Low battery

Jamie XC60 · Oct 20th, 2018, 11:02

I have just purchased a XC60 D4 NAV, 2017 plate, don,t do much mileage. When sitting in car with engine off listening to radio after only a minute or so get low battery warning, should i be investigating battery life? Seems to be charging ok as no warning lights on or is this just a safety issue as know battery needs full juice for stop/start function?

Spike56 · Oct 20th, 2018, 13:12

My car was on the sales frontage long enough to require charging before it started. They obviously only 'topped it up' as I had the same problem and the charging system message (don't remember the exact words) a few days later. Took it down a motorway for a long drive and never had the problem again. touching wood frantically now!

Peter86 · Oct 20th, 2018, 17:00

Low mileage will be the problem. Not enough long runs to charge fully.
Go for a long evening or early morning drive on your own, some music and that should do it. Being diesel it will also give your Dpf a good clear out!

Dippydog · Oct 20th, 2018, 17:14

As Peter86 says above longer runs to give the battery a good charge would probably sort it.AIUI modern cars will shut down various things[determined as unnecessary-i.e. radio,heating/aircon,stop/start function] if the battery charge gets to/below 70%[I think that's the correct figure]in order to preserve the power to re-start the engine in the normal way.

Spike56 · Oct 20th, 2018, 21:26

As above. I recall, from the dim and distant past, that a flat motorcycle battery only fully recharged after around 200 miles (not necessarily in one run!)

HDAV · Oct 21st, 2018, 14:16

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cteck stop/start battery charger

Jamie XC60 · Oct 22nd, 2018, 06:01

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Originally Posted by HDAV

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cteck stop/start battery charger

Didn't realise there was one, will do thanks

xsaab · Oct 22nd, 2018, 09:32

Received wisdom is that it takes 20 minutes driving to get the battery back to the state of charge before the engine was started and an hours driving to top up the battery

I think full charge will be longer but I would like to hear an authoritive view on this topic.

Jamie XC60 · Oct 22nd, 2018, 20:05

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Originally Posted by xsaab

Received wisdom is that it takes 20 minutes driving to get the battery back to the state of charge before the engine was started and an hours driving to top up the battery

I think full charge will be longer but I would like to hear an authoritive view on this topic.

This being the problem I suppose, car only used for short commute no long runs to recharge as winter approaches problem may get worse due to de-frosting, heated seats, fan etc

Jamie XC60 · Oct 22nd, 2018, 20:07

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Originally Posted by Jamie XC60

Didn't realise there was one, will do thanks

Would i need to go to a dealership to get this checked? Re start stop charging

Oct 20th, 2018, 11:02	#1
Jamie XC60 New Member Last Online: Feb 20th, 2021 11:29 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Lochgilphead	Low battery I have just purchased a XC60 D4 NAV, 2017 plate, don,t do much mileage. When sitting in car with engine off listening to radio after only a minute or so get low battery warning, should i be investigating battery life? Seems to be charging ok as no warning lights on or is this just a safety issue as know battery needs full juice for stop/start function?

Oct 20th, 2018, 17:00	#3
Peter86 Pete Last Online: Jul 4th, 2021 22:21 Join Date: May 2013 Location: North West	Low mileage will be the problem. Not enough long runs to charge fully. Go for a long evening or early morning drive on your own, some music and that should do it. Being diesel it will also give your Dpf a good clear out! __________________ 2003 V70 D5 [163] SE - Sold at 188,000 miles. 2011 V70 D5 [215] Rdesign - currently owned.

Oct 21st, 2018, 14:16	#6
HDAV Master Member Last Online: Jan 21st, 2024 14:21 Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: End of the valley	/Edited cteck stop/start battery charger Last edited by CTCNetwork; Oct 21st, 2018 at 23:53. Reason: Link won’t work - don't use google links they're huge!

Oct 22nd, 2018, 09:32	#8
xsaab Master Member Last Online: Oct 18th, 2022 15:30 Join Date: May 2014 Location: Waterlooville	Received wisdom is that it takes 20 minutes driving to get the battery back to the state of charge before the engine was started and an hours driving to top up the battery I think full charge will be longer but I would like to hear an authoritive view on this topic. __________________ from October 2019 a 2020 XC60 R Design Pro B5 from May 2019 to October a 2019 XC60 D4 AWD Inscription with even more bits 2015 to 2019 a 2014 XC60 D5 RDesign, Polestar, lots of cameras and sensors

Oct 20th, 2018, 13:12	#2
Spike56 Master Member Last Online: Yesterday 23:04 Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Orpington	My car was on the sales frontage long enough to require charging before it started. They obviously only 'topped it up' as I had the same problem and the charging system message (don't remember the exact words) a few days later. Took it down a motorway for a long drive and never had the problem again. touching wood frantically now!

Oct 20th, 2018, 17:14	#4
Dippydog Premier Member Last Online: Yesterday 19:11 Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: S****horpe	As Peter86 says above longer runs to give the battery a good charge would probably sort it.AIUI modern cars will shut down various things[determined as unnecessary-i.e. radio,heating/aircon,stop/start function] if the battery charge gets to/below 70%[I think that's the correct figure]in order to preserve the power to re-start the engine in the normal way.

Oct 20th, 2018, 21:26	#5
Spike56 Master Member Last Online: Yesterday 23:04 Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Orpington	As above. I recall, from the dim and distant past, that a flat motorcycle battery only fully recharged after around 200 miles (not necessarily in one run!)

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