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09 Maintenance and service
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Fuses
General
All electrical functions and components are
fused to protect the car’s electrical system
from damage by short circuiting and overloading.
The fuses are in two different locations in the
car:
• Relay/Fuse box in the engine compartment
• Relay/fuse box in the passenger compartment.
Changing
If an electrical component or function does
not work, it may be because the component’s
fuse was temporarily overloaded and
blew.
– Look in the fuse diagram to locate the
fuse.
– Pull out the fuse and check from the side
to see whether the curved wire has blown.
– If this is the case, replace it with a new
fuse of the same colour and amperage.
Each fuse box has space for several spare
fuses. If the same fuse blows repeatedly it
means that there is a fault in the component.
Contact an authorised Volvo workshop to
have the system checked.
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