I have a '03 V70 2.4T with 55K miles. For the past two months I've had intermittent issues with the car not starting. When I turn the key I hear a click, but the engine won't turn over. All lights work fine. I've tried jumping it with no success. I've had it towed to the Swedish specialty shop a couple of times with a different diagnosis each time. First they replaced the Starter Relay, car worked fine for a week or so. Then it wouldn't start again, so I took it back and they replaced the starter, same thing happened a week later, so they blamed it on a faulty starter and replaced it again. The car drove fine for 3 weeks or so, then had the same problem, when I took it back to them they said it was the ignition relay and replaced that. That was 4 weeks ago and yesterday my car wouldn't start again.

The one consistent part is that it typically won't start after I drive it for a short period (5 minutes), get out of it for a short period (5-10 minutes) and then get back in. It will usually start up after letting it sit for a while, but not always.

I would appreciate any thoughts on what could be causing all of these problems.

 

Do the lights dim way down when you hear the click?

 

No, I haven't noticed any dimming of the lights. All interior and exterior lights appear to be at normal strength.

 

That shoots down an intermittant ground issue from the battery.Maybe a bad connection in the wiring. Tech, our resident Guru, should be around shortly.

 

Sorry, Tech missedyour question yesterday.The Swede shopreplaced so much already, I hope they aren't billing you to death with their dart throwing.I still feel, it is a bad connection.

 

Do you ever have a message in the little window to the left when it won't start?

 

No, I have looked at the messages when it won't start and it always says no messages.

 

Maybe a bad PNP switch.