Good morning. I'm new to this forum - found you in a google search.
I have a 2002 S60 that runs great. I need to go on a road trip and I will be needing to charge a cell phone quite a bit. Last night, it wouldn't charge the phone. Tried the power point in the back seat too, same result. The indicator light on the charger came on, but the phone did not charge. Wife says she has same problem with her phone. Same chargers work great in my Durango... Any ideas?

 

Sometimes phones and computers do not charge if they are hot from use. Maybe that's the problem. Wait to see what others have to say. Is it the same charger?

 

Thanks for the tip. Turns out that's not the problem in this case. Upon further investigation, I learned that both the power points (cig lighter and rear seat) were putting out about 8V - enough to turn on the chargers' indicator lights, but not enough to actually charge the units.
I spoke to an acquaintance of mine, who used to be a tech at a local Volvo dealership, he sugg I check fuses. I thought that strange because there was power at the outlets, a blown fuse kills ALL power, right? Apparently not in this case...
He explained that there are two circuits driving the power points. If either fuse is blown, you get a reduction in power, not a complete failure. Sure enough I found a blown fuse in the dash fuse panel, replaced it, and everything worked fine. I just completed a 6 day road trip with no problems. Even powered my laptop through an inverter, along with charging the cell phone at the other power point. Who knew?? :-)

 

That's nuts and good to know. Thank you for coming back and posting your solution.