How to disable the immobiliser volvo v70 ?

Your volvo v70 doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the trouble originates from your immobiliser ? It is certainly possible, in fact that it is in question if your car doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your volvo v70 ? You are on the good website, we have written this content to help you see more clearly and solve your concerns connected to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your volvo v70, then the different ways to disable it.

How your immobiliser system functions on volvo v70

Before explaining the different solutions available to you, here is a short introduction to explain the goal and functions of the immobilizer in your volvo v70. This electronic part was invented 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your volvo v70. Actually, 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 v70 will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is in fact the one required by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will enable you to turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this unit will work.

First methodology, your key no longer permits your volvo v70 to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your volvo v70, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a mechanic check that you can not accomplish a less important operation to bring back the normal start of your car. Actually, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your volvo v70), 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 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 confirm the digit and resume, repeat the operation until you have entered the whole code. This should allow your volvo v70 to start without having to remove the immobiliser.

Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealer

If even though a battery change, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your volvo v70 still doesn’t work, it’s probably your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your volvo v70. Actually, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this trouble, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can fix your volvo v70 key. Depending on 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 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 v70.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your volvo v70, this is not advised at all for many reasons. First your volvo v70 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Moreover to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it finds out that the immobiliser on your volvo v70 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 benefit people with bad intentions.

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