2009 XC60 hot starting problem

wdj

Hello brains trust. I have a friend with an XC60 2009 TD5 that starts happily in the morning but after a few stops around town it is reluctant to turn over. It has had the starter done the battery done the alternator done and all the codes read but nothing is showing up. Any ideas would be appreciated thankyou. Bill

jamesinc

When you say reluctant, do you mean it's not turning over at all? What happens exactly, how do you end up getting it started again?

wdj

jamesinc . Thanks. It does start but slowly and reluctantly. The vehicle is a high mileage 2009 not a 19. Bill

jamesinc

All good, I've fixed up the post to reflect 2009 instead of 2019.

Short of it being a mechanical problem (I don't know enough about the D5 motors to speak to this), everything you've described sounds to me like a power issue, as opposed to an electronic problem.

I would take a close look at the main power to the starter, as well as the main ground lead from the block to the chassis (I'm not sure where this will be on a D5 but it will be a pretty fat cable.

Check any connections, bolts, terminals etc are clean and not loose.

If you have a multimeter, check all your voltages and resistances on both the 12V and ground side, and compare between happy and unhappy starter scenarios

wdj

Thanks for that. I will do if and when she decides to bring it to me.