XC 60 T8 charging problem

Simondo83 · Aug 16th, 2019, 07:05

Hi,
I have a 19 registered XC60 T8 which I got as a company car in March.
The car only came with the 13A 3-pin plug charging cable and that is all I needed until recently when I have moved office.
I bought a charging cable off e-bay which I think is a Nissan item but has the correct ‘mennekes’ type connectors.
Unfortunately I have not yet been successful in charging.
Do I need to have a genuine Volvo cable?

TimNiceBut · Aug 16th, 2019, 11:32

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Originally Posted by Simondo83

Hi,
I have a 19 registered XC60 T8 which I got as a company car in March.
The car only came with the 13A 3-pin plug charging cable and that is all I needed until recently when I have moved office.
I bought a charging cable off e-bay which I think is a Nissan item but has the correct ‘mennekes’ type connectors.
Unfortunately I have not yet been successful in charging.
Do I need to have a genuine Volvo cable?

No you don't, but some eBay items are of questionable quality. I assume you're using public charge points. Can you give any examples of where you've tried charging?

FraserMac66 · Aug 16th, 2019, 12:24

I wasn't able to charge my T8 until I registered the car with the charging provider (Charge your Car in my case). The account was valid, but had my previous car registered to it. The message on the charging post was something like 'no plug/cable detected', but it must have determined the type of car during the Charger-Car handshaking. All fine once cars switched over, which I couldn't do through the phone app, but did online later.

Paulj1 · Aug 18th, 2019, 17:31

You don't need a genuine volvo one...

https://evconnectors.com/ev-charging...-xc90-t8-cable

I got mine from there.... I have a spare one that i'm just about to sell this week (I sold my VW GTE this week and it used same cable) let me know if this is of interest to you

Paul

Aug 16th, 2019, 07:05	#1
Simondo83 New Member Last Online: Aug 16th, 2019 07:05 Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Harrogate	XC 60 T8 charging problem Hi, I have a 19 registered XC60 T8 which I got as a company car in March. The car only came with the 13A 3-pin plug charging cable and that is all I needed until recently when I have moved office. I bought a charging cable off e-bay which I think is a Nissan item but has the correct ‘mennekes’ type connectors. Unfortunately I have not yet been successful in charging. Do I need to have a genuine Volvo cable?

Aug 16th, 2019, 12:24	#3
FraserMac66 New Member Last Online: Feb 26th, 2020 11:25 Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Washington	Car registered with Charging company? I wasn't able to charge my T8 until I registered the car with the charging provider (Charge your Car in my case). The account was valid, but had my previous car registered to it. The message on the charging post was something like 'no plug/cable detected', but it must have determined the type of car during the Charger-Car handshaking. All fine once cars switched over, which I couldn't do through the phone app, but did online later.

Aug 18th, 2019, 17:31	#4
Paulj1 Junior Member Last Online: May 13th, 2021 23:48 Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Glasgow	You don't need a genuine volvo one... https://evconnectors.com/ev-charging...-xc90-t8-cable I got mine from there.... I have a spare one that i'm just about to sell this week (I sold my VW GTE this week and it used same cable) let me know if this is of interest to you Paul

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