V60 2013 Fuse Box Replacement or How to repair

[donaldthompson]

Hi, please could some guide me.

V60 1.6 Diesel R Design

My wiper washer stopped working for front windscreen and rear, no water, wipers work.

The garage replaced the wiper stalk and said the fuse box itself is damaged and needs replacing which is a massive cost.

The fuse box itself has traces of burning, everything else works fine on the car.

What are my options now, its a £1k plus job to solve at Volvo I have been told?

Is there any other and cheaper way to solve this?

Thanks in advance.

Donald

[Clan]

Originally Posted by donaldthompson

Hi, please could some guide me.

V60 1.6 Diesel R Design

My wiper washer stopped working for front windscreen and rear, no water, wipers work.

The garage replaced the wiper stalk and said the fuse box itself is damaged and needs replacing which is a massive cost.

The fuse box itself has traces of burning, everything else works fine on the car.

What are my options now, its a £1k plus job to solve at Volvo I have been told?

Is there any other and cheaper way to solve this?

Thanks in advance.

Donald

The most important question is why did it burn ? that needs diagnosing first ...

[donaldthompson]

Originally Posted by Clan

The most important question is why did it burn ? that needs diagnosing first ...

The garage that tried to solve this, said it was caused by the wiper stalk which smelt of burning and replaced it for a new one.

But your right as well, how did it reach the fuse box when there are fuses for that.

[Clan]

Originally Posted by donaldthompson

The garage that tried to solve this, said it was caused by the wiper stalk which smelt of burning and replaced it for a new one.

But your right as well, how did it reach the fuse box when there are fuses for that.

It does need investigating , The wiper switch hasn't carried any load for over 20 years now , all it does is send a tiny signal to the CEM to tell it what to do with the wipers/washers, certainly not enough current to cause smoke ..

[donaldthompson]

Originally Posted by Clan

It does need investigating , The wiper switch hasn't carried any load for over 20 years now , all it does is send a tiny signal to the CEM to tell it what to do with the wipers/washers, certainly not enough current to cause smoke ..

My car has done 160K now, could this be age related?

The car has been very well maintained, so I'm not looking to scrap it.

The garage said that one of the little transistors on the wiper stalk had dropped off after heating up too much.

The wipers where used when the car was iced up, wipers moved, but could frozen water pipes have forced this issue?

Donald

[Clan]

Originally Posted by donaldthompson

My car has done 160K now, could this be age related?

The car has been very well maintained, so I'm not looking to scrap it.

The garage said that one of the little transistors on the wiper stalk had dropped off after heating up too much.

The wipers where used when the car was iced up, wipers moved, but could frozen water pipes have forced this issue?

Donald

No mileage shouldn't affect it , heat might . so the wipers froze to the screen?

[donaldthompson]

Originally Posted by Clan

No mileage shouldn't affect it , heat might . so the wipers froze to the screen?

Wipers where free, pulled on the stalk for water which had antifreeze in, but was frozen

[Clan]

Originally Posted by donaldthompson

Wipers where free, pulled on the stalk for water which had antifreeze in, but was frozen

you need 2 or 3 litre bottles of volvo wash fluid to protect to -20C ...

[donaldthompson]

Originally Posted by Clan

you need 2 or 3 litre bottles of volvo wash fluid to protect to -20C ...

I had some in, I will call Volvo and see what this will cost to replace the fuse box and share the outcome.

Is there no easy way (or less expensive) to swap out the fuse box for a scrap one and have it coded to the engine again?

This is going to be painful I think

[Clan]

Originally Posted by donaldthompson

I had some in, I will call Volvo and see what this will cost to replace the fuse box and share the outcome.

Is there no easy way (or less expensive) to swap out the fuse box for a scrap one and have it coded to the engine again?

This is going to be painful I think

What's actually wrong with the fuse box ?