My wife took her 2000 V70 to a nearby oil change place, which lost her drain plug. They sent a guy out NAPA to hunt one down and I -- fearing that someone dumb enough to lose the drain plug would probably buy the wrong one and strip the threads -- volunteered to buy one at Jacksonville, Florida's only Volvo dealer.
The plug cost $3.25, which seemed more or less reasonable these days. The CRUSH WASHER cost $1.73!!!! I made a big scene at (monopolist) Osteen Volvo, telling them that crush washers for my BMW only cost 25 cents at the BMW dealer. I pronounced (quite loudly, I might add) that this is a powerful argument for not buying another Volvo.
I've now persuaded myself to do my wife's oil changes in my driveway. This brings to mind a couple of questions...
- Does the service light provide an indication of need for service, based on algorithms in the car's computer?
- There apparently are a sequence of button pushings that reset the service light. What are they?
Many thanks in advance to those of you in Volvo land, who might be providing a silver lining to this cloudy incident.