Read vehicle, click diagnostics. Top row go to vehicle communication. From the module diagram find and locate BCM. From bottom window select advanced tab. There select calibration (vehicles with DSTC) Ign on, engine off click on the VCT2000 icon. Window appears with calibration of many sensors including SAS. Turn steering wheel quarter turn left and then right and set it dead-straight. Then click to caibrate. If everything is good then the dot turns green.
Another great vid on this cool car! If I were you I'd replace the BCM and then do a calibration; if it's inevitable that the BCM is gonna need replacing, why do a calibration potentially twice?
@@ElliottAlvis Try the following before replacing anything more/ going to the dealer. This solved my "Anti skid service required" on my '05 V70 D5 with DSTC: Take the original steering angle sensor apart, taking notes of the amount of turns from end-to-end. It consists of 2 sub-modules that spin together. Unscrew the one from the other, again taking note of the number of turns they spin and the center position. Take both apart and clean everything with isopropyl alcohol/contact cleaner after inspecting that nothing is fried. Pack everything together and turn it gently from lock to lock a bunch of times to remove any residual dirt from any electrical contacts. Put it back on and clear the errors from VIDA. It's been over a year now, but if I remember correctly that's how I fixed it. Also, I believe that the standard Volvo procedure for reconnecting the battery is to have the key in the 2nd position, but I would check vida to make sure this is correct. Good luck with the car and keep up with the great content man!
@@ElliottAlvis Elliott, you're following a process we call "firing the parts cannon" in the diagnostic world. What you need is a specific diagnosis plan to verify exactly what is wrong with the car before throwing parts at it. There's a good chance the BCM is fine but is missing an input feed causing all sorts of problems. Find someone who will diagnose the car with 100% certainty like Paul Danner @scannerdanner or Ivan from @pinehollowautodiagnostics. These people find problems and guarantee fixes. Nothing on this car should be a mystery if you have DICE, VIDA, Alldata (or other service), and some tools. It's just a car with circuits that contain powers, grounds, and signals. Make it not a mystery then fix the problem. Otherwise you could be chasing this for months while spending lots of money on it.
@@kostantinos19111990 mine, 07 xc70 is tossing this code intermittently. So it's just dirty contact points in the assembly? You know that makes sense as I have had several other electrical problems due to faulty connections. I think that is the problem that keeps on giving with these cars. Reconnecting the battery in position ll? I have never heard of that and I have more than several volvo's, lol.
@@greenhometony I was having the message constantly on in my case. However, having solved several issues on cars, TVs, etc when just simply cleaning electrical connections, I figured I could give it a try, and it worked in my case. Beware though, because this involves, removing the airbag, messing with thin wires and messing with a mechanism that has gears inside. Take your time and mark positions, turns, etc when doimg this. Regarding key position II, I didn't do this the firt times I worked on the car, but read it on several forums. When I got VIDA+DiCE (Volvo's propertiary diagnostic system) I found a guide in there that confirmed this, if I remember correctly. Please note that I'm only a backyard mechanic and I would suggest caution if you don't have alternative means of resolving the problem if this goes sideways. Good luck with your Volvo!
Elliott! The Anti Skid service required or Anti Skid temporarily disabled messages can be caused by a defective Yaw sensor which is located underneath the front passenger seat. Judging by the fact that your V70 has a sunroof, moisture could've gotten to it (because these sunroofs are known to cause a leak at some point) which destroys it very quickly
Just realizing you have joined the R club! Congrats. We have a TON of experience with this platform. Shoot us a message on IG or FB. We'd love to chat and help. Have like 3 years worth of videos on the V70R. Cheers!
@@ElliottAlvis Oh that's so awesome! Hope any of our videos helped even a little bit. I just spotted the VinWiki video today and wanted to reach out. Missing my R every day if I'm honest. Hoping one day to buy it back or get another. Reach out with anything! Would love to chat and connect even if not on R life.
I really hope this doesn’t become too expensive to fix because I’m loving seeing this and would be sooo looking forward to seeing this back on the road surprising people when it zooms away from the lights
Getting this thing sorted is going to be so worth it for you! If you haven’t yet shimmed the block you should absolutely do that in order to prevent the cylinder walls from cracking. Some people also sleeve their block to fix the issue but that’s certainly more expensive and time consuming.
At least yours is running, Elliot. My wife and I went for a drive in our '07 VR, it started misfiring/low coolant light at the same time. We were 70+ miles from home in a rural town, and AAA left us stranded because they couldn't find anyone to tow the car, and didn't call us back. We couldn't even find a cab company. By chance, some friends were at a park further away and were able to give us a ride home. Rented a car trailer the next day and brought it home with my truck. I knew what was wrong with it even before I drove it up on the trailer. Coolant was just blowing out of the exhaust/white smoke. A borescope confirmed my suspicion. A cracked block. #2 cylinder, it that weak spot between them. Not sure why it did it, I was driving at highway speed and went to accelerate and it 'popped'. I don't know if it overboosted, I wasn't watching the gauge. It wasn't overheating. Luckily I just completed my shop with a lift, and have begun the removal of the engine by dropping the whole subframe. I'm debating whether to have sleeves machined into this block, or finding another engine. Considering the pickle I'm in, yours rolls under it's own power. 😆
Resolve the BCM error before anything else. It may be the only real problem. Definitely check the BCM harness. The car sat outside before you bought it, no telling what got to the wires.
