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Hybrid Battery replacement T8 Recharge - erikssoneee - 11-13-2025
Hello,
My V60 T8 Recharge recently got diagnosed with a bad cell/module inside of the hybrid battery pack.
The quote from volvo to fix this is quite harrowing at 5000€ ish.
I wanted to see if any sort of DIY would be possible and if so what route to take.
I concidered buying a working battery from a scrapyard/wrecker here in Sweden or in Norway, There seem to be quite a few to pick from.
Could I get a battery with the same part.no in working condition and swap my BECM into it? would that be plug/play or would I need to do any other work to get it working?
Alternatively Load the software on to the BECM in that 2nd hand batterypack, or would I need a new BECM from volvo anyway?
If those are not an option could I swap the bad module in my pack for a good one out of another pack?
If so, would I be okay verifying the battery voltages across all of the modules only using common meassuring tools such as a multimeter?
I guess I'm looking for any sort of knowledge or advice on the matter!
All help is highly appreciated! ?
RE: Hybrid Battery replacement T8 Recharge - Steffe - 11-14-2025
It's not covered under the recall Volvo sent out a while ago? Guess the shop already checked that though.
RE: Hybrid Battery replacement T8 Recharge - erikssoneee - 11-15-2025
(11-14-2025, 07:12 AM)Steffe Wrote: It's not covered under the recall Volvo sent out a while ago? Guess the shop already checked that though.
What they said is that the battery warranty lasts until 162.000km and my car has done 167.000km
So I was not under any coverage apparently... Do you have any more info on this recall?
//eriksson
RE: Hybrid Battery replacement T8 Recharge - Steffe - 11-16-2025
https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls?nhtsaId=25V179000#recalls480
But seems to be more about a potential fire hazard than single dying cells :/
RE: Hybrid Battery replacement T8 Recharge - daan256 - 11-29-2025
I can confirm that this has been done on my 2015 XC90 T8.
I am currently running a hybrid battery from a 2021 XC90.
The previous owner performed the swap. The original hybrid battery had a smaller usable capacity.
After the swap, the car initially refused to start because the Volvo software still expected the old (smaller) battery configuration.
A Volvo specialist updated the software using VIDA, and after that the car started normally.
The State of Health (SOH) of the replacement battery is 100% — so in practice I now have a nearly new battery. It came from a damaged 2021 XC90 with only about 20,000 km on it.
So yes, it can be done.
But you will likely need someone with VIDA access, as a software update or parameter adjustment may be required.
[color=#ffffff]If you can arrange that, it might be worth trying.
RE: Hybrid Battery replacement T8 Recharge - Steffe - 11-29-2025
I've heard of swaps to the middle size, like you've done. Sadly not to the biggest one as it apparently has a different physical size.
But nice to know it's doable
