2004 Volvo XC70 suddenly will not crank. After two days of battery charging, switching batteries, having the Volvo battery charged to 13.6 volts, then load tested: 375 cranking AMPS vs. the rated 600 cold cranking amps. Tried one of my used spare batteries charged to 13.4, and it acts the same with it.

History: Bought from a car lot 6 months ago, 150K. Flushed tranny (thanks to Brickboard help), had garage change out serpentine and timing belts and water pump. No issues until now. Battery (Volvo) and terminals and under-deck storage are like showroom new, engine and undercarriage very clean.

Hard to see how this would relate, but here goes: Driving home from Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho last Friday at dusk, I asked my wife if she had her brights on. We stopped and found we had no headlights, only the right front fog light when switched to low-beam position. We limped home and after arriving and pulling the four engine compartment high and low-beam, left and right fuses which were good, I discovered high and low beam fuses in the passenger compartment fuse bank. The 15 AMP low beam fuse was blown, and replacing it brought back both high beam and low beam, which I tested with the key in position two (did not start the car). Two days later the car would not turn over, the starter would not engage, the starter solenoid would not clunk. My low battery assumption turned out to be wrong--thought I might have left the parking lights on. Can hear a couple of out-of-sight relays clunking when key is turned but they are out of sight at the front of the engine. Have run out of ideas and can’t find the issue on the Brickboard, and it’s a 60 mile hired haul to the nearest Volvo garage in Spokane, WA.