We just love our new to us '08 V70, but there's one niggling issue. Sorry if I'm carrying this over from another thread but surely someone has experienced this. Occasionally, maybe three times out of ten, when inserting the fob into the dash the car the start button has no effect. No dash warning lights, nothing. Fiddling with the brake pedal has no effect. Ejecting the fob, flipping it over or not, then reinserting will almost always result in the car starting as it should. It does this with both fobs.

The mechanism will usually chatter once the fob is pulled in completely, as if it is still pulling the fob. The chattering sounds like either a solenoid or a gear skipping.

Is the in-dash unit known to fail and are these known symptoms of a failing unit? I've watched a vid on how to remove it but I'm sure a replacement isn't inexpensive and must be coded to match the fobs.

Anyone go through this before?

Thanks,

Erwin

'88 745T M46/OD 210,000 miles sold
'94 945T 180,000 miles sold
'95 855T 220,000 miles sold
'08 V70 68,000 miles