bad starting

**t5 stealth** · Sunday 21st March 2010, 19:54

a mate of mine has an 1998 s40 turbo & its having problems starting,
hes done the usual checks but he seems to think theres something funny with the immobiliser...
is there any common probs with these,
he says the immobiliser or alarm warning light (flashing red thing)
does strange things....
it wont start when the light is on,even if hes turned it off with remote,it dont always go out,
then sometimes he says the light is dim....
anyone had issues with this ?

cheers

**RicV50T5** · Tuesday 23rd March 2010, 17:04

Not aware of any Volvo problems... but all my immobilser issues with the family cars have been to do with
1. Little children clicking the fob out of range and the immobiliser needing to be sync'd with the key... is that one of the checks he has already done?
2. Faulty/missing transponder...agin, little children playing...

Are these the checks he has already done?

**t5 stealth** · Tuesday 23rd March 2010, 19:10

thanx for the reply mate,
as far as i know hes checked everything,
i read somewhere about that with the remotes being pushed out of range etc,but he dont hav kids but he might do it himself lol.
unfortunatly i havnt even seen the car as hes in cornwall & im in brighton.
hes even removed aftermarket alarm as he thought it might be that,
i shall mention to him about the remotes again & see what he says...
iv told him to go get codes read but im not sure he has yet...
thanx again mate.

**RicV50T5** · Wednesday 24th March 2010, 11:33

No worries...Ford immobilisers seem quite happy to un-sync, but only take a couple of minutes to re-do yourself. here's hoping.

Might see you on the 27 or 23 one day...

**t5 stealth** · Wednesday 24th March 2010, 19:11

Might see you on the 27 or 23 one day...[/QUOTE]

lol yeah.............wot area are you from.

**RicV50T5** · Thursday 25th March 2010, 21:40

The oh so quiet Bexhill area...

**t5 stealth** · Thursday 25th March 2010, 21:42

lol
i havnt been out that way for a few years,
last time i went there it was coverd with roadworks,had to make so many detours lol

**RicV50T5** · Saturday 27th March 2010, 20:49

Thats it Big City boy, poke fun at the bumkins! Some nice runs outr here when you know where to look...

**t5 stealth** · Saturday 27th March 2010, 20:52

Originally Posted by RicV50T5

Thats it Big City boy, poke fun at the bumkins! Some nice runs outr here when you know where to look...

lol il have to have a jaunt out that way then lol

**jimka** · Saturday 27th March 2010, 23:32

its the immobiliser ring which sits around the barrel, around £12 from Simon aka Rufe, and takes about 20mins to fit.. no need to reset or take to a dealer, problem will be solved.