This video was super helpful & made me comfortable enough to take on the swap myself. Here are few other hints to pay it forward: 1. The spacer that sits behind the battery (at 3:40 in vid) can stay in, no reason to remove if using the same size battery (you want a size H6 with same cold cranking amps CCA). 2. I didn't need to remove the airbox portion that attaches over the radiator (at 5:15), just the topmost flat cover piece. I was having a hard time sliding it out of those damn T-slots anyway. I did loosen the two T30 torx bolts on either side (you have 8mm bolts there) so it was loose enough to pull the lower airbox from it-that just clips over the top of where they connect. Easy to put back together. 3. I forgot to re-attach the wire harness nut (at 4:40) before putting the airbox back together. Don't do that. 4. Couldn't find my 7mm, but a large flat-tipped screwdriver worked fine for the airbox hose clamp by the mass air flow sensor connector (push screwdriver under & from the left side to carefully pop that thing out). 5. The "little wire holding job" (at 6:30) was a pain trying to pop out with a screwdriver, mostly because I couldn't see what was in there. I had a pry bar tool that wraps around either side of the clip & popped it out easily. The pry or trim tool is what you use to pop out those nasty round interior door panel clips ...so another hint might be to go buy the battery first, buy a pry tool & anything else you might need to get this done. Would suck to have to go back to the store for something, right? Take the dead battery back later & get your $22. 8, 10 & 13mm ratchet & extension T25 & T30 torx big flat-tipped screwdriver or pry clip tool (optional) 6. If the battery "seat belt" is too far forward, the fuse box top won't sit flush over the battery. Push that back before of trying to make it fit. A dealer quoted me just under $500 to replace. The battery was roughly $250 & this took me about 30 mins to complete (could probably do it again in 15). Hope that makes things smoother for someone out there. Thanks Nick, nice DeLorean hiding back there!
Great video! Everything is spot on except you don't have to remove the 2 front plastic air intake shrouds with the push clips. The airbox will separate from them when you pull up to remove it from the grommets. Thanks for the Walmart battery suggestion, everywhere else I checked (Autozone, OReillys, Advanced Auto) was $270+tax with only a 3 yr warranty. Walmart was $185+tax with a 4 yr warranty.
Excellent video. Thank you. Just replaced the battery on my 2019 XC40 AWD and your guidance was spot on. Saved me a good couple of hours labour at the local dealership.
@@petersnowdon7944 did you ever have problems with the windows not being able to roll down when the car was off in "accessory" mode? I'm suspecting it may be battery related.
Thanks for the video - it was very helpful. I’ll just add that in order to slide the battery out I didn’t need to pull out the upper air dam which connects to the air filter box like you described. I only had to disconnect the air filter box from it and still had plenty of room to slide the battery out. Omitting that step saves a lot of time and effort.
I know this is a little old. But did you ever have any problems after doing this, or did you ever have to get the battery adaptations reset? My sister’s needs a battery but a $300 service charge at Volvo has me wondering if there are long term repercussions.
Batteries are typically coded to the car. That means, the size and power of the battery is registered with the computer. This allows the computer to adjust alternator output as necessary. If you replace the battery with the same size and capacity like I did here, you don't NEED to do anything, but performing a battery replacement service function would be a nice thing to do. You would need Volvo software to do that. Now, if you replace the battery with a higher or lower capacity one, you would need to recode the vehicle to tell it what size battery is now in it. You also need dealer software for that. I recommend just swapping it with a like-for-like battery like I did in this video.
I followed this video exactly and it was life saver, thanks! When my car was turned on right after, I received a “steering power failure” and my steering was locked in place. I wonder if this has anything to do with the battery change as my car has never done anything like that before. Ive tried researching it and cannot find anything specific to the xc40. Do you know anything about this? Is it related to the battery change?
I somehow missed this comment. Did you resolve your issue? My guess is that after turning your ignition off and locking the car (and leaving it locked for at least 10 minutes to put the car to sleep), things reset for you once you unlocked and tried it again and you're all good now.
From memory: Ratchet, extension, 8mm socket, 10mm socket, T25 torx, 7mm nut driver (or socket). No special tools. If you have a set of average hand tools, you can do it.
@@NiXFiX when I take out the battery do I need to hook at external battery to the car? I know the car has secondary battery for accessories and electronics. Or just take out the battery and swap it and will it not mess up the car computer
Thanks for watching! Here is an alternative to the Wal-Mart H6 battery with the same specifications: amzn.to/3QH8sDg Please like and subscribe. If I helped you complete your project, please consider Super Thanks: czcams.com/video/mo4g08Jzezk/video.html Thanks, Nick
This video was super helpful & made me comfortable enough to take on the swap myself. Here are few other hints to pay it forward:
1. The spacer that sits behind the battery (at 3:40 in vid) can stay in, no reason to remove if using the same size battery (you want a size H6 with same cold cranking amps CCA).
2. I didn't need to remove the airbox portion that attaches over the radiator (at 5:15), just the topmost flat cover piece. I was having a hard time sliding it out of those damn T-slots anyway. I did loosen the two T30 torx bolts on either side (you have 8mm bolts there) so it was loose enough to pull the lower airbox from it-that just clips over the top of where they connect. Easy to put back together.
