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Apparently the lit lamda warning light means there is a problem with the emissions system, indicating that the engine management system is no longer able to control the fuel mixture. It means you need to take your Volvo in for service.
www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=14654 Apr 6, 2008 - 11 posts
Next to the service engine light, orange with green triangle and upside down Y. Does anyone have the manual/know what this means?Missing: red square
a inverted y is the greek symbol for lambda.which means your car is telling you that you have a faulty lambda probe(if it stays on after you start the car)
Hey Mary!
Does the symbol look like an upside down y?
If so it is the lambda sign (the elleventh character of the greek alphabet), meaning that there is something fishy going on with the emissions part of the cars engine management.
Try to disconnect the battery over night and see if it goes away.
If not you could bring the car by the local Volvo garage and have them read fault codes and reset them for you, usually without cost.
I'm thinking that it might somehow have been triggered by the towing, and that it will go away when reset. I would therefore advice you not to do any repairs before you've tried having the codes cleared and driving around for a while to see if the light reappears.
Good luck!
I think that this is the Lamda warning light which is an indication that the fuel / air mixture is not correct or the Lamda sensor mounted on the manifold is defective.
1998 volvo s40 right hand drive: there is an orange triangle light with green in the center and an upside "y" in the center of the two. It is between the "up orange arrow" and "a an orange car with an X on it" the light comes and stays on. Dont know what it means. can you help. Thanks
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