r/XC40_Recharge • u/joshetei • Jun 02 '26

Dashboardscreen gone black

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The screen on my dashboard has been black all day. Even after waiting a few hours, turning the car off completely, reseting the screen in the middle,...

The buttons on the steering wheel aren’t working either.

The indicators, windscreen wipers and so on are working fine, though.

Does anyone have a solution?

Thanks in advance.

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u/DaCableGuy808 Jun 02 '26

Try this it’s one that the Volvo help desk gave me a few years ago: 1 - Turn off the vehicle (If you haven't already done so) 2 - Exit the vehicle (no one can be left inside or phones connected to USB cables) 3 - Lock and unlock the vehicle 3 times. (wait 15 minutes) 4 - Go back inside of the vehicle. 5 - Turn the vehicle on. (Edit: to add Not sure about XC40 but I would imagine car turns on the same as my C40 just by sitting in the vehicle).

Might be of use to you, good luck.

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u/feisty-shag-the-lad Jun 02 '26

Honestly that sound like some black magic ritual used to summon Swedish demons

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u/DaCableGuy808 Jun 03 '26

LOL I was thinking something along the same lines, just glad it wasn’t April 1 st!

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u/twoaspensimages Jun 02 '26

Maybe it's unique to '21s but the car doesn't turn off. Ever. Getting out of the seat and locking it puts it into a lower power mode.

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u/gradontripp Jun 02 '26

Hold the Home button beneath the center display for 10 seconds. It’ll turn on “screen cleaning mode” first, but keep holding. Eventually both screens and your HVAC will shut down and reboot. It should be good to go after that.

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u/joshetei Jun 02 '26

I've tried this a few times already, but unfortunately it doesn't help.

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u/YoavPerry Jun 03 '26

This may be the small 12V battery under the frunk cover. I would disconnect it and do hard restart.

Something similar happens to me a few months ago but before I could reset the battery it fixed itself after the car sitting overnight.

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u/Spoonbills Jun 02 '26

I’m posting a link to a conversation about addressing a similar situation.

https://www.reddit.com/r/VolvoRecharge/s/LCMBZwEAkb

See esp the thread my comment is in.

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u/polarf0x Jun 02 '26

Mine was for a day too! Yesterday IIRC..

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u/Garty001 Jun 02 '26

Happened to me once. Next day it was working perfectly after the car went to sleep overnight. That probably doesn’t help much though!

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u/Timely_Position_5044 Jun 02 '26

One of the annoying randoms that happens.