car battery went dead and now the anti-theft alarm won't de-activate , tried switch on alarm unit at droivers kick panel but that did't help , can't get car running as the alarm immobilizes it and I'm sick of pushing it in and out of my garage to work on it , please reply to opg599@rogers.com as well as I'm fairly new to this site and my or may not be able to retieve a reponse from it ,thanks.

I ran into this problem after I disconnected my battery to boost my wife's car. I rarely use the alarm so I did not carry the fob with me. I have a 1990 740 bought used and I was not aware that the alarm is activated when the battery is connected again. After a noisy ride home I deactivated it with the fob. Now I stash the fog in the glove compartment just in case. I later discoverd by chance that if you insert the ignition key in the ignition and turn it on (to position II, I think), and then connect the battery, the alarm will not activate. I don't know if your system is the same as yours or not.

Bill
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Volvo Info Site 1990 745GLE 16valve

"I rarely use the alarm so I did not carry the fob with me."

Is this that thing the owners manul says to move across the windsheild by the dash on the drivers side? Where can you get one, from Volvo only or is there another place?
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1987 Black 780 PRV - V6 227,546 miles

Black 780 PRV please read on.. TO THE ORIGIANL POSTER: pull the fuse, I can't remember which number 22, 10, 2,?? for alarm system/fog lights. Key should then start car.

On my 88 780 the alarm pick-up is behind the left-rear (driver's) quarterglass a couple inches from the b-pillar. The fob to deactive these things contains nothing more than 8-10 small magnets pointed in different directions, and in varying points inside. To get a new fob made, locate your pick-up inside the car, pry it away from the window and write down the codes found on the pick-up. Take those codes to a dealer parts counter, find the part number from the microfiche, and have it ordered, giving your codes. It has to come from Sweden
so it takes a few weeks. I think mine was about 65.00 a year or so ago.

regards,

DJ


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"I rarely use the alarm so I did not carry the fob with me."

Is this that thing the owners manul says to move across the windsheild by the dash on the drivers side? Where can you get one, from Volvo only or is there another place?
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1987 Black 780 PRV - V6 227,546 miles

The 'fob' is the do-hickey that you put on your keychain. Remote actuator. Zapper. Or whatever it is called.

Bill
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Volvo Info Site 1990 745GLE 16valve

So you're saying you have an alarm system on your car, but no remote to activate/deactivate? If so, then ditch the system. Most alarm installations have the control box just under the driver's side kick panel. From the box, just go backwards on its wiring. For the starter wire, most likely it was split. Just resplice the two ends.

-- Kane
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