Found out anything new about your car?

[AndyJudge]

Originally Posted by Prufrock

Is that a custard or blancmange dessert, or a desert like the local Tesco :-) ?

Jon.

Flippin predictive txt

[T5R92011]

Originally Posted by phil1968

Good idea However it's not practical when you share the car with the wife & there are only 3 settings on the seat memory lol

If you have a spare remote fob, give it to your wife and the car will store her 3x settings against her key, and yours will be stored against your original key.

If she uses the car straight after you, unlocking the car with the spare key will automatically move the seat and mirrors into HER driving position.

Likewise when you next drive the car, unlocking with the original fob will move the seating back in your last position.

Magic! (well on my S60 2008 anyway!)

[StuAgain]

Yesterday drove (2015 V70 D3) to supermarket, it was raining, exited car having stopped, pulled out the keyfob, shut the door, remote locked the door as I turned to run for cover. Nice hour shopping. Returned to car and noticed rear light was on, strange, then noticed that engine was running! Car unlocked, very warm inside and apparently untouched, in Park, but engine running with key fob still in my pocket.

Obviously I had not pressed Engine Stop properly when I got out. As a result engine running and Remote Locking not effective.

I engaged Drive, without the key Fob inserted and drove a few yards. Didn't want to risk going too far.

I wonder how the Insurance would view the Claim had someone taken the car? I think I know that answer.

I always thought that the Key Fob activated an Immobiliser or turned the engine off when removed.

I consider myself to have been very lucky to still have my Volvo after leaving it in a public car park for an hour with the engine running.https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/images/icons/icon11.gif

Ironically when I got home I found I was locked out of the house as I had left the spare house key in the lock on the inside.https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/images/icons/icon8.gif

[AndyJudge]

Originally Posted by StuAgain

Yesterday drove (2015 V70 D3) to supermarket, it was raining, exited car having stopped, pulled out the keyfob, shut the door, remote locked the door as I turned to run for cover. Nice hour shopping. Returned to car and noticed rear light was on, strange, then noticed that engine was running! Car unlocked, very warm inside and apparently untouched, in Park, but engine running with key fob still in my pocket.

Obviously I had not pressed Engine Stop properly when I got out. As a result engine running and Remote Locking not effective.

I engaged Park, without the key Fob inserted, and drove a few yards.

I wonder how the Insurance would view the Claim had someone taken the car? I think I know that answer.

I always thought that the Key Fob activated an Immobiliser or turned the engine off when removed.

I consider myself to have been very lucky to still have my Volvo after leaving it in a public car park for an hour with the engine running.https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/images/icons/icon11.gif

Ironically when I got home I found I was locked out of the house as I had left the spare house key in the lock on the inside.https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/images/icons/icon8.gif

That's weird I stopped the engine & pulled my fob out this morning to get out of the car at work but must have knocked the stop start button as when I opened the door it bonged at me & told me ignition on. reached back into the car to tap the stop/start button to kill the ignition & the engine started again.

Not noticed it do that before.

[ThomasG]

Tested on P2 V70 (2002)

Start the engine. Press and hold "read" button on left stalk. Tap "rear foglights" twice.
Display next to taho should be showing STDC now- pressing "read" scrolls.
I'm yet to lear more about using this. Has anyone else seen it? I'd like to know more..

Also- my windows won't react to remote fob. No matter how long I'd hold the button depressed. Not opening, not closing.

[ThomasG]

Found out some more:

http://mr-fix.info/volvo-hidden-menu-dtc-check/

And.. Damn! I've got flags on AUM, BCM, CEM, DDM, PDM, REM, SWM, UEM...

Shall I be thinking about throwing money onto stealer...
It could be anything..
Anyone with dice not far from south London, please?

[Simon Jones]

Your car doesnt have 'global closure' feature on the windows so wont matter how long you hold the button for. You can get a Canbus Feature Extender to provide the functionality.

[phil1968]

When I first got our C70 I noticed one of the mildly annoying characteristics of the Geartronic transmission is it's over zealousness to kick down to 4th at motorway speeds when you want to accelerate from say, 70 to 80 & being a turbo-diesel you'd rather the torque achieves that in top. Well having owned it for 2.5 years now I found out today that if the Geartronic gearbox is in manual at motorway speeds it won't so readily kick down unless the accelerator is floored