• Fuses 1 - 15, 34 and 42 - 44 are relays/circuit breakers and should only be removed or replaced by a trained and qualified Volvo service technician.

Not straightforward. Gonna have to remove bits of the fuse box.

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yep, that's what I figured. Know what to remove?

 

Remove the black 10mm nut and then locate and push the 3 tabs, 1 grey on inboard side, 1 grey up front in center of top layer, and a black one on the outer box back wall. Lift the box using needle nose pliers to grab here and there around box to slide it up. It will move a little in the first lift around and then it usually slides up. The wire entry grommets on front side outboard may need to be slid upwards.
The fuses in bottom row are now visible.
I do not disconnect battery but I use a lot of care so no wrenches bridge power leads to ground. do this at your own risk. Arcing wires are known to state of California to cause fire.
Screwdrivers point to tabs in photos. I don't need no stinkin' MS Word.
1st pic is the lower fuses
2nd pic is the upper box slipped up off stud and out of its "hole"
3rd are the grey tabs
4th is that black tab that is part of the back wall of fuse box enclosure

The front center grey tab is the hardest to find but a small blade screwdriver inserted and left down in there to keep the tab that latches it pushed aside is how I do it.

 

Remove the black 10mm nut and then locate and push the 3 tabs, 1 grey on inboard side, 1 grey up front in center of top layer, and a black one on the outer box back wall. Lift the box using needle nose pliers to grab here and there around box to slide it up. It will move a little in the first lift around and then it usually slides up. The wire entry grommets on front side outboard may need to be slid upwards.
The fuses in bottom row are now visible.
I do not disconnect battery but I use a lot of care so no wrenches bridge power leads to ground. do this at your own risk. Arcing wires are known to state of California to cause fire.

The front center grey tab is the hardest to find but a small blade screwdriver inserted and left down in there to keep the tab that latches it pushed aside is how I do it.

Just wanted to say thankyou for you post. I want to disconect fuse 8 and was having a bad time getting the top fuse tray off.

Cheers.

 

You are welcome. Volvo did some sneaky fuse/relay box engineering starting with the P2 models and I had to figure it out to work on cars in my shop.

 

All done today, what a PITA!!!

Thanks for your description & photos.

Now I just have to find out why the windscreen washer spray isn't working!

Cheers

 

I'm getting the same message.
@cattlecar kindly please send these images by email to gabi@ww.ro
Thanks!

 

Hi,

I cannot se this pictures, ther is something wrong with the permissions?

My email is vindsvala@gmail.com if someone have them.

Kind regards // Johan

 

If anyone has these images, could you please email to oscar.taira21@gmail.com

 

If Anyone have these pictures , kindly please email to jo2688@gmail.com
Thanks !!!

 

@ETbull -- Sorry to bring up an old thread, but how did this work out? Was it the fuse/relay or something else?

 

I'm looking into this also... just replaced the blower fan and resistor/controller, now looking at the fuse.

 

This is a great write-up! I was able to get the fuse replaced. Unfortunately, my blower fan still isn't working.

 

Sucks man! Is it the control panel in the cabin? I hear those fail...

 

@cattlecar: Thanks for the instructions / pictures!

The blower fan is not coming on. So, I am trying to figure out the problem.

I got the A tray out to access C tray. I dropped the 40 amp fuse when I tried to get it out :-(. So, I had to get the B tray out to get to the fuse. I couldn't put the B tray back sliding down two notches (rear-side) and single notch on the left side. I could get it to slide down the two notches (rear-side) only. Not enough slack. I was afraid of breaking some wires. SO left it like that. Is there any knack to this ?

All this to check a fuse which happened to be good. Now I have to check the resistor and blower... If I missed anything else please let me know.

 

Images

Hi,

I am also not able to view the images. Trying to perform this job right now. Would it be possible for someone to forward the images to my email longo_roberto@hotmail.com.

Thanks!

 

In the same predicament - non-working fan on heater trying to check fuse

Can't see the images regarding fuse box, would be really useful although I suspect the problem may be the fan motor or resistor

 

Bumping this, need to pull the headlight washer fuse from my '13 soon.

@cattlecar, which side of the junction is "hot" when you remove the black nut? May just disconnect the battery to be safe, but know you said you usually don't. Just curious what to watch for if not.

Thanks!
Joe

 

I’ll be doing this soon on my V60 to replace windshield heater fuse. I plan to disconnect the battery. No reason not to take the precaution IMO.

 

I'll be doing this soon on my V60 to replace windshield heater fuse. I plan to disconnect the battery. No reason not to take the precaution IMO.

That's a good idea!
But if you plan on testing fuses while your in there, your gonna have to leave the battery plugged in.

 

I took some better pictures of the tab locations for removing the top upper fuse box. I took two pictures of the black tab as it’s hard to see at first. The tab I had the most difficult with was the one with the larger clip. However I still could wiggle the box out and I didn’t want to break anything. So good luck.

 

Just a few more pics of the process getting to this ridiculously located fuse box. As a side note, even after the clips were unlatched, had to really rock it back and forth and slowly pry it up.

 

As an aside, I was accessing the lower fuse box to check the HVAC blower motor fuse since the blower stopped working. The fuse was, of course, still good. Replaced the blower motor resistor today...working so far.

 

Had to open this up today to check for fuse #11 for the blower, broke a tab here and there but still works. It's all good so must be the fan itself, what a B&TC* to pull out.
Just wanted to thank everyone for their pictures I would've had to take it somewhere to check it if I didn't see these posts by everyone. Happy new year 2024 everyone !