Volvo S70 Made from 1998 to 2000, this sporty model replaced the 850 sedan and instantly became a hit.

Are the 98 and 99 instrument cluster/speedometer interchangable ?

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Old 02-22-2011, 08:44 AM
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i have a 98 volvo s70 and i need a new speedometer,
i found one but its a 99 and im not sure if it'll work for my car.
I notice that where the fuses are for the 98 its these cirlce things on the 99.
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Old 02-22-2011, 08:50 AM
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is yours with a trip computer info? if is see if the other one has one if not everything else will work except that info
 
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Old 02-22-2011, 11:43 AM
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yeah it does have the trip computer, but my other question is will a light or warning come up if i change the speedometers because i know some cars do ?


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From what i know from 1998-2000 are interchangable. so is like plug and play, no lights should come on. Mine is a base v70 from 1998 and i purchased fog lights, switches for front fog lights and for the trip info from a 2000xc found at the junk yard and the relay for the fog lights from a 850 dont know the year found at the junk yard too. Everything was plug and play. The dash bord cluster with trip computer info i found some info to a store and asked them if it match my car and they told me cause it work except the trip info if i dont have the switch. so now i will go back to the junk yard and take that cluster and put it in. If you can wait few days i can be 100% sure about all this.
 
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Old 03-28-2011, 01:06 PM
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I have heard that 98 is different from 99-00. You can tell which ones are later production easily: The 99-00 say "MAX" on the fuel gauge instead of "18" on the 98's.

I saw this on another volvo forum as well "You'll have either 18 or MAX as the "full" indication depending on whether you have a Motronic 4.3 (pre-'99) or CAN ('99-'00) cluster."

That said, its possible that a 98 may fit in a 99 or a 99 may fit in a 98 but will everything work correctly, probably not.
 
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Old 03-29-2011, 08:18 PM
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are the miles going to stay the same if i change the speedo?
if they are im trying to stay as close to my real mileage as possible
 
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