just searching for info found this forum.
i have just bought a 1998 xantia activa 2.0 and i have a few niggles,
the wipers only work on low speed, looking around the fuse box i cant find the blue relay or an empty socket but i have got two black relays that seem to control the wipers (ie the wipers stop if i pull one or the other out).
and
the car leans to the passenger side when parked.
should have noticed this before i bought it but i saw "activa" and thought i had to have it, other than that im very impressed with the car and how it drives. any ideas would be much appreciated.[:)]
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yes the linkag4e needs ajusting, if your in the midlands i', going to start offering free ajustments on this (donations welcome of cause) if your car suffers for it, althouhg it may seem like it causes no probl;ems you wil find that the grip on the side that it leans away from will be lessoned as the lean is always in efect even if you cant tell it is, also this problem seams to make the car lean more than the .5 degrees that it should (you wont know unless you drive a working activa). it all sounds like a nightmare but in reality it should be a simple fix (once its on my new huge ramps
Andy
Andy
That's really kind of Andy to offer this service, but if it's causing no trouble at all then why tweak it? The thing is, that it's highly unlikely that it is due to a relatively minor readjustment issue. If it was like that then we'd all be looking for little screws to fiddle with on our Activas. It looks to me that you have to get he vehicle back to the required engineering requirements. These cars are pretty simple really - like baking a cake. Modern cars are not tweak friendly. Something is wrong.