Good to see the Spaceball back on the road! I'd definitely do the BCM before anything, except maybe getting that hood sorted so you won't be so comfortable throwing the steering wheel on it! Most important, I'd just enjoy it, seems like a pretty fun car to drive as is. (In the rain!)
Thanks Paul! Right now, I am doing a combo of both. I will enjoy the car this weekend, error messages and all. But Next week I will probably tear it apart again 😂
At the Dillon’s market place in Andover today I saw a perfect showroom fresh Volvo wagon. It was a burgundy one still in the package hanging on the shelf with the rest of the hot wheels on the end cap.
Elliot!!! Your so relatable. This Volvo so deliberately predictable. It's impossible to not be cheering you on!!! Keep up the great sense of humor!! Produce more terrific videos. And help the Swedish economy grow to a world financial power, keeping long lost Volvo Legends running!!! LoL
My experience of many years is the BCM is the Body Control Module. You were calling it the Brake Control Module. Maybe there is another bcm I don't know of lol. I had an 88 740 Turbo wagon which I should have never sold. I had a 2000 S80 2.9 and then last year I owned an 02 S60. My s60 was owned by some Russians who took super good care of the car and the only thing I remember having to do to it was replace the alarm module or something like that. Whatever caused the sunroof to not work and it was up inside the passenger front fender well in front of the tire. Then my S80 it would just stall out all the time. And I did some research and found the ETM was getting stuck. So I ordered one off ebay that had already been to xemodex and put it on with a new gasket from Volvo. It still didn't fix it and we messed with the vacuum line from the brake booster to some tee and then magically it never acted up again. It was the weirdest thing ever. I love these cars though. I love the R, but I also love the V70 XC. I just like that dark Grey plastic fender flares and the stance it has. Just like my 03 CRV 5 speed manual had the plastic cladding trim. Some cars it looks good on. I'm currently driving a 6 speed manual acura TL, kind of a rare car. Keep up the awesome content, to the best KSTuberMafia member
My 04 Xc90 developed a service anti skid light after the battery was replaced. Thought it was going to be the SAS. Took it to a Independent Volvo shop. The current sensor had just lost calibration. they reset it and it’s been great.
Check for continuity, get a probe and tone generator kit and check various connections. There might a connection issue directly concerning the skid assist, or a connection break the system is dependent on.
At the very least, you know its a genuine Volvo! Were it my car, I'd replace the module and see what happens...I'd avoid the dealership at all costs. But maybe make friends with one of their techs and have them sneak you in after hours to help. A nice undercover video where you're on the bowling lane next to them and you let them use the hand dryer first and then they get a strike and you become fast friends. I mean, after the production with the zombie apocalypse you could pull it off. Throw in some after-school special music and you've got RU-vid gold and maybe a working Volvo!
Before you do modules, check the ABS sensors and rings, this can also bring up that error. for me i had this error when the module on the ABS pump was wrongly fitted, 2nd hand module and away it went no coding needed.
That steering angle sensor needs calibration, an aftermarket scan tool should allow you to calibrate it which is different to programming. I can't be sure if it needs programming or not but it definitely needs calibration. When you are driving in a straight line, if the sensor doesn't read close to 0 degrees it will bring the abs and anti skid lights on as it knows the calibration is out.
Also quick tip. They are doing an airbag recall on the Volvos from this era. Your V70r should technically be recalled, but they haven’t recalled the V series yet. If you do get it replaced they don’t offer one for the R models meaning you get a base model airbag missing the R logo.
This is so inspiring I went out an bought an S80 for $700 and made it my daily driver. Can't wait to see what happens. I found out the auto-dimming mirror is broken and can't be replaced because it needs programming at the dealership which of course costs a fortune. These cars are hilarious.
@@iloveyourmomalot1one That's the one I've got, yeah. Still shifts fine with 217K miles on it, and there are craptons of cheap replacements available if it ever does break. Thanks for the warning though.
Some food for thought here: I own a 2007 Volvo S60R with 148k on the odo now, and have never had electrical problems to this degree. From what I can tell from the electrical and computer system in this car, it only takes one module to bring the whole car down. They are all interconnected, so it would really be worth investigating what the BCM is doing. I wonder if there is a way to test the bcm outside of the car, I havent looked into it. (I'm a computer engineer so this really intrigues me) The steering angle sensor will need some kind of "mating" to the rest of the computers though, as the Traction control uses data from almost every module in the car, and there are tolerances in the steering angle sensor readings that the other computers will need to compensate for. Unfortunately this car has a extremely complicated computer system that works great until it doesn't. Later model R's dont have as many issues, but it looks like you have an early model. All in all, you're this deep into the car, and despite the electrical issues, it runs good, and it doesn't seem like you have major mechanical issues. I would personally try to look more into the BCM. Also, drive the car! I think it really needs it. I daily mine, and I've got a good feeling that is why it hasn't had a lot of issues yet.
