[Fly]

Hello!
(I will write an English, but please reply in Swedish)
Tldr; I need a new battery in my v60. Can I do it myself or do I need to bring it to the dealer?

I bought a Volvo V6 D4 from 2021 last year and noticed already last winter that the battery was not in the best shape. I charged it up about once a week or once every other week and that worked well enough to run the diesel heater. Now as it’s starting to get cold again and when I try to charge the battery it goes from 13 V back down to 12 V in about a half an hour so I think it’s about dead. Plus, the diesel heater won’t start and the car keeps on warning me about a low battery level. I opened up the battery compartment in the back and took a look and mechanically it looks easy to change the battery but I wonder if I’m going to run into a bunch of problems with systems being reset and so on. So my main question is, can I change the battery myself or do I need to bring it to your shop so that they can reprogram?

Cheers

[Axxet66]

You can change the battery(ies) yourself. To ensure powersupply while changing you can connect your charger to the chargingpoints in the enginebay.
You have to go to a dealer or use an appropriate scantool to reset the BMS after changing. I payed 500:- for that to be done at a dealer.

[Fly]

Thanks for the advice! Good idea on the charger. But I guess if my support battery is charged that should be sufficient. I suspected that I would have to take it in to get the BMS reset, good to confirm. By the way does anyone know what a Volvo dealership charges to replace a battery? 3k for the battery 3k for labour?

[UnleashFusion]

Thanks for the advice! Good idea on the charger. But I guess if my support battery is charged that should be sufficient. I suspected that I would have to take it in to get the BMS reset, good to confirm. By the way does anyone know what a Volvo dealership charges to replace a battery? 3k for the battery 3k for labour?

usually I don't recommend "volvo dealer" when it comes to components/or brakes , you name it. due to all the overpriced&labour prices. BUT car battery is actually not that more expensive than when you get from other websites; sometimes you get it even cheaper.
What's your "nearest volvo dealer"? you can drive by and ask for a price

I tried with a random V60 D4 2021 on Bilia.se but they did not have battery online but if you are close to one you could ask the store/drive by and see what sort of battery they got in hand.

[Fly]

Hello, update here.

The Volvo dealer wanted 5K for the battery replacement and the next available time was in six weeks.

I popped in a new battery.

I did the BMS reset hack like this

No problem so far! Thanks for the advice.