The loose centre console is most likely where a garage has replaced a handbrake cable (that runs underneath it), and forgotten to refit the Consoles screws, or someone has damaged it.

Let me guess, turning circle 🤣 Brilliant isn't it, especially in tight car parks

I’ve got the same shape V70R, yep turning circle needs two postcodes

Actually, that button is for blowing air on the windscreen only. Button for the heated windscreen is really similar to this one but it has a criss-cross line situated horizontally through the middle.

The centre console is fixed with 2 screw at the rear, the plastic wears around the screws causing the wobble, I fixed mine it a piece of din rail sprayed black with plasticote and longer screws.

you are driving around with parking lights. that is what they would be called in Sweden at least and they should only be used while driving in combination with fog lights when visibility is low. They don't turn off because they are sort of a warning light if you need to stop on the side of the road or somewhere you want to be seen while not moving. turn your driving lights on like intended and they will work just fine :=)

It blows hot air on the windscreen when the engine gets hotter😊 Not just cold air😆

For me head lights being always on is actually a feature apart from the fact that Volvo and Saab both had to do this because auf Swedish traffic regulations demanding it. You can however turn the beams of while driving and only have the front position lights on. This is handy if the battery is low and you want more energy to go towards charging the battery. In that case though you have to remember to switch the lights off when stopping. The rattles and noises are most likely down to the age of the car. You'd need to check if all the clips and screws and padding of the inside panels are still in place. You'll get used to the turning circle and once you've tried a Citroen 2VC you won't complain about that any more. The only negative I personally agree with is the heated windscreen as this is actually a security issue depending on the weather condition. No ski-flap? Seriously? That's what you've got the split folding back seats for... also, for this model it was actually offered as an extra even though you don't really need it with the V70 PII. You do however find the odd V70 having a ski-flap but its rare.

Headlights have got to be on there. I genuinely can't think of anything else. Excellent motor.

Lights wise, is a security feature, make your car visible in fog or snowing day or night, when is parked while you go get a coffee! ;)

Hi. No Volvo had a heated Windscreen before about 2010. Ford kept it for themselves, lol

I can agree with the turning circle! Absolutely awful. I drive a V70 sport D5 from the year 2007, and have no problems with the lights staying on what so ever. maybe due to the fact that it is the last model before the P3 platform. Whenever i lock my car everything will turn off and when i leave it on, it automatically turns off all the lights after a short while. So maybe that was an option or only available on later models. However i absolutely love the car and is the best car i have ever owned. :) Love your video's (Y) PS: I would recommand doing a flash tune up to around the 226 hp ;)

Great vid as always Luke, nice to see the JD in the back ground :) :)

My previous car was a 2017 V40 & my current car is 2019 V60. On both these cars, the heated windscreen was part of an optional winter pack. I bought both these cars used, so made sure they were had them.

My V70 (2005) makes a noise when I leave the light on

In Canada we call it a defrost switch. It redirects warm air from the engine cooling system. It starts to work as the engine warms up. If yours isn't working you have a fault with the car. More serious to me is the lack of provision for fitting an engine block heater. Valuable in a cold country like mine.

I’ve loved the Ford quickclear for many years, you stick it on, scrape the side windows and by the time you’re done, the front and back are totally frost free!

A very helpful video. I've got a 53 reg Mondeo Ghia X Estate TDCi auto and the V70 is one of the cars I would consider if I ever change it. Mine has auto lights, heated screen, electric/heated seats, a turning circle that I reckon is really impressive and doesn't rattle internally at all. I've seen a few with the heated screen button so I assumed..... so Thank You.

