Strange electrical glitch.....Xantia

rmunns · Unread post by **rmunns** » 26 Jun 2009, 00:28

Just replaced 1998 1.8i 16V with a 2000 Hdi90. Identical dashboards (although one LHD, one RHD).

The new car has a glitch with the digital clock. It occasionally shows the wrong time. Dunno whether something in particular prompts it to change (the hours only, not the minutes) or whether it's random.

Is this the start of some weird electrical gremlins?

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 26 Jun 2009, 08:39

I've seen this issue on the 205GTi I used to own. It became a random time indicator

Never seen it on a Xantia though excpet when the battery has been very low. I'd be inclinded to think that for some reason the clock is momentarily loosing it's power supply. Does the change in time co-incide with a heavy load being placed on the electrical system, say the blower or engine fans starting up?

I've seen a similar happening with a poor, tired battery that really dips its voltage right down on starting.

wrinklet1 · Unread post by **wrinklet1** » 26 Jun 2009, 09:20

Hi, I have had the same thing happen on all three of the Xantia's I have owned, a 1993 model, 1998mkII and my current 2000mkII model. All have done it at random but only the hour.

Paul

f00lzz · Unread post by **f00lzz** » 26 Jun 2009, 09:22

It happens on both mine... I found that I was accidentally tapping the hour button when searching for the radio buttons..

rmunns · Unread post by **rmunns** » 28 Jun 2009, 07:45

Thanksfor suggestions - I'll keep an eye on it and report back.