P0562

P0562 on Ford — Intermittent failures to start and abnormal battery drain

All the fault codes

Code P0562 reports a system supply voltage below the expected value. On the Ford S-Max 1.6 TDCi it appears with intermittent failures to start, a battery that goes flat and a large number of unrelated codes stored in the diagnostic memory.

System
Electronics
Fault
The battery intermittently goes flat abnormally, even after being recharged. Sometimes the engine only starts after several attempts and, once running, behaves normally.
Typical symptoms
  • The battery goes flat abnormally, even after being recharged
  • Intermittent failures to start
  • The engine only starts after several attempts
  • Once started, the vehicle runs normally
  • Many codes from different control units are stored in the diagnostic memory, apparently unrelated to one another
Vehicles affected
  • Ford S-Max 2006 range 1.6 TDCi 8v
Main code
  • P0562 Supply system/battery, low reading
Related codes
  • B1D65 Right-hand actuator motor malfunction
  • B110D Passenger-side rear door child lock motor
  • P1607 Malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) control circuit, wiring/lamp/instrument cluster
  • U0401 Central electronic control unit, invalid data received
  • U0415 Four-wheel drive/clutch control unit, invalid data received
  • U0416 ABS control unit, invalid data received
  • U3006 Control module A power input
  • B1215 Door lights, short to positive
  • B11A3 Gyroscope
  • P02D1 Cylinder 3 injector, maximum adaptation limit reached, wiring/injector
  • P037D Glow plug control circuit
  • B105A Recorded impact counter, maximum limit reached

On this fault the diagnostic tool often returns several codes together.

Solution

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