Your volvo v90 doesn’t want to start? Have you analyzed all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the issue comes from your immobiliser ? It is quite plausible, actually that it is in question if your automotive doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your volvo v90 ? You are in the right place, we have made this article to help you see more clearly and solve your concerns linked to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your volvo v90, then the different techniques to disable it.

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How your immobiliser system works on volvo v90

Before describing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short introduction to describe the aim and operation of the immobilizer in your volvo v90. This electronic component came out 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your volvo v90. Indeed, 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 v90 will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is actually the one expected 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 unit will work.

The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your volvo v90

Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser

First procedure, your key no longer allows your volvo v90 to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your volvo v90, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a garage verify that you can not execute a less significant operation to bring back 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 v90), 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 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 validate the digit and resume, replicate the operation until you have entered the entire code. This should allow your volvo v90 to start without having to remove the immobiliser.

Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealer

If in spite of a battery swap, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your volvo v90 still doesn’t work, it’s probably your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your volvo v90. Indeed, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this issue, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can repair your volvo v90 key. Based 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 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 v90.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your volvo v90, this is not advised at all for different reasons. First your volvo v90 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Indeed, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Furthermore to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it acknowledges that the immobiliser on your volvo v90 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages 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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