I am having the same issue as everyone else and I've tried a few different fixes. The dealership wants $1300 just to begin and that's using the headliner I have. The potential cost is somewhere around $3200.

So I'm wondering if anyone has been creative and customized the headliner. It has moving parts under the headliner so I"m not certain anything else but original would work. Help!

C70 2012 HTC


Imln

 

I always wonder if it's possible to just remove the entire headliner and be done with the threat of the falling headliner ruining roof operation.
Maybe just put some upholstered panels and dynomat on the roof in it's place.

 

I'm just about at that point if I can't find someone local to help. My problem now is with cables and attachments, not so much with the headliner itself.

I could swear I read about someone who removed his headliner and drove it that way; but I'll be danged if I can find that thread/post.
I would be sad to leave Bluebell in that condition; but I'd be tickled to have the ability to drop the top once again!!!
Gonna take three of us just to get the top into 'service position' , I reckon. I tried to lower the top this week and it's binding in a way I've never experienced before.
Fortunately, I was able to put the top back into the closed/up position; but I'll be sad if Bluebell is just a coupe from now on!!!

 

OK, this complex problem needs to be solved by Volvo. Call around to their facilities and see which one has experienced, C70 repair people for the roof. I bought a good, used 2013, but the headliner was messed up. The (Mercedes dealership had to send it to a Volvo shop to have it repaired. The used car salesman was reluctant until I pointed out that if it's not repaired, I'd walk away from the deal and they still would have to have it repaired. The Volvo repair shop guarantees the new headliner for life, and you can't beat that. Yes, it'll cost you in the thousands, but since you love the car, and they're becoming scarcer, and, increasing in value, you'll not regret that decision. Even if you have to go far away to that Volvo facility and maybe even have to spend the night(s) at a roach motel, the result will be the best.

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Tedders

 

What part is guaranteed?
certainly not the electronics and hydraulics.

 

If Volvo fixed it with their parts, in their shop at their prices, it is guaranteed for the time of the owner's possession of the car. The Volvo shop I use (Stillmans in West Chester, PA) guarantees whatever they repair.

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