'10 XC60 replacement battery
The original factory fitted battery in my '10 XC60 T6 lasted 5 years before needing replacement.
That battery (#2 - Volvo branded, fitted by dealer) lasted 20 months.
Replacement battery (#3 - also Volvo brand, fitted by dealer) lasted 28 months and had just failed. One day the car was fine - no starting problems - and the next morning it was completely dead. Overnight charging did nothing - seems like internal failure.
Replacement (battery #4, Volvo brand) was fitted at home by the dealer. They took the car into the workshop and ran all the charging and leakage tests - and gave it a 100% clean bill of health.
So why is it that the original factory fitted battery lasts 5 years and the replacement batteries only about 2 years?
PS this is my 5th Volvo that I have owned for longer than 5 years, and in every single one of them the factory fitted battery lasted about 5 years!
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Pierre
Current: 2016 V40 D4 AT & 2010 XC60 T6 AT
Previous: 2015 V40 D3 AT, 2007 S60 2.5T MT, 2004 S60 2.0T MT, 2002 XC70 2.4T AT Autotech Tune, 1996 850 GLT MT
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