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robpenrose · Jul 27th, 2020, 16:14

Hi all,

My wife has a 66 Plate T3 V40 CC, which we have had since Feb 2020. Its the facelift version with the LED headlights.

When we first purchased the car from Volvo, it had a low battery message flash up, but after the first decent drive, it went and never returned.

The car hasn't been used much during lock down and is now getting a low battery message again. The car recently went on a reasonable journey, completing about 3hrs running in a day. This cleared the message for a couple of days, but the message is back.

Im guessing the battery is on its way out, and not holding a charge properly. I was going to just put a new battery in it, but i cant see any straight forward instructions anywhere.

Is it ok to just swap the battery out? Ive seen people mention setting airbags off and all sorts! Surely a battery swap isn't anything special?

I was going to go with this battery as ive had it in my car for about 3 years, and its been faultless.

https://www.tayna.co.uk/car-batteries/exide/ek700/

Thanks

Jul 27th, 2020, 16:14	#1
robpenrose New Member Last Online: Feb 1st, 2023 16:18 Join Date: Jul 2020 Location: Walton	V40 CC Low Battery Message Hi all, My wife has a 66 Plate T3 V40 CC, which we have had since Feb 2020. Its the facelift version with the LED headlights. When we first purchased the car from Volvo, it had a low battery message flash up, but after the first decent drive, it went and never returned. The car hasn't been used much during lock down and is now getting a low battery message again. The car recently went on a reasonable journey, completing about 3hrs running in a day. This cleared the message for a couple of days, but the message is back. Im guessing the battery is on its way out, and not holding a charge properly. I was going to just put a new battery in it, but i cant see any straight forward instructions anywhere. Is it ok to just swap the battery out? Ive seen people mention setting airbags off and all sorts! Surely a battery swap isn't anything special? I was going to go with this battery as ive had it in my car for about 3 years, and its been faultless. https://www.tayna.co.uk/car-batteries/exide/ek700/ Thanks Last edited by robpenrose; Jul 27th, 2020 at 16:17.