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Nov 27th, 2017, 13:02 | #1 |
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XC60 battery change
Afternoon all, I have a 2012 xc60 diesel and since the colder weather has started I’ve found my car is taking longer to crank over so I’m going to check my battery health and suspect it will need to be changed, I have noticed there is 2 batteries, the main one in front of the passenger seat under the wipers and a smaller one more in the middle. What is the smaller one for? Am I best changing both and if that one is good but the main one going bad will it effect the test results?
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Nov 27th, 2017, 14:41 | #2 |
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The smaller one will be the auxiliary for the stop-start system. It might be worth going to a main dealer to check which of the two is 'tired'. It's been discussed before, but main dealer batteries are not much more expensive than 'high street' and at least you will get the right one(s).
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Very unusual to have a battery fail this soon .. There is a built in battery test in the car which can be activated by the dealer garage , best get this done and see what state the battery is in , it may just need a charge . The small battery has never given problems yet as it is always fully charged .
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Just had said test done on mine & it showed up the battery was getting past it's best.
All replaced at the dealer with minimum of fuss. XC60 D5 Battery was about £112 inc VAT fitted.
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Don’t forget that as the weather gets colder the glow plugs will be taking longer to heat up the cylinders, normally the engine will not start to crank until the glow plugs reach temperature.
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Nov 27th, 2017, 18:40 | #6 |
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Excellent post Whiterdesign. I can’t imagine a dearship giving such advice, nor saying, ‘nothing wrong with the battery’.
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Battery test is in one of the menus under communication CEM if you have it , do you have a little battery monotor with a wire on on the negative battery terminal ?
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yes it needs to have the battery monitor on the negative battery terminal clamp for that .
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