Ignition Barrel Problems

[Engineer]

V70 1997my, ignition barrel will not turn past aux. position any of you guys come across this before? Volvo specialist has advised change complete barrel. Any suggestions that might save time, effort and money would be appreciated. Looking at the car the W/E.

Cheers Engineer.

[Wobbly Dave]

I have spare keys and barrels etc if you want them. I realise this will mean having a different key to start and open doors with.

[Andrew]

V70 1997my, ignition barrel will not turn past aux. position any of you guys come across this before? Volvo specialist has advised change complete barrel. Any suggestions that might save time, effort and money would be appreciated. Looking at the car the W/E.

Cheers Engineer.

I've heard this before - it wears basically - wiggly it in and out a bit

[Engineer]

Thanks guys have taken your advice and options onboard.

[Vikingxl]

We had a similar problem with a golf might not be of any use but here goes.The little flap that drops over the hole when you remove the key was sticking and as it was part of the security system it was stopping the ignition working.As i said might not help but may be worth a quick look.

[Rbphot]

I had a problem with my ingnition, when I bought my V70R last year, the key would sometime just keep rotating in the barrel, Replaced the barrel completely, cost was about £120.

As it's all part of the security system you will need to take your log book to the stealer for them to order one from volvo, they keep a record of all cars keys/security systems and you'll get a new barrel to match your existing keys, the key's have a chip which codes every time you remove it from the barrel.

Also be aware that the casing that the barrel is part of is fitted with shear off bolts, for security, I had to drill my one off(took about 2.5 hours, car thiefs beware), There may be a tool for getting the bolts out, but didn't know that It needed one till I had striped it all down.

Hope this helps

[Engineer]

Cheers guys, for your additional comments.