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Mechanic replaced '02 V70 steering rack - now car won't idle right ... V70-XC70 2002

posted by  KlausC on  Mon Oct 23 09:51 CST 2017
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A low battery can affect the computers. Jump starting the engine with a very low battery will not charge the battery enough to get the computers to act right. Have them charge the battery, trickle charge, until the battery is at 12.5V.

The clock being reset to 12:00 is a good sign that they left the key in posI, so that they could move the steering wheel. 6-8 hours of that and the battery will be too low to start the engine, and an attempted start will just get the battery below 9V.

There are other things to cause stumbling at idle, but you won't know until the battery is correct.

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Keeping it running is better than buying new






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