Your Volvo S60 doesn’t want to start? Have you analyzed all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the issue comes from your immobiliser ? It is reasonably plausible, in fact that it is in question if your automotive no longer wants to start or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Volvo S60 ? You are on the good website, we have created this article to help you see more clearly and solve your trouble connected to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Volvo S60, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Volvo S60
Before detailing the different choices available to you, here is a short introduction to show you the purpose and operation of the immobilizer in your Volvo S60. This electronic component came out 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Volvo S60. Actually, thanks to a transponder and an antenna (coil) integrated in the key, and, a immobilisation control box integrated in the ECU and a reception antenna on the neiman, your Volvo S60 will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is in fact the one asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will let you turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this system will work.
The different possibilities to bypass the immobiliser on your Volvo S60
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First process, your key no longer allows your Volvo S60 to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Volvo S60, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a mechanic check that you can not accomplish a less significant procedure to bring back the normal start of your vehicle. Actually, with your vehicle you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Volvo S60), but if you don’t have it you should at least have the “code card”, it contains the start code. Thanks to this code, you will still be able to start your vehicle by entering it manually. To do this, turn on the ignition, use your centralized button to enter the digits, several quick presses (example: 2 for digit 2) then a stop of one and a half seconds to validate the digit and resume, duplicate the procedure until you have entered the entire code. This should allow your Volvo S60 to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If despite a battery change, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Volvo S60 still doesn’t work, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Volvo S60. Actually, your transponder must have been weakened or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this issue, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can restore your Volvo S60 key. Based on who you go to the repair should cost you about 100 euros if you still have a duplicate or your “code card” and about 350 euros at your car dealership if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Volvo S60.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Volvo S60, this is not recommended at all for some reasons. First your Volvo S60 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to turn your car on. Furthermore to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it finds out that the immobiliser on your Volvo S60 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online still give the method, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.
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