# My Volvo C70 only starts when it wants to

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-volvo-c70-only-starts-when-it-wants-to/44955>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** c70, volvo\
**Created:** [February 22, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-volvo-c70-only-starts-when-it-wants-to/44955 "2010-02-22T23:37:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Karen\_Horton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cab0a1/32.png) [@Karen\_Horton](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Karen_Horton)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-volvo-c70-only-starts-when-it-wants-to/44955/1 "2010-02-22T23:37:32Z")

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I have an 04 Volvo C70 that will crank/turn over and then just die. If I wait 2-5 min. it will start, or not. The dealership wants over a hundred dollars to go into the steering column. The technician even suggested the Toyota key on my ring was sendding messages and shoul d be removed. Since this not starting doesn’t occur each time, I discounted that theory. We have put 2 new bastteries in this car in thelast 3 years to no avail, and now the dealership wants us to pay $135. for for battery cable ends.

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**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-volvo-c70-only-starts-when-it-wants-to/44955/2 "2010-02-22T23:43:04Z")

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Go to a good, independent mechanic. They will check your fuel pump pressure and then your fuel filter. I think it’s a fuel-related problem. I’m still laughing about the Toyota key because the odds of a Toyota and a Volvo being compatible is almost nil.