2004 T6 XC90 electrical gremlins

2004 T6 XC90 electrical gremlins

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dandare

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Tuesday 13th December 2016
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Hello experts,

I've recently bought an XC90. I bought it blind (yes, stupid) and it was delivered to me in Germany, due to lack of time to pick it up.
Unfortunately there seem to be a few (hopefully) small problems with it.

The rear wiper stops and starts when it wants after you turn it on. It eventually parks itself when you turn it off.

The windscreen wiper intermittent mode baffles me. It seems to vary its timing independent of the adjustment.

And lastly, before I had it delivered, the former owner asked me to ring him BEFORE I drive it. Alarm bells. I did, and he said that I should NEVER set the clock on the dashboard. Apparently if I did, it would cause all sorts of problems with the dashboard electrics. He said this was a common fault for these. Obviously I haven't touched it, yet.

Has anybody heard of these problems with a T6 XC90? It reeks of a bodge to me.

The car has been fine over the last 2,000 miles, apart from these points, and I really want to set the clock wobble


dandare

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Thursday 15th December 2016
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Murph7355 said:
Mine's a D5.

The clock thing does not happen. Sounds like a bodge to me too.

Ref wipers do you have auto wipers?
Or maybe the last owner was superstitious? smile

I don't know if they are auto wipers. They seem to do what they want to, so maybe. I'll try to find out.

dandare

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Friday 16th December 2016
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confused_buyer said:
To be brutally frank if this is a pre-2005 T6 and these are the only issues you've bought well.
I'm beginning to realise this.
It seemed like a lot of metal for the money. smile

Thanks for the information though. I'll check the rear wiper.