"Blows cold air on the windscreen" 😆😂 I'm guessing you've never really experienced true freezing temperatures over there? All older cars just blow air but the air turns WARM almost immediately when it's freezing icy temperatures outside, because of the heat from the running engine. It has literally NEVER been a problem on older cars here in Scandinavia where it actually gets cold af in the winter: the air starts heating up the windscreen quite fast, melting whatever ice is on the windscreen (or clearing up the condensation). Sorry but it's a Volvo, there doesn't exist a car brand better suited for icy winters, so the "just cold air" remark made me fall out of my chair laughing. (and sorry if I sound like a smartass, your videos are great though)

How can you hate this car. Just got mine back, 210k km, only issue was a tire failure. I love that car. really interested in what you dislike about it, since we have the almost same car besides me having the 2.4d

Nice video, I do like the content you do! As for the sky hatch, I've seen that option, so an optional for you would've to pay extra I asume, as for the turning circle...yup, it is massive, I used to own an Alfa 147 and it was just as bad!

I think when you have A/C on Auto and the 'heated front screen' button pressed, the air circulator switches to 'recirculation' and dry warmed air blows over the windscreen? I bought one recently, partly because of your reviews and I like it a lot. Specially the heated seats in this January weather. I do have a strange vibration from I think the front wheels from 50 onwards and it's not the balancing, I've had that done. As for the ski carrying you can put them on the roof or fold one of the rear seats down - though that does lose you a seat though.

what LED bulbs did you get?

Hi Luke I had 59 plate v70 d5 r design premium auto and it never had a heated front windscreen nor did it have xenons which was seriously annoying. Did have a ski hatch though. Also if you like the d5 engine in yours you should definitely try the twin turbo d5 which I had in mine. Made a nice noise and loads of torque as well. The twin turbo d5s have the twin exhausts and had about 210 bhp. 👍

The thing i hate about V70's is that here in Australia its hard to find a used car to buy with under 270,000 ms on the odometer..

My 2003 V70 SE 2.5 T windscreen heater blows warm air in probably less than a minute after start up. It's 'fully loaded', so I wonder if it has an extra electric heating element? Not sure . . .

I am surprised to see so many complain about the turning radius. Maybe my 2001 2.4T (regular gas, not diesel) V70 XC is different than the later model years? Cause the turning radius is superb on mine! Also, I'm positive mine blows hot air at the windshield. I've driven it in many snowstorms, I'm sure I would have noticed if it wasn't blowing really hot air all these years I've owned it.

Re the windscreen, unless you’ve owned it from new, it may be the original was replaced by a cheaper screen. Just a thought.

My father has had his v70 for 10 years. (2005 d5) and he finally decided to buy a newer v90 (2018) And despite the v90 being a decently larger car, it turns 100x better than a v70 which is mindboggling, driving that v90 through my lil town feels like im cruising in my 940 which are all notorious for their insanely good turning radius. But i've heard there is a way to adjust the turning radius on these v70 although i reckon if that is possible, one would also need spacers so the wheels wouldn't eat the inner wheel well wall.

There’s a ski hatch in the S60, but I use it for wood.

Nice little video, agree entirely with you - especially the lack of heated screen - and I'm forever forgetting those bloody lights! Keep up the great work.

Drive an S60, same problem turning circle. The lights are switched off automatically as I withdraw the keys out of the keyhole. I only got a Momentum '07 2.4 t5, so no heated seats 😞, but a good engine though.

You really had to dig hard to find those faults. I can live with them as the XC70 I have had so many more positives than negatives. Mine is a P3 and doesn’t have a heated windshield but the screen button puts all the blower power on the screen and it defrosts in no time. The ventilation system is one of my favourite things about it. My 2014 Focus was terrible at clearing the screen and in rain would always fog up. I wish Volvo still made the 70 series as the newer ones aren’t as practical. The ones with less computers are the best. Saying that, my car is 11 years old and has plenty of electronic gadgetry to satisfy me. Only thing I had to do was get a Bluetooth adaptor as the phone worked on Bluetooth but it wouldn’t play music. $16 item from Ugreen solved that and it’s hidden in armrest and connects every time. Sound is awesome with no crackling or interference and I can enjoy my music amd podcasts with no problems. Loving the videos by the way. Don’t mean to be negative but I think you were being a bit harsh.

Lovely Jubbly video, Peugeot 308's have that button for the windscreen, gives you a hell of a shock first time you press it.

