1998 v70r awd
 

(1) turn on car and it will not shift out of park by pressing on the break, I have to use the manual release shift button, so I use it and it will go into gear and drive / run great... just no turn signals or break lights or head light... the high beams work though! everything else in the vehicle work perfect...

the easy fix that works (most of the time), once I start the car and realize it won't shift in gear I just turn the car off and wait 1-2 sec and turn it back on. all is well, this works about 98% of the time... the other 2% of the time i just drive a short distance (say 1 mile) and turn off the car go in the store or what ever, come back out and start it and all is well. My main question is why is this happening at all? any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

(2) on the info box on the dash. the one with the MPG's and outside temp info ect... it will flash DISC a couple of times and go away. doesn't seem to effect anything. but i don't know what it means.?

95% Chance you have a bad ignition switch. If you start the car and turn the key back just a little, everthing will start working. It's a common problem with Volvo's built between '93 and '99. Every 960/S90 I owned had the problem. I kinda liked it, it was like a security feature. :) You need to get a new switch from FCP or somewhere and replace it. Not as bad as it sounds. The ignition switch is on the other side of the steering collum from where you stick the key in. It has about 15 switches in it that control a lot of stuff. About 75% of them will work when you turn them back a little, the others will not. The part at FCP is about $55.

Common symptoms are:

• Will not come out of gear.
• Windows will not come down.
• Lights don't work.
• Radio won't come on.
• Turn signals don't work.
• Lights don't come one.
• Cruise control won't engage.
• The list goes on...

The car will run and drive but most accessories will not work.

I will try that the next time it happens... Thank you for the feed back!

Here is a link: https://volvoforums.com/forum/volvo-...-issues-56256/

you nailed it right on the head. Thank you so much for the advice, it happen today and i did what you said and everything worked. Your a life saver! Thank you!