. However, when I opened the hood I saw that changing the bulb didn't look too straightforward. I'd appreciate any guidance anyone could supply on this, i.e. number and location of screws, relative ease/difficulty, things like that.

Thanks!

- Harold Williams

Harold...its pretty simple, but it helps if you have smaller,thinner hands, especially on the battery side. First you have to pull off most of the rubber cap and kind of fold it down and off to one sid. No tools are needed! You will see two metal spring wire (thingys).....squeeze them together and they pull/swing out of the way. Pull out the bulb clip w/connecting wires and the bulb and PLEASE NOTE THE POSITION OF THE BULB BASE AS YOU PULL IT OUT!!!!! THE NEW BULB CAN ONLY FIT IN...IF ITS RIGHT SIDE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You'll see what I mean when you see the bulb....before you remove the clip. Also don.t touch the bulbs w/your fingers....skin oil on the bulb is a no no! If you haven't done so already...go to your local Volvo dealer...there is a Service bulletin for '00 and beyond to fix all the burning out light bulbs. Its a free fix, they basically put a reostat in your bulb wireing(something like that)and it lowers your voltage to you bulbs a fraction.....much longer bulb life. Hope this helps, Bill

Bill,

Thank you SO MUCH! That is EXACTLY the kind of guidance I was looking for! I'll do it this weekend, when it's warm and sunny. Man, I totally appreciate it.

Thanks!
Harold