My 2009 model xc70 has heated/cooled windshield. My only complaint about the setup is that if I am defrosting my windshield it will not let me blow heat anywhere else in the cabin or vise versa.

agree totally on your points, my v70 is 2003, i have just got checking lights are off into the shutdown routine

I guess the side lights things comes from the fact that in Sweden, you need to drive with your low beams on at all times... So I guess no-one there ever uses the side lights alone.

Do you see much benefit in getting the awd over the fwd? I'm in the market for one of these and unsure on which to go for, at the minute it seems like its just more parts to go wrong.

3:15 The center console is held down with (2) 10mm screws. Remove the inner rubber tray underneath your left elbow and replace those screws and it will be solid.

Really? Windscreen? The demister turns on the AC to blow dry air on the screen to remove the moisture. It if doesn't mix this with warm it may be that the re-director is faulty. It is 13 years after all.

Hi Luke 1st the lights yeah there a pain but if you get yourself a Vida or take it to some one who knows you can fix that problem Volvo was banging the drum about safety so there lights on constantly was part of that if the lights are on your seen so to speak but get it on a Vida and you can change them to work how you like easy second the windscreen issue if your Aircon is working correctly you will be surprised at how quick the window clears when frozen as the window setting dehumidifies the car also make sure the temp sensor it's clear of dust and working correctly it's the little vent on the heating control panel turning circle yeah you have to put up with that it's Volvo lol Ski hatch is an option the rest seat set up came with alot of options the rattles well that comes with age lol we all creak from time to time but I think you will agree the pros far out way the cons

Great video have you thought about selling merchandise. Maybe car cleaning clothes with your brand on them .

My S60 has a solid centre console maybe someone has fiddled with yours and it also has a ski hatch or as I call it a fishing rod hatch

from what i know my father has a 04 xc70 and all of the issues he mentioned are not an issue on the 04 and in my opinion the interior looks way nicer, and on the heater the third button out of those three will let you heat the windshield if you need not to mention the headlight wipers are a good touch and useful

With my old v50 if the off position the lights came on as soon as the ignition was on and switched off with the ignition In the side lights position all that would come on is the sidelights and stay on whatever, no door tone In the main beam position they would only come on and auto off with the ignition. So as long as they were not in sidelights you could never leave them on, but they were always on when the car was running and couldn't be turned off

Turning circle - agreed. FWD suspension was designed for wide engines. My Volvo 960 has a brilliantly short turning circle. It's live. I recently had to use my brother's Acura RDX and making U turns was irritatingly tedious.

Same thing with the V50 2011 that i own, no chimes or other sounds to announce you about forgotted opened position lights when you open the door... Many times i came back to the car to turn off the lights :(

Yep. Turning circle is a pain. Apparently you can shorten it by taking off the stops but then the tyres will rub the arches. Split seats, no need for a ski hatch. Rattles...hmm, yes. The shopping tray is a culprit, put sliver of foam under each side. I think the plusses outweigh the negatives though..

Bit late with this comment however, I would be totally surprised if any volvo model in any year, did not have a method of blowing warm or hot air up on to the front windscreen or window. Read or check the owners manual when all else fails. That really is a safety issue in colder climates without a doubt. I had a Volvo back in the 70's 142 GT and it had a lot of warm air a blowing, even back then. Just saying.

I don't know. On my v70 light turn of automatic when turn key off

The screen demist button probably uses the A/C as a dehumidifier. Cant beat the heated glass though.

The phase 1 had glass headlight lenses. The dipped beams being on all the time were much less problematic, no plastic to scorch there. I hated how many dipped beam bulbs mine chewed through. The turning circle is absolutely shocking, you can't drive right round most mini roundabouts without having to stop and reverse. I replaced my V70 with a Mercedes E class estate. Thanks to rear wheel drive and longitudinal engine mounting, it has a much better turning circle.

The naturally aspirated S70s from 1998-2000 happened to have a darn impressive turning diameter despite the 5 cylinder engine. I think the P2 just dropped the ball on suspension geometry.

My P2 has automatic lights. Are you sure yours are not just broken...can't imagine that they didn't put it stock in all v70. Maybe just the uk right hand drive versions don't have automatic lights.