3. I forgot to re-attach the wire harness nut (at 4:40) before putting the airbox back together. Don't do that.
4. Couldn't find my 7mm, but a large flat-tipped screwdriver worked fine for the airbox hose clamp by the mass air flow sensor connector (push screwdriver under & from the left side to carefully pop that thing out).
5. The "little wire holding job" (at 6:30) was a pain trying to pop out with a screwdriver, mostly because I couldn't see what was in there. I had a pry bar tool that wraps around either side of the clip & popped it out easily. The pry or trim tool is what you use to pop out those nasty round interior door panel clips ...so another hint might be to go buy the battery first, buy a pry tool & anything else you might need to get this done. Would suck to have to go back to the store for something, right? Take the dead battery back later & get your $22.
8, 10 & 13mm ratchet & extension
T25 & T30 torx
big flat-tipped screwdriver or pry clip tool (optional)
6. If the battery "seat belt" is too far forward, the fuse box top won't sit flush over the battery. Push that back before of trying to make it fit.
A dealer quoted me just under $500 to replace. The battery was roughly $250 & this took me about 30 mins to complete (could probably do it again in 15).
Hope that makes things smoother for someone out there. Thanks Nick, nice DeLorean hiding back there!
Great video! Everything is spot on except you don't have to remove the 2 front plastic air intake shrouds with the push clips. The airbox will separate from them when you pull up to remove it from the grommets. Thanks for the Walmart battery suggestion, everywhere else I checked (Autozone, OReillys, Advanced Auto) was $270+tax with only a 3 yr warranty. Walmart was $185+tax with a 4 yr warranty.
Excellent video. Thank you. Just replaced the battery on my 2019 XC40 AWD and your guidance was spot on. Saved me a good couple of hours labour at the local dealership.
@@Mufasa31ful stop start refused to ever work plus infotainment system kept rebooting. Now both are fine.
@@petersnowdon7944 did you ever have problems with the windows not being able to roll down when the car was off in "accessory" mode? I'm suspecting it may be battery related.
@@morganlingsweiler9813 no issues with the windows apart from being slow when in accessory mode.
You are professional explain how to replace battery for XC40 Volvo
Great job 👍
Really well done. You explained everything that needed to be explained.
Thank you!
Thanks for the video - it was very helpful. I’ll just add that in order to slide the battery out I didn’t need to pull out the upper air dam which connects to the air filter box like you described. I only had to disconnect the air filter box from it and still had plenty of room to slide the battery out. Omitting that step saves a lot of time and effort.
Holy canole, idk what I would have done without this video!
Hands down one of the most over-engineered batteries on the market… first battery ive seen with two tiedowns because one isnt enough
Hello, great guide, but how did you pop open those pins that holds the top air system?
Push down on the center of them. I explain this at 6:45 of the video.
Phenomenal explanation.
Thank you!
I know this is a little old. But did you ever have any problems after doing this, or did you ever have to get the battery adaptations reset? My sister’s needs a battery but a $300 service charge at Volvo has me wondering if there are long term repercussions.
Replace it and don't worry about it. Dealerships thrive off of stuff like battery resets to keep the $ coming in.
Thank you, sir! Better luck to the stealership next time. 😎
Can u list the tools needed to do the job ? @nis fix
Excellent, but How you do a battery reset on the computer... Thanks
Batteries are typically coded to the car. That means, the size and power of the battery is registered with the computer. This allows the computer to adjust alternator output as necessary. If you replace the battery with the same size and capacity like I did here, you don't NEED to do anything, but performing a battery replacement service function would be a nice thing to do. You would need Volvo software to do that. Now, if you replace the battery with a higher or lower capacity one, you would need to recode the vehicle to tell it what size battery is now in it. You also need dealer software for that. I recommend just swapping it with a like-for-like battery like I did in this video.
Thank you very much , on point.
I followed this video exactly and it was life saver, thanks! When my car was turned on right after, I received a “steering power failure” and my steering was locked in place. I wonder if this has anything to do with the battery change as my car has never done anything like that before.
Ive tried researching it and cannot find anything specific to the xc40. Do you know anything about this? Is it related to the battery change?
I somehow missed this comment. Did you resolve your issue? My guess is that after turning your ignition off and locking the car (and leaving it locked for at least 10 minutes to put the car to sleep), things reset for you once you unlocked and tried it again and you're all good now.
@nixfix what tools do I need in specific to change the Volvo battery can u list them in here?
From memory: Ratchet, extension, 8mm socket, 10mm socket, T25 torx, 7mm nut driver (or socket). No special tools. If you have a set of average hand tools, you can do it.
@@NiXFiX when I take out the battery do I need to hook at external battery to the car? I know the car has secondary battery for accessories and electronics. Or just take out the battery and swap it and will it not mess up the car computer
Thanks for watching! Here is an alternative to the Wal-Mart H6 battery with the same specifications: amzn.to/3QH8sDg
Please like and subscribe. If I helped you complete your project, please consider Super Thanks: czcams.com/video/mo4g08Jzezk/video.html
Thanks,
Nick
Did you reprogram the battery ?
I did not. The reprogramming just resets how the charge differs. Not required, but definitely a nice to do.