non starting v50....

**local-looney** · Thursday 22nd March 2012, 17:12

A friend of mine has an 08 v50 diesel....left lights on,battery went flat.
boost charged for half hour,car started and off he goes....
Came out at dinnertime,won't start,put boost pack on,still won't start..
Fully charged battery,lights up on dash,but key will not start car,no clicking or anything.
Seems like the immobiliser is on...

Any one know??
Thanks in advance....

**M-R-P** · Thursday 22nd March 2012, 17:31

Errrrrr, stare menacingly at it for a bit?
Beyond me mate

**local-looney** · Thursday 22nd March 2012, 17:44

He,s rightly p****d orf!!
Only had it 3 months.....I told him,dont worry mate,its only 8 grand!!!

**Santa** · Thursday 22nd March 2012, 17:45

Long shot but tried locking and unlocking a few times?

**local-looney** · Thursday 22nd March 2012, 18:11

Breakdown been out....says immobiliser is on....then promptly left!!!
Me and him can't understand why it would do this......
I feel he may have an eBay item soon!!!!
Tried locking and unlocking,not working but worth a try

**Santa** · Thursday 22nd March 2012, 21:20

Probably an even stupider suggestion but tried the spare key? (If that doesn't work I think it will be a garage job?)

**local-looney** · Thursday 22nd March 2012, 22:22

Ok,tried the 2 options above..alas to no avail,its still a driveway ornament!!
Anyone else any thoughts.....

**M-R-P** · Thursday 22nd March 2012, 23:03

Jam a candle in the back seat and light it. It'll give you about 2 hours until it goes foom

**LeeT5** · Saturday 24th March 2012, 00:10

I've been to a couple of V50s that do this. You have two options...

Option 1.

Go through the normal motions of unlocking the car. Make sure it does not say 'immobilisor fault' in the dash, else your wasting your time. If it does skip to option 2. Insert key into slot on dash and press firmly on back of key, forcing key into dash and at the same time twist to the start position....

If vehicle cranks but does not start move to option 2.

Option 2

Have vehicle recovered to dealer for immobilisor re programme and ignition barrel replaced. Make sure you take ALL spare keys.

Fault is normally the ignition key receiver. Has bad contacts inside and needs to be replaced by dealer.

**local-looney** · Saturday 24th March 2012, 08:01

Originally Posted by LeeT5

I've been to a couple of V50s that do this. You have two options...

Option 1.

Go through the normal motions of unlocking the car. Make sure it does not say 'immobilisor fault' in the dash, else your wasting your time. If it does skip to option 2. Insert key into slot on dash and press firmly on back of key, forcing key into dash and at the same time twist to the start position....

If vehicle cranks but does not start move to option 2.

Option 2

Have vehicle recovered to dealer for immobilisor re programme and ignition barrel replaced. Make sure you take ALL spare keys.

Fault is normally the ignition key receiver. Has bad contacts inside and needs to be replaced by dealer.

Thanks!! Will POP over the road and try this...

**local-looney** · Saturday 24th March 2012, 08:33

Another Volvo fault that slipped through again????

**local-looney** · Saturday 24th March 2012, 08:34

Originally Posted by martinrpeachey

Jam a candle in the back seat and light it. It'll give you about 2 hours until it goes foom

oh,and Martin,this was a get useful post.....lol

**local-looney** · Saturday 24th March 2012, 12:24

Ok,his car at Volvo main stealer....previous owner missed 2 recalls and battery is to small for the car!!!
New battery and re-coding......price? You don't wanna know!!!

**LeeT5** · Sunday 1st April 2012, 09:45

Originally Posted by 850-shane

Ok,his car at Volvo main stealer....previous owner missed 2 recalls and battery is to small for the car!!!
New battery and re-coding......price? You don't wanna know!!!

Ha ha, No, we ALL do....really!!!!!

Never miss a recall. How dum! There FREE!!!!! I bet one of the recalls was for the ignition key?
Please, do tell.