How to disable the immobiliser volvo xc70 ?

Your volvo xc70 doesn’t want to start? Have you tested all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the trouble comes from your immobiliser ? It is quite 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 xc70 ? You are in the right place, we have created this content to help you see more clearly and resolve your problems relating to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your volvo xc70, then the different methods to disable it.

How your immobiliser system works on volvo xc70

Before detailing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short intro to explain the intent and functions of the immobilizer in your volvo xc70. This electronic component appeared 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your volvo xc70. In fact, 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 xc70 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 expected 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 device will work.

First methodology, your key no longer enables your volvo xc70 to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your volvo xc70, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a mechanic check that you can not perform a less important operation to bring back the normal start of your automobile. In fact, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your volvo xc70), 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, repeat the operation until you have entered the full code. This should let you start your volvo xc70 without having to remove the immobiliser.

Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealer

If even though a battery change, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your volvo xc70 still doesn’t want to start, it’s most likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your volvo xc70. In fact, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To fix this trouble, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can restore your volvo xc70 key. Determined by 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 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 xc70.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your volvo xc70, this is not recommended at all for many reasons. First your volvo xc70 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to turn your car on. Additionally to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it acknowledges that the immobiliser on your volvo xc70 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some sites 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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