V70 T5 now showing red triangle.

[Leeds_finest]

Right, originally had the orange triangle up for DIM/SRS fault but now I have red triangle.

I'm fairly sure none of my doors are open and yesterday I changed the coolant and it looked a touch over filled - would I get a red light for coolant level too high?

Other than that ill just check oil level when cold - any ideas?

Can't see bloody DIM messages because the DIM has long failed.

[Harvey]

Red Warning is Something important Check oil ,brake fluid ,Water level.
It might think there's no water in it
Put a dice /vida reader on it As it could be anything.

[Leeds_finest]

Well ill let it cool down and check all levels tomorrow.

Drives fine and no oil/engine light on and car doesn't overheat but will give it a good once over tomorrow.

I sold my DICE as I swore neer to buy another P2 Volvo lol - guess I should've kept it!

[M-R-P]

Check the float in the coolant tank mate, it may have jammed down when you filled it, that'll give you the red triangle.

[Leeds_finest]

Good shout!

Lets hope it's coolant related as I haven't touched anything else.

[The Flying Moose]

May sound daft but the triangle also comes up for a bulb out... simple things first, check all the lights work!

[Leeds_finest]

Ahhh even the red one for a bulb out?

[M-R-P]

Only Orange triangle for a bulb mate. The dim failing can also throw a brake failure warning which gives a red triangle.

[stribo]

Personally, what with your DIM being on the way out, I wouldn't believe anything it says.

[Leeds_finest]

Hmmmm...

Well my STC 100% doesn't work. Even with it engaged I can spin the wheels easily and nothing flashes to tell me the wheels are spinning.

Maybe I should replace the DIM then but I haven't got that sort of money really.

Ill check levels etc tomorrow but car appears to drive ok.

[volvokid]

I can't believe the amount of dim failures you read on here, you would have thought past owners would have replaced them by now.

[Leeds_finest]

You would have thought so yes.

My trac. control doesn't work and I don't think my ABS does either and I reckon it's down to DIM.

[M-R-P]

Failed dim won't stop those functions working. The abs can be tested by stopping on mud - you should feel a fast vibration through the pedal. The basic version of tracs on your car works up to 20mph and will allow a lot of spin before cutting the throttle. You won't get any flashing lights because the dim is shot.

Shame you don't live closer south, I'll have a crack at it for ya.

[Leeds_finest]

How much do you charge bud?

Can travel.

[M-R-P]

How much do you charge bud?

Can travel.

That's a 360 mile round trip mate

I wouldn't charge as there's no guarantee of success but I'd be willing to have a stab at it. There's a good chance it'll all work again for an undecided amount of time. BUT there's a chance it won't fix anything and a small chance it'll make things worse.

[V70 Graham]

He'd charge his usual.....half a can of warm beer lol
He does it for the love of the cars, I'm sure if you went down he'd look after you, as he has me.

[Leeds_finest]

I'm near Brum in West Midlands so I'm aware it's a jaunt but I could give it a shot one day, what you reckon?

It's worth a try isn't it.... Only thing is I've fixed suspension, AWD and serviced the B5254T4 but never removed the clocks

[M-R-P]

2 x T25 torx screws under the steering cowl.
Pop - off the top of the steering cowl,
dig fingers in at bottom of clock facia and pull hard.
4 x T25 torx screws holding the clocks in and one 14 pin connector.

That's it. 5 minute job. Just don't disconnect the clocks without disconnecting the battery for a couple of hours first or you'll throw another fault code

If you're happy spending £100 in petrol on the chance of having it work then it's worth a go. I'll even cook you dinner lol.

Just remember - if it does work (which it should, to one degree or another) there's no saying how long it'll last. You may be better off taking it to a tv repair shop and having them do it for about £40, I can show you which chip to get them to resolder (if they'll do it - some places won't touch stuff like this)

[stephenevans99]

There's a guy who advertises DIM repairs on eBay - he has an excellent reputation across the forums (inc. VPCUK).

He charges £70 inc P&P and gives a 2 year guarantee on his work - even offers a 'loan' Instrument Cluster to keep you on the road if necessary.

eBay Linky

HTH - Steve

[Leeds_finest]

Whoa whoa whoa - £100 quid to do 360 miles??!! Please tell me your car does more than 36 miles average to a tenner on a motorway run :p

Ok well is rather someone look at it who has done these before... So if you can have a pop ill come down one weekend.

So I take it that no component itself actually fails? It's simply soldering on a chip that fails?