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Nov 27th, 2023, 06:58 | #1 |
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2013 XC60 Intermittently Not Starting
Hi there,
I have recently bought a 2013 XC60 D5 Teknik a few weeks ago and have had nothing but problems since I bought it. On the second day I had it, I drove a short distance to pick up my friend at the airport. I went in to the airport to meet her so the vehicle was off for a short time. When we arrived back at the vehicle, it would not start. It then came up with an error message that the battery was low. I tried a few more times to start it, but nothing and called the NRMA. When they arrived and attempted to start it, it turned on immediately. I got him to check the health of the battery while he was there though and apparently it wasn;t good and wasn;t holding it's charged (the previous owner hadn't used the car very much in the previous year) so I had the battery replaced on the spot, thinking all my problems would go away. Spoiler alert, they did not... The car then went in for a service the next day which was preplanned anyway. They reset the BMS as the NRMA guy couldn't do it, and the car was given a clean bill of health. The next day I drove it about 40km and had to pull over for an unrelated issue. I then had to drive on a further 10km to a fuel station and when I tried to restart the vehicle at the fuel station to resume my journey it would not start. I moved the gear selector to Reverse and then back to Park (in case it was the Park sensor switch) and it started the second time around. I then managed to carry on my journey that day and the next day with further stops and starts without an issue starting the vehicle. On my next journey I was on my second stop when the vehicle would not start again. I tried the Reverse and Park trick again, thinking that would solve it and unfortunately it didn't. It took many attempts and about 10-15 mins before the vehicle would start. To explain what happens when the car does not start - the engine doesn't even attempt to turn over, and then the engine light comes on. That's it. Things I've tried and ruled out: - the park sensor switch is fine. The car acknowledges it is in Park when I start it - changed the battery (I now think the low battery and the failing to start at the airport were actually unrelated) - checked all the battery connections are clean and not loose - checked the connections on to the starter solenoid are not loose or corroded - changed the batteries in both key fobs (I've only been using one of the fobs, but both fobs were replaced by the previous owner in Dec 2020 - I'm unsure why...) - turning off the lights from auto mode (someone said it fixed it for them in a forum so I was willing to try anything!) Any other hints or tips of what else to look for, or what might be causing the issue? It's intermittent and I can't think of any commonalities between the times when it hasn't worked. Given that I've only just bought the vehicle, I'm devastated to have bought such an issue - I thought that XC60's were generally a very reliable model, which is why I bought it, so this is a bit of a blow! Any help greatly appreciated |
Nov 29th, 2023, 19:56 | #2 |
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Perhaps you can provide a bit more information as to what does/does not happen when it fails to start:
If nobody has scanned the car for fault codes yet, that would be a good start, otherwise perhaps it's some kind of interlock issue? I don't think my cars will shift out of park without the engine running... hence there's an interlock override slot behind the "waterfall" console.
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Dec 4th, 2023, 22:20 | #3 |
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Thanks for your reply @seanc
To answer your questions: Yes the steering lock unlocks I’m struggling to remember, but I’m fairly sure the ignition and radio comes on I didn’t try it with the door open so not sure about that one The good news is, that since I changed the batteries in the key fobs (*touch wood*) I’ve not had any further issues so I’m really hoping that was it. |
Dec 9th, 2023, 01:21 | #4 |
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Update:
So it wasn't the key fob batteries as the car stranded me again today. I had both keys on me and neither worked so its not a key issue. I'm assuming now it may be an electrical issue. I sat and tried restarting it for about 20 mins but it didn't give in. Luckily I wasn't too far from home so I ended up walking home and walking back about an hour later - it then started first time. Any further bright ideas welcome please! |
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