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
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- 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
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- Ford S-Max 2006 range 1.6 TDCi 8v
- Main code
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- P0562 Supply system/battery, low reading
- Related codes
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- 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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