New Volvo Owner w/ Questions...

Sep 13, 2005 2 Replies
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Hi All,



Just recently purchased a 2002 v70 cross country and I have a few questions:



Today I turned on the wipers and the work just fine, it's just that the motor(s) make this horrible "woowww-woowwww" sound as the blades move up and down. Is this normal? I'd like to think not because it seems very annoying and distracting. It can be heard quite loud in the cabin as well as outside of the car. This should be covered under the warranty we purchased along w/ the car, correct? Please advise.



So here I am playing around w/ the new car in the garage. No key in the igniyion and i notice a faint humming noise coming from the center console. It's as if the tape player is running but that is not the case. Any idea where the sound may be coming from? Should I be concerned? Again, no key in the ignition, and nothing is on whatsoever. Also, I plan to tint the windows (rear passenger as well as the remaining rear windows. Any recommendation on the type of tint? 70%?



75%? more?

Thanks, Vince



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The wipers should be covered if it was bought from a Volvo dealer and is pre-certified. If not, not sure what you can do about it...talk to your selling dealer.

The "humming noise" is your climate control temperature sensor which is a small fan forced unit. Look near your temp control, you'll see a small 3/4 x

3/4 grill type thing. That's that air inlet for the climate control. Put your finger over it and you'll hear the sound diminish.

Tint...that would be up to your local states regulations. Here is MA it's

35%, 70% is way dark, even darker than limo tint which is 45-50% and will result in a 250$ ticket here!

-Brian

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In California, if you have dual outside mirrors you don't even need windows behind the driver's position (it use to be that if the driver put their arms out to the sides, anything behind the finger tips could be spray painted black if you wanted, but nothing in front of that point that wasn't factory tinted. I use to have a VW van and put up curtains, and I just removed the inside rear view mirror and put it in the glove box. But as you stated, it varies by state.

__ __ Randy & \ \/ /alerie's \__/olvos '90 245 Estate - '93 965 Estate "Shelby" & "Kate"

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