collangm
Jul 26th, 2011, 15:42
Hi, I own a Volvo V50 with the High-Performance Radio and Auto-Climate control system. Since owning the car, bought second-hand from a dealer last year, I have noticed a periodic fault that causes the Radio/Climate system to shut-down completely after engine start. It seems to coincide during the following;
1. Engine ignition start
2. Engine revs at 2000 revs for about 10-seconds
3. Engine revs drop to just below 1000 revs
4. Car put into gear and pull away...display shuts down (intermittantly - 1 in 10 attemps)
To clear, the ignition has to be turned off and I msut wait for all electrical system to shut down - usually after 20-30 secs from engine shutdown. Restart and all is okay until the next occurance.
If I try to pull away while revs are in the 2000 range this can also occur, or is more likely to happen?
Has anyone had any experience of this. Sound like either an electrical or firmware issue to me but thought I'd test the water first before trying to get ripped off...sorry, I meant fixed! ;)
My main concern is that when this happens it disables the audible warning emitted by the reverse parking sensor. I've begun to rely on this far too often of late and nearly hit a car this morning while parking at work because of this issue!
Sorry, forgot to mention that this is a 2.4i Auto model.
1. Engine ignition start
2. Engine revs at 2000 revs for about 10-seconds
3. Engine revs drop to just below 1000 revs
4. Car put into gear and pull away...display shuts down (intermittantly - 1 in 10 attemps)
To clear, the ignition has to be turned off and I msut wait for all electrical system to shut down - usually after 20-30 secs from engine shutdown. Restart and all is okay until the next occurance.
If I try to pull away while revs are in the 2000 range this can also occur, or is more likely to happen?
Has anyone had any experience of this. Sound like either an electrical or firmware issue to me but thought I'd test the water first before trying to get ripped off...sorry, I meant fixed! ;)
My main concern is that when this happens it disables the audible warning emitted by the reverse parking sensor. I've begun to rely on this far too often of late and nearly hit a car this morning while parking at work because of this issue!
Sorry, forgot to mention that this is a 2.4i Auto model.