I think you’ve hit the nail on the head. I drove the car all weekend and I will continue to do so until I remove the BCM. I’m glad to hear you’ve had such good luck with your S60R. Thanks for watching!
@@ElliottAlvis I don’t remember the fuse number but in fuse box by the left taillight there is a fuse for the AWD system. Gotta check the manual for which one it actually is. I’d say start there as replacing a fuse is pretty easy. If that’s not it then definitely check the angle gear
#VolvoProblems That's just how it be 🤣 I feel ya man.... THE V70R will live on!!! Also that airbag has been recalled for metal fragments so.... Good thing it didnt blow up!
@@ElliottAlvisSoooo you'll have to go to the dealer anyway! Thats also probably why they told you it would take two weeks to get you in, almost every S60, XC70, V70, and S80 from 2001 to 2009 has been recalled
The abs modules in these cars the points go bad I resauderd mine and it worked great that's what they do tear them down and rebuild them both My volvos needed abs module rebuilds I opened the module and resauered the points and it worked good as new the steering is a separate issue it has nothing to do with the abs
Still impressed by that wrecking yard grappler operator tossing the prius over the hill....... BTW: I'd look around for a good used BCM and if that doesn't fix your issues just be like me: put some black electrical tape over the error messages and drive it like you stole it.
@@ElliottAlvis good luck I was told by Volvo the replacement one was a generic bag even if it doesn't match your interior. Please if this is the case let others know maybe we can shame them into doing something about this issue.
I own a 2002 Volvo V70 and it has no Fault Codes in all Module,s Except the Upper Electronic Module Because the Alarm Siren doesn't Work and there is a Fault in the Drivers Door module and the passenger door module and the Audio Module because I've installed an Aux usb SD Interface and I play SD cards through the CD Changer And now I have a code witch says 10 Cd Changer Incorrect Installation But that's the only fault codes in my Volvo let's hope your V70 R is one day in the same state as mine a couple of years ago I had a Fault in Every single Module except the SRS But I've fixed every problem one by one to get it into the state it's in now Take care
Dude, you need a Volvo specialist or fanatic, I worked on many p2's with the same message, and usually the problem is with the break control units they are fairly cheap and easy to replace (5 minutes job). If I was in the US I'd do it for free. However with vida you can do it. Doesn't need dealership or some b.s. I will message you on Instagram with a step by step process of recalibrating all the sensors.
Elliott, I warned you that this V70R would be better if you swapped in some other engine. The electronics are just junk and only get worse with age. Definitely, what ever you do, do not pay a dealer for any parts or services. Most mechanics have no idea how to solve issues other than replacing parts, especially on versions like the V70R with their overly complicated systems, made worse by the fact that it’s a Frankenstein combo of Ford and Volvo at a point where neither was doing great work.
My XC90 was like that lol Fix everything and the problems never actually go away. Id do new modules/sensors though. EVERYTIME i tried used they never worked.
The car is starting to give me this impression: It has a personality of a person with a constantly sour look on their face and every time you ask them to do something politely, they say "Fine! But I won't like it!"
Can't you just skip the "reference number" when u click purshase on the vida dice software? Won't it just go straight to the installing software part? Who's gonna stop u? Not like it can report back to volvo about a missing reference number.
Is the usability of this car inhibited by the sensor not being calibrated? If it works fine, I vote you only get it calibrated when you want to sell it. But, you are much more of a craftsman than I. I feel your level of standards are much, much higher than my own :P
Question is: if we still believe that water may have been the cause, how likely is it that the BCM was drowned? Is that more of an above or below water line part? Also, this IS a car where everything basically communicates via bus, right? Would be strange if everything but the cables was affected, seeing how low those are in the car
I think the BCM is pretty high up, but it could've very easily been shorted at some point. I think you've got a good point regarding the wiring though.
I had an xc70 2.5t, I bought it from the auctions and when it arrived the dash was like a Christmas tree, the dealer told me to tighten the bolts in the middle of that goes right in the middle of the rims under the plastic covers. Believe it or not it was all gone
Probably the best car I've ever driven in the UK. The mark 2 Volvo V70 D5. They don't make cars like this anymore after 2005. The face life post 2005 are crap thanks to ford.
Had a V70 here in canada, nice car I ever had, drove like a dream on the highway, but at the end of the day, I couldn't afford everything the swedish princess wanted. Module after module. Gave up. Following your vids with interest!
Conflicted. Should I be sad to just have paid FCP the $369.99 for a new speed angle sensor, or be happy to see Elliot go at it first before I do? At least I can stop wondering if my VIDA is going to calibrate it and start saving another $175.
Yeah, I kinda wish I had just paid for the new sensor and not have to worry about the calibration. On the other hand, my BCM might be the culprit in this case and my SAS might not even be bad. Either way, Volvos sure are fun aren't they? lol
