I've got an intermittent problem that I hope someone else had had as well. I've done a lot of Google searching but turned up nothing so far. My issue is that occasionally I will go to use my car and the battery is completely dead. I mean so dead that I can't even use the key fob to unlock the doors,...

Update: I have never been so relieved to be embarrassed. I took it all apart again and found that i didn't plug one of the electrical connections back together. If it was only the waterfall console that didn't work, I would have suspected that immediately but since the instrument panel stopped as we...

I attempted to replace my aluminum console panels with the wood ones today and the install went according to plan until I turned my car on. All of the interior lights work, including the ones for my hazard light switch, shifter lights, and switch for the lights themselves. However, all of the contro...

I've rigged up a stand that uses the v12 socket as a base for a holder. It isn't a permanent solution but it will do for now... I wish I could use my iPod as an iPod but I stream music from Rdio so I wouldn't be able to interact with it through the stereo as well as I could if my music was directly ...

So I found out that the small area toward the front is a place for BLIS switches. It's such an awkward little hole. I wish it was not there. lol Maybe I'll have to resort to some modified version of a 12v dock.

Hey guys and gals- I just purchased a 2011 V50 and love being able to plug my iPhone in via usb. My question is, What do you do with it when it is plugged in? Putting it in a cup holder works well enough but its sloppy and impractical. (The opposite of the rest of the cabin) Likewise, using a cup ho...

This happened to me yesterday and I wanted to add to the possible solutions to this problem. I 1st tried the steel wire solution but didn't like the result. My fix requires Loctite two part plastic glue and a small angled piece of plastic. Finding the right piece of plastic might be the hardest part...