Be interesting to watch. I intend on trading the XC60 D5 AWD work horse for a V70 D5 FWD in the near future.

Another shout out for the turning circle, but you should try a pre facelift without the variable rate rack if you think this is bad. You will find some Ford badged parts in the car but who's to say Ford didn't nick the Volvo part and just rebrand it.

Try the tuning circle from a citroen c5. Why called a whall comperin a volvo v70

Get the same on my Audi s5. Apparently well built. But it rattles like crazy when driving. Has an upgraded sound system too, but when u use the great sound it vibrates the doors ruining the music. So annoying

I own a 2002 2.4l Volvo v70 and the thing i really don’t like is the lack of space for water bottles. Especially if you got your radio upgraded at some point. My car doesn’t have any cupholders.

I see you've got the bum warmers (heated front seats), good video as always mate

The turning radius is a nightmare on the P2 Volvo's. It's all about tyre width. Just to compare it to the predecessors: 245: 9.8m 850: 10.2m V70II: 11.9m I drive an 850, and I wouldn't call it exactly agile in u turns. And if I would change the 205/50r16 to 17 inch wheels, it would probably be a similar nightmare like the V70. You could try putting smaller wheels on the V70 and get a different steering limiter fitting the smaller tyres. This should improve the turning radius and improve ride comfort.

Turning circle is a problem in the Netherlands as I can hardly keep the car within our borders.

Must admit I dont understand the first problem, just put the lights on automatic and the problem is solved?

My K reg escort had a heated windscreen

Turning circle on our 2.4D 2011 is quite good i think. Certainly not a lot worse than all the other cars we have

Probably optional extras, especially the ski hatch 👍🏻

When i owned the car the lights used to be always on even in the OFF position i disabled this using vida because who wants full headlights and sidelights on during the daytime, the center console moving is no doubt down to when i owned this car and i changed handbrake cable and had to remove center console i no doubt missed a bolt or 2

Ski hatch i think was optional... but its nice if it was made standard especially being from a cold freezing place. Yeah the cold air on the windscreen... Ford took from valve but they never gave some things. Zero to improve valve but Ford took a good amount for them to become a feel better car. P3 gen is still the same effect... no heated windscreen. Ha ha turning circle is awful...there best valve turning circle was the valve 940. The 850, v70 p1 p2 and p3 are not great. Not sure about the newer ones. My 2005 S60R had an even worse turning circle. Still a lovely car You made that colour pop. Be safe and take care man. Roheet

Hello, my V70 actually has automatic lights, that might be why it doesnt do any sounds when u open the doors.

I've got a P3 V70 SE Nav and it has an electrically heated windscreen.

My P3 S80 does not have a heated windscreen and it's a very high spec V8 model.

Luke, coming from the U.S I think the 1 thing I hate about your Volvo is that your steering wheel is on your right side. Have you ever driven a car with steering wheel on the left?

A few years back Ford licensed the use of the heated screen to other car manufacturers (another revenue stream for them I guess)

Thanks mate for bringing us all those great videos. All with all de V70 still looks like an amazing car to me, i'm doing lots of research. But currently my mind is falling for the XC V70 D5. Keep it up mate, really enjoy your vids 🤙

Previous owner leaned to hard on the center console . I know that because I leaned really hard on mine and broke the bottom. Big washers to the rescue 👍👍👍

Mine rattles but only in Park. Under load it is still quiet and smooth.

Yes the light are puzzling. I thought mine had just been programmed wrong or something. There is one thing I do hate. On my 2006 V70 the wires going from the cabin to the rear tailgate through the hinge assembly are destined to break because they form a terrible angle and are repeatedly stressed by opening the tailgate. I consider this just bad design. You will know if this is happening when you start to lose the functioning of the rear wipers and other electrical components. Part of the disgust with this design comes from realizing that the designers wanted the hinge area to look pretty and chose that role over function.

