Xantia fuses blown, speedo at 150mph

paranoid · Unread post by **paranoid** » 19 Oct 2006, 19:23

Hi haven't been here in a while........

The new owner of my Xantia TD R reg, has rung up with a bizzare problem, 2 15amp fuses keep blowing (rear wiper and indicators) and the speedo has gone to 150 mph and stayed there.

Any ideas folks a bit stuck as he's going on holiday Saturday

Unread post by **Father Ted** » 19 Oct 2006, 22:05

The speedo problem usually happens if there is a surge of power or spike, its common if the car has been jump or boost started. I gather it can only really be rectified by removal of the speedo and shaking the bugger back round to zero again.
As for the popping fuses, have a look in the rear section of the car for trapped / frayed wire. Past experience has taught me that its usually something like this, where wire either passes through a bulkhead / door frame or something has been disturbed and has caught the wire grounding it out.

howzat · Unread post by **howzat** » 19 Oct 2006, 23:27

I had the Xantia speedo problem after jump starting. However when I drove the vehicle after a time it returned to normal working.

f00lzz · Unread post by **f00lzz** » 20 Oct 2006, 11:17

Suggest you take a picture of the speedo reading before you fix it..... the blokes down the pub will never believe it otherwise!! $\:D/$

KP · Unread post by KP » 20 Oct 2006, 11:30

Yip you now have the fastest Xantia in the world.

Well other than one maybe dropped out of a plane from a few miles up lol