[1tinkerer]

Well, here's one for you..
The Radio in our 2004 XC90 started to play up a while ago by displaying 'rubbish' on the screen when on a while, plus the scrren was getting incredibly hot.. If it was switched off again and allowed to rest for a while, when switched on, all was normal,
for a while until the rubbish appeared once again...

Until one day, when the radio was on, the wife noticed a smell in the car, and promptly stopped and got the kids out, when the smoke started to appear from the dash.. The smell and the smoke came from the radio..

Now, the display does not work at all now, but the radio still works (but afraid to touch any buttons as we will lose the station).. Parking sensors work too..

Is this something that can be repaired or is it too far gone??

BTW, if we did send it away for repair, can the XC90 be driven without the radio in place??