My XC is randomly beeping at me

[Brett San Diego]

A few days ago the XC began beeping randomly. It's a single short electronic beep. I thought it was the radio, but it continues with the radio off. Is it the instrument cluster? Is there a beep associated with one of the functions of the cluster or the on-board computer? It seems totally random. I can't associate it with anything. Perhaps related, perhaps not, the trip odometer has started randomly resetting itself, too. Any help here?
Thanks,
Brett

[pqmagic70]

Mine does that as well usually followed by the trip odometer resetting itself. I also have the racing clock issue so I'd say my DIM is failing. I've looked at Xemodex to replace it but at 240K miles it's not a top priority.

[pqmagic70]

Just a follow up. I've decided to invest a little money on maintenance and see just how many more miles I can get out of the car. Overall it runs well and has no issues or safety concerns that require immediate attention. So I added replacing the DIM to the latest maintenance list that included a gibbons flush, AC ziptie fix, upper and lower radiator hose replacement and a new splash guard. I picked up the DIM, which was previously repaired by Xemodex, off of Ebay for a fair price and I no longer have the racing clock, random beeping or odometer resets that usually accompany the beep.

[Brett San Diego]

Thanks for the response. I'm unfamiliar with the Volvo acronyms. Is the DIM the instrument cluster itself or an electronic module that controls the cluster?
Brett

[pqmagic70]

Sorry out of town with no internet access. DIM is the Drivers Information Module which is basically the instrument cluster. Here's a forum post from Matthews site with good information. Very easy replacement. I lived with the issues for a few years but the they continued to increase in frequency so I decided to replace it before it completely failed.

https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/fo...ic.php?t=47705