Replacing headlight bulb V70

[JoeNinety]

I'll buck the trend....

@ five minutes work to release the front bumper sufficiently on one side to remove the headlight.

I have complete removal of bumper down to @ 10 minutes

Then headlight bulb changing is easy.

[teleplayer]

Originally Posted by volvo2

Yes, I heard of this. It seems to be the case for the face-lift models. Mine is a 2002 and although I would not say it is easy (eg best to remove the window washer filler tube on that side) at least the bumper does not need to come off. Appallingly bad design in my opinion.

Its reminiscent of the old tale from the 60s about the Rolls Royce owner taking it into the garage to have the ashtray emptied. It is bad design, it seriously denigrates the very word and would wager that no-one really noticed until it was too late. Press ahead and see if we can can get away with it. It is depressingly the attitude from all kinds of manufacturers, especially hi tech.
Bah...

[teleplayer]

Originally Posted by JoeNinety

I'll buck the trend....

@ five minutes work to release the front bumper sufficiently on one side to remove the headlight.

I have complete removal of bumper down to @ 10 minutes

Then headlight bulb changing is easy.

I daresay. There was a time when I could, and had to change a clutch cable that kept snapping on a Vauxhall Viva in 15 mins. I'm not planning to do this job that often.

[VroomVroomClonk]

Originally Posted by teleplayer

It is bad design, it seriously denigrates the very word and would wager that no-one really noticed until it was too late...

Well hopefully someone at Volvo got a good kicking for the V70 headlamp design.
Maybe that is why on a V50 the entire headlamp unit is of a quick-release design and can easily be removed in less than five seconds.

[sv70]

Good tip that from vroom,i'l be using that one next time,i know we moan about the difficulty in replacing the bulbs but spare a thought for the old mercedes A140 owners-if the alternator packs up you have to take the engine out to sort it.

[Bonefishblues]

Originally Posted by VroomVroomClonk

Well hopefully someone at Volvo got a good kicking for the V70 headlamp design.
Maybe that is why on a V50 the entire headlamp unit is of a quick-release design and can easily be removed in less than five seconds.

I believe Porsche was the first to do that on the Boxster.

[Joe Harding]

Had this issue with the real swine of a job - the passenger side bulb where the air filter box reduces the working space to a few inches. Being on holiday meant I couldn't do it myself so we called by Halfords in Bangor. A young lady there readily agreed to do the job - it took her five minutes and cost me £13.50 including the bulb. Top marks where they are due.

[camturbo]

Mine is an 07 v70,took me 25 mins to do both sides without removing bumper,just remove airbox.

[Thassos]

my top tip is use some masking tape round the end of your longest finger, to tape the new bulb around the pins..make sure the tab is upright, then manouver it into place, you can't really see much then using another finger when its in place push the rim of the bulb so that the finger can be pulled free with tape still on le digit if you've done it right.. its definitely a pig of a design..