Your volvo v40 doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the issue originates from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite possible, actually that it is in question if your automotive doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your volvo v40 ? You are on the good article, we have created this post to support you see more clearly and resolve your problems connected to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your volvo v40, then the different ways to disable it.

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How your immobiliser system functions on volvo v40

Before explaining the different solutions available to you, here is a short intro to explain the purpose and functions of the immobilizer in your volvo v40. This electronic element was invented 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your volvo v40. Indeed, thanks to a transponder and an antenna (coil) included in the key, and, a immobilisation control box included in the ECU and a reception antenna on the neiman, your volvo v40 will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is actually the one required by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will enable you to start. 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 v40

Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser

First process, your key no longer allows your volvo v40 to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your volvo v40, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a garage check that you can not accomplish a less important operation to restore the normal start of your automobile. Indeed, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your volvo v40), but if you don’t have it you should at least have the “code card”, it includes the start code. Thanks to this code, you will still be able to start your automobile 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 confirm the digit and resume, duplicate the operation until you have entered the whole code. This should enable you to start your volvo v40 without having to remove the immobiliser.

Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealership

If despite a battery change, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your volvo v40 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 v40. Indeed, your transponder must have been weakened or must have fallen off your key. To fix this issue, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can repair your volvo v40 key. Determined by who you go to the repair should cost you about 100 euros if you still have a copy or your “code card” and about 350 euros at your car dealer if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your volvo v40.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your volvo v40, this is not advised at all for many reasons. First your volvo v40 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Indeed, 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 realizes that the immobiliser on your volvo v40 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online still give the methodology, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.

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