The service light just came on in my car ,is there a way to get the codes without going to a dealer?

 

What year is it? You know there's a Check Engine light and a service light. If it's the service light, it's programmed to go on every 5000 miles or so. It can be reset. The check engine light is the one that has the codes.

 

It is the check engine lite, the green one .
it is a 850 turbo.
thanks

 

The year of the car makes a difference. 1995 and earlier is OBD-I which means the codes can be pulled from under the hood by yourself. 1996+ is OBD-II. In this case, the dealer will most likely charge you to read the codes. You can either buy an OBD-II code reader to pull the codes yourself or you can go to an Autozone parts store and they will read the codes for free.

 

It is a 94 .
how do I get the codes , and how do I now what they mean.
Thanks

 

Follow link and then if you need more help just ask.
http://www.troublecodes.net/Volvo/

 

Sweet that worked .
Thanks

 

LINK WENT TO PAGE THAT SAID CODES UP TO 93 WHAT ABOUT 94?
DENNIS

 

'95's are OBDII compliant.

 

Even some 1994's are as well.
BUT you can only pull engine codes on all 1994 and 1995 through OBDII. Nothing else can be pulled through OBDII.