We purchased a used 2001 V70 T5 in November. Love the car, but a few things have cropped up and I thought I would ask the experts here before I did anything. The car has about 61,000 miles but is in pristine shape.
Problem 1)
The car is possessed. Every time we lock the doors, and then get back in, it tells us the alarm has been triggered. Sometimes when I happen to be looking at the car, it really is going off. No horn, but the lights are flashing. Perhaps related, the locks are possessed too. I've taken to leaving it unlocked, but it will lock itself! I've actually heard it happen two or three times.
Problem 2)
If you are sitting still, at a light or such, the car overheats. Not knowing anything, I openned the hood while it was running and noticed the fan wasn't running. Seems like it should be. In what may be a related symptom, sometimes when the car is sitting in the driveway, the fan will come on. Even after the car hasn't been driven for hours. Now I haven't heard the fan come on recently, so perhaps it was a death symptom.
Problem 3)
When the car is cold in the morning, it really, really doesn't want to make a shift from 2 to 3. It will, very roughly, at a high rpm. Usually I put it in manual mode and do the shift myself, which it happily does. This only happens on the first drive of the morning, as it works flawlessly the rest of the day. I suspect it may just need to be serviced.
Any thoughts? Suggestions? Ideas?
I have a great fear that some central computer is shot that is wildly expensive. I'm hopeful that isn't the case. I would be happy if I could easily just disable the alarm, as I don't care about it, but do want to keep power locks and the remote fob.
Thanks in advance for any help and guidance.
Tom