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Bought a second hand ignition barrel from a breakers to go on teh V70, mechanic has fitted it. Car now imobilised ffs!
What are the options to get this sorted? surely the key that came with the new barrel needs to be coded to my car or the blade swapped into the old key fob?
take old key hold body of key right next to the new key and turn ignition.
the ECU generally holds the codes
the barrel either has an RF antenae built in or as a ring round it
the rf pip tag is in the key usually - these are coded to teh ECU.
if it works with your key next to the barrel key then open keys and swap over the pip tags.
In an old forum homage "VOLVO FOR SALE" 🙂
Hope you get it fixed,have you tried posting on a Volvo forum ?
https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/
Not a Volvo expert but essentially you are right the immobiliser chip that works will be the one in the old key but the blade from the new one fits the barrel... So some recoding/swapping will be needed I imagine
cut the blade off the old key and tape the fob to the new one
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Or tape the old key under the steering column as near the ignition as possible.
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I had this when I changed the ECU on the boik. The tag in the new key was dug out and glued in the old key. Works fine.
Need to swap old blade for new blade - next question HOW?
Wrap the replacement key in kitchen foil to block the radio and hold the original key near the new key while starting.
Hopefully will work. If so drive to main stealers to get new key coded [prepare to bend over].
Need to swap old blade for new blade – next question HOW?
My Ford key can 'break in half' when you change the batterry, allowing swap of electronics, and IIRC my old VW keys were the same.
My dad had a new blank key made and taped the original (which was worn) somewhere on the steering column.
drove it for another year and got rid when it failed its next mot.
Its around £300 to get a new key coded to the car. Volvo are pretty muuch the only manufacturer not to give out the codes to 3rd party key coders. The codes are generated and stored in Volvoland Sweden and thats that.
So yu need to split the transponder buton push par from the blade , and put the old electronics onto the new blade . Should woork fine after that. Its £90 for a blade cut to match the barrel from a main stealership . Diddly 3mm hex bolt iirc.
Its £90 for a blade cut to match the barrel from a main stealership
Got the same response about an iveco key.
Bought some blanks from eBay Poland and got the local timpson man to cut three for me for a 10 quid donation to the charity box.....he's not supposed to cut them so you may have to try a couple
Ha Timson do employ 'ex cons' to help keep them on the straight and narrow!
(Timpson business strategy, which is good in my books).
You obviously found one with the right skills.
I agree....saved me a fortune and technically speaking no different to cutting any other key I just had to supply the blank as he hadn't any.....
It’s not the blade that’s the issue per se - the transponder is in the wrong fob now
Where abouts are you iamanobody?
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It’s not the blade that’s the issue per se – the transponder is in the wrong fob now
Can you not just swap the blade from the original key to the new one, following the guide to open it up that Captmorgan posted?
Looks to be reasonably easy...
That's transponders are generally also easy to move from key a to key b..... Lightly glued in. I remove them with tweezers.
A garage that tries to çharge me 300 quid for a key code isn't getting a penny till I've exhausted every other possible option.....