I have a Volvo V50 and started noticing that with heavy rain the drivers side foot well was becoming damp. It turns out this is caused by a blocked tube that goes from the sun roof to the bonnet. Sometimes the tube gets blocked or shrinks and therefore doesn’t reach the bonnet. I took it the … Read more
I have a Volvo V50 1.6 Eco Drive. Over the past few months, it has started to lose fuel efficiency dramatically. It dropped below 52 MPG and ended up around 42 MPG. It turned out that this is caused by a semi blocked diesel particulate filter. This was probably blocked because of soot caused by … Read more
I wrote this article back in 2013. Since then I’ve owned two Volvos. The bad news is that both Volvos that I’ve had this problem. All the problems I’ve had have been caused by the diesel particulate filter and EGR valve. Something goes wrong with the ERG value or a pipe get blocked and then … Read more