I've got a 2008 XC70, no heated windscreen on that. The rear seat splits in three sections so no need for a ski hatch. No rattles from the centre console. Like the P2 the turning circle isn't good. The built-in dog guard is a great feature. A million times better than the telescopic ones which ruin the headlining and don't keep a 40 - odd kilo German Shepherd where you put him. Whatever the downsides the car has the good points more than make up for them.

Look under the bonnet. Loads of parts marked FoMoCo on my 2009 v70

Totally agree about the centre console, my S60 is the same and its by far the worst quality part of the interior!

my 04 v70 rattles like wild. glad im not alone with that haha. Love my volvo regardless

I'm not sure what's to blame for the turning circle, but the 5 cylinder isn't it alone, since the older 850 and first gen. V70's turning circle matches your Astra. It is worth noting the second gen. V70 is a little longer and fits wider tires than the 850/V70 I.

Lol my 2001 S60 which is practically the same car, has headlights that automatically turn off when switching off the ignition, and it has a ski hatch behind the folding arm rest in the center seat..

You wouldn't be able to find 5 bad things if you would have gone for a Saab 9-5 instead. 😉 But nice video none the less!

It maybe a top speck car but does it not depend on what the first owner ordered when he/she was having the car made. Plus I don't know of any other cars having heated windscreen apart from Ford cars. I guess ford are just being selfish when it comes to windscreen

To be honest the Car is over 13 years old and is an estate, of course it rattles. Also ski hatch was probably a extra cost extra, same goes for the heated screen or it could have had a replacement screen and the previous owner didn't want to spend out for the heated option.

my v70 didnt have heated windscreen .so i bought little fan heater, cream i glued it on dash plug it in it looks part of the car .works fine .

I never use just side lights on or off 👌 done see the point in just haveing side lights on

Any downside due to that inline 5 is not a problem, because it means it has an inline 5!

Every car I’ve ever owned I turn the lights on and leave them in that position as they turn off with the car I loved the fact with Volvos the lights was on even in the off position I just can’t see why you’d want the lights off even during the day it’s much safer so I understand why Volvo made this a feature :)

Heated windscreen was an option. Volvo didn't put in as standard to keep the price as low as possible.

One more thing to add about the "Automatic headlights". When they are in the Auto position, only the low/dipped beams will work. You cannot engage the high beams! Thats the first car that I have seen such a stupid decision! All other cars I have owned and driven, you could enable the high beams while using the Auto setting.

Never owned a V70 personally, but almost every V70 I have been in has had a factory diesel preheater. Probably thats why I have never heard anyone complain about the lack of a heated windscreen.

Your Volvo rattles but I don’t think they all do. The centre console on yours has obviously been off at some point in the cars life and not been put back in tight. Have a look if you haven’t already. The lights on my P3 are either on side lights or the normal dipped beam and they’ll only turn off when you get out if you leave them on dipped beam not on side lights or the ‘off’ setting which isn’t even off lol it’s still sidelights it’s strange. The turning circle isn’t too bad on my P3 i understand it’s a big long car and that’s just how it is. My old rover 45 had a crap turning circle probably worse than the Volvo to be honest.

I can't believe the stupid dual heater controls weren't mentioned. I have a 2009 XC70 and this is my pet hate - having to turn 2 bloody knobs to change the temperature. My 2003 Accord could set dual mode on or off. That's the only moan I have about the inside of mine. I used to also own a 2005 XC70 similar to the V70 in this video. The centre console is another pain. Fitting an aftermarket radio into that console just looks damn ugly. However.. at least it is possible to do that in a pre-2008 V70/XC70..

My P3 S80 doesn't have a heated windscreen 😁

I own an 850. I recognise a lot!

my s60 window heat works perfect :D

Of course, volvo is equipped with day light running lights so always have your light switch on 0 and they will switch on and off automatically !

I would like to buy this volvo from you please .Or can you find me a ford granada mk2 2.8 ghia or ghia x thats what i realy want if anyone watching this has one or a freind that has a granada mk 2 . . And intearior lights on all my cars and vans i always change the bulbs for fog lamp bulbs. Its like being in my kitchen so bright . guy manchester .