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IanXC60 · Nov 22nd, 2012, 19:17

So four days in the garage in June and they couldn't locate a fault.
Nonetheless, four weeks later the battery was flat one morning again (after a 200 mile drive the night before).
Volvo took 7 hours to send a technician out but he seemed to know what he was doing. He disconnected the battery for 30 minutes before doing anything else, then reconnected it and provided a charge from his van using jump leads for 30 minutes and then started the car. He couldn't find any faults using the roadside diagnostic tools he had and the battery was charging fine and in good condition. This wasn't the first time he'd done this, he said.
He recommended running the engine for at least a couple of hours, which we did.
We've since not had any problems with flat batteries. Fingers crossed.

Nov 22nd, 2012, 19:17	#101
IanXC60 XC60 SE Lux 2010 Last Online: Feb 14th, 2015 17:07 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: York	No problem found, but the battery still dies So four days in the garage in June and they couldn't locate a fault. Nonetheless, four weeks later the battery was flat one morning again (after a 200 mile drive the night before). Volvo took 7 hours to send a technician out but he seemed to know what he was doing. He disconnected the battery for 30 minutes before doing anything else, then reconnected it and provided a charge from his van using jump leads for 30 minutes and then started the car. He couldn't find any faults using the roadside diagnostic tools he had and the battery was charging fine and in good condition. This wasn't the first time he'd done this, he said. He recommended running the engine for at least a couple of hours, which we did. We've since not had any problems with flat batteries. Fingers crossed.