The Electrics, Dashboard and Heater 7 Earthing blocks
16 Citroen XM Internet Reference Version 1.0
3/3/99
Sport not auto
The suspension went out of AUTOMATIC into SPORT. Now, it has to be admitted that in SPORT the car
certainly firms up the overall ride. But in this case, I did not require sporty handling but rather a
cushioning of the rough roads of Krakow's bumpy pave. To cut a long story short, the problem was
traced to the main multi-block connections to 'the brain' or computer, without which your XM will not
function. With the ignition off, wiggle the connectors, and back comes the automatic control of the
suspension. Bliss again! I have had to clean and use contact cleaner (available from Tandy) several
times in the past two years to overcome this problem. You will find these connections under the bonnet
in the black box on the off-side of the engine compartment. It seems that the achilles heel of XMs and
probably other makes and models, lies in the connectors rather than in the basic electronics.
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