So I just had my first charging issue with my 2023 xc40. The charge failed in the middle of the night and only got to 41% from 16%. I drove to work and tried a public Blink charger which would not get past the initializing stage. I abandoned the station and drove to a nearby EV Go charger and was able to connect. I juiced it up just enough to get me home and plugged into my level 2 Wall Box and received a charging error. Tried again and got the same error. I then tried the Volvo charger and got the same error. I downgraded to 110 using the adaptor and a different outlet and got the same error. Then I found a forum entry from 2021 that recommended leaning into the plug and tilting it upwards until the car passes the initializing stage. This worked and the car started charging! The problem is that during the night if gravity acts on the cable it could lose connection at any time and stop charging so I have to wedge a piece of dense foam under the plug to keep this from happening. It's a crappy workaround for a $70,000 car and I think Volvo should address this but if you are having this problem give it a try.
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Good luck!
Good luck!
