Your Volvo V60 doesn’t want to start? Have you tried all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the trouble emanates from your immobiliser ? It is quite possible, indeed that it is in question if your vehicule no longer wants to start or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Volvo V60 ? You are on the good website, we have created this article to support you see more clearly and resolve your problems related to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Volvo V60, then the different ways to disable it.

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How your immobiliser system works on Volvo V60

Before detailing the different choices available to you, here is a short introduction to show you the goal and functions of the immobilizer in your Volvo V60. This electronic element appeared 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Volvo V60. 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 V60 will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is indeed the one required by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will permit you to turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this system will work.

The different solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Volvo V60

Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser

First procedure, your key no longer allows your Volvo V60 to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Volvo V60, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a garage verify that you can not do a less important operation to bring back the normal start of your car. Indeed, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Volvo V60), 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 car 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 operation until you have entered the full code. This should allow your Volvo V60 to start without having to remove the immobiliser.

Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealership

If even though a battery change, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Volvo V60 still doesn’t work, it’s most likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Volvo V60. Indeed, your transponder must have been weakened or must have fallen off your key. To correct this trouble, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can fix your Volvo V60 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 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 V60.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Volvo V60, this is not recommended at all for some reasons. First your Volvo V60 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. In addition to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it finds out that the immobiliser on your Volvo V60 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages still give the process, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.

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