It started yesterday... nothing new or different has happened aside from a new Batt. about two months ago. Last night i went to start it up, nothing happened, no click, no whine, nothing... hmmm tried a few times, same result. also, no interior lights, no signs of power. so, i opened my door to get out and check out the batt. connections. everything looked fine, i get back in the car and slam the door, all of a sudden, i hear the fuel pump prime and have lights. i try to start and everything goes dead, i try a couple of time before opening and closing the door again. everything is dead till i slam the door, each time i do, fuel pump primes, lights all work and everything resets. time goes to 12:00 and radio asks for code.... after about 10 times doing the door slam, it starts totally fine, turns right over. what could be going on??? this same thing happened again tonight, this time i was stuck at the movie theater after seeing "300" it took about 15 door slams to get it to start, actully it took a double slam to finally do it.... each time i get power to the dash i turn the key and loose all power, slam the door, it all comes back...
please offer any ideas or similar experiences.... i'm very puzzled

BTW "300" was GREAT!!!

Jay

98 volvo v70 xc awd

 

Bad connection somewhere.
Check the body ground.