2016 V60 with the 2L 4-cylinder engine.

According to the Volvo owners manual---and my eyes---the power steering reservoir does not exist!! Typical online instructions assume the 5-cylinder engine.

Nice car, but I find myself missing the 60s......

 

On line owners manual shows it by the right side headlamp in the engine compartment.

 

Yes--I saw that. It is for the 5-cylinder engine. They show a diagram for the 4-cylinder 2 liter, and the power-steering reservoir is not on the diagram.

 

Based on what I have seen of Volvo's current design philosophy, it's probably under the turbo, requiring 4 hours of removing air intake, air filter, turbocharger and intake manifold to get to it.

 

I can certainly see your logic, but it seems more likely that there is some kind of sealed system that is not supposed to need maintenance....All I have so far is the owners manual, which says on every other page: "have this done by a qualified Volvo technician"

 

If no reservoir you may have electric power steering. Get under the car or try to look from the top at the rack and see if there are power steering hoses on it or an electric motor and wiring.

 

If you have hydraulic power steering, the reservoir is right behind the right headlight.

 

Well!!---shame on me for not doing a complete study when I had everything apart for the oil change......

I guess if there is an electric parking brake, there can be electric power steering. I suspect the electric parking brake caused another issue, but that will be another thread

 

Based on scattered information on the 'net and a bit of guesswork, it appears that there may be two types of "electric" P/S - one that is is wholly electric - some mechanical connection between an electric motor and the steering rack and a second using an electric pump to drive a hydraulic system. In either case the power source is no longer a crankshaft driven belt so it can be placed anywhere. Looking at the pictures of the electric pumps, the reservoir may be part of the pump but, again, no location information.

 

Thanks for all the inputs on this.....Cars are not what they are used to be---most of my "mechanic time" was about 1/2 century ago.....

 

I found it interesting how the factory maintenance schedule says to check the PS fluid level every 10,000 miles. Maybe a quick drive by the dealer to ask them to show you how that's done :-)