my 2005 s40 has been doing this weird thing and no one at any of the dealerships have been able to point me in the right direction. when I turn on the car the radio comes on to the last station it was playing at the volume it was on when the car was turned off. but non of the radio buttons work and the ac wont come on. after 5-10 minutes depending on the temp outside the buttons will light up and start working and the ac will come on. any ideas?

 

Loose connection in the waterfall center section? Might want to remove the back and take a look around for something obvious. I have not read another thread describing this problem before.

Here is a very detailed thread on removing the center waterfall in pictures and text.
http://forums.swedespeed.com/showthr...-MP3-etc.-unit


Here is a short video describing removing the waterfall radio/climate controls. (not mine)

 

Does this look normal? Could the red on the board be the problem?