My 2000 S70 still has the original battery which I want to replace. The
owners manual says DO NOT DISCONNECT BATTERY WITHOUT CONSULTING DEALER.
What will happen if I do. I do have the radio activation code. I
expect it to run a bit erratically until the computer relearns thing,
but will anything else other than losing the radio stations happen?

Larry

Larry wrote:

> My 2000 S70 still has the original battery which I want to replace. The
> owners manual says DO NOT DISCONNECT BATTERY WITHOUT CONSULTING DEALER.
> What will happen if I do. I do have the radio activation code. I
> expect it to run a bit erratically until the computer relearns thing,
> but will anything else other than losing the radio stations happen?
>
> Larry
You will lose everything on your dash except gas gauge and temp gauge and
your odometer will change to kilometers. I know because I did it and no
one on this group or any Volvo forum I've been on knows what to do to fix
it.

"Edwin" <ingenuitas@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Larry wrote:
>
>> My 2000 S70 still has the original battery which I want to replace. The
>> owners manual says DO NOT DISCONNECT BATTERY WITHOUT CONSULTING DEALER.
>> What will happen if I do. I do have the radio activation code. I
>> expect it to run a bit erratically until the computer relearns thing,
>> but will anything else other than losing the radio stations happen?
>>
>> Larry
> You will lose everything on your dash except gas gauge and temp gauge and
> your odometer will change to kilometers. I know because I did it and no
> one on this group or any Volvo forum I've been on knows what to do to fix
> it.
>
Your experience appears to be the exception, which is why I wonder if you
have disconnected the battery and reconnected it again to get a "clean boot"
of the computerized systems. Your symptoms are pretty typical for a "dirty
boot" - a tentative connection that has caused a computer to go into a hung
state. See http://www.brickboard.com/AWD/index.htm?id=882858

Mike

On Jul 13, 8:25 am, Larry <some...@somewhere.com> wrote:
> My 2000 S70 still has the original battery which I want to replace. The
> owners manual says DO NOT DISCONNECT BATTERY WITHOUT CONSULTING DEALER.
> What will happen if I do. I do have theradioactivationcode. I
> expect it to run a bit erratically until the computer relearns thing,
> but will anything else other than losing theradiostations happen?
>
> Larry

your call will be fine