2003 Volvo S60 Exterior lighting Problems

“I have a 2003 S60 Volvo. The instrument panel was fine yesterday, but when I got in the car today the panel instrument panel is completely black. This includes all gauges, speedometer, RPM, fuel, temp and blinkers, all gauges are off.. (see attached pic). The vehicle was stationary in my driveway. The car still run great.”

“I am surprised there has not been a recall issued for certain model year volvos relative to the center dash module losing all communication apparently due to failed solder connections (based on chat-rooms, Volvo specific). I understand components can fail, but the sheer number of failures and the failure mode is beyond typical or expected failures. The failure mode causes most or all dash gauges, indicators and lights to fail, including the speedometer. These failures apparently occur randomly, and at any age/mileage.”

“While driving out of a parking lot and accelerating to 35 MPH, entire dashboard blacked out. No speedometer, no odometer, no gas gauge,no message. Radio, windows, and air conditioning continued to work normally, as did headlights, interior lights, and turn signals. I turned off engine and then restarted car. Same symptoms. The third time I restarted car I received message on panel, srs/airbag service urgent light comes on and stays on. I could not retrieve any other information regarding average speed, how full gas tank is, etc. …”

“My 2003 S60 Volvo has failed it all started with the radio flickering to different stations.I noticed from than my lights started blinking on and off I has no idea what was going on with this car I seriously almost got into in accident I pulled over and turned the car off 5mins after I started it up now all the guages where down eve fuel was pass empty I was terrified that my car would shut off I had my 7 year old in the car as I was carefully was driving home the guages starting moving all over the place radio switching from left to right the msg window said sea bag service soon iam very…”

“The turn signal lever broke without much force being placed on it. The plastic used to construct it may not have been of good quality. The part itself is costing me $100 for the lever and another $100 for labor. This should not be an issue with cars. I've never had anything like that happen to me before. The turn signal lever has a steel reinforcement bar going up part of it. Where the bar stops is where the piece broke off. It didn't even snap. The plastic just sort of peeled away. Not what I expect out of any car, especially a Volvo.”