Volvo Cars How-To: Remove Key Blade And Replace Battery
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- čas přidán 17. 09. 2017
- Learn how to use the detachable Remote Key Key-Blade and how to replace your car key's battery.
Available in the new S90, V90, V90 Cross Country, XC60, XC90 and XC40. - Auta a dopravní prostředky
One more reason to love Volvo: I don't think any other manufacturer has made such a detailed video. Just bought an XC40 an I love it.
Nice choice!
Me too- love my XC40. I switched from a Beemer
Same! XC40 Fusion Red, R- Design, D4 AWD
Total crap. Will not open as directed despite the smooth English accent. Horrible design.
@@dougms67 It's an Australian educated accent. But I commend you for admitting your failure to follow simple instructions.
Could volvo have designed the key fob any worse and made the battery process any more ergonomically impossible? I am pretty sure hands do not operate this way.
It would have been smart to make end of the key capable of screwing cap of the battery compartment.
People with arthritis in an emergency situation needing their key are doomed.
I don't own a Volvo, but I watched this video anyway. You know, just in case something happens and I end up owning a Volvo.
You're wise, it's always best to stay on the safe side.
True :DD
lol just got this car and can’t figure out how to open the key
Yup 👍🏾 it’s always good to be prepared.
Thanks for this information
He just skips over the button step at 1.26. You have to slide and hold this button whilst sliding the back cover (with some difficulty) off
I'm a new owner and I've learned from experience to take the battery out of the spare key because once the battery from the main key dies years later and you go for the spare key the battery's drained on that one, too. I had to look this up in order to remove the cover. Such an overly complicated process.
I own a Volvo xc60 and love the car. You need a video like that to get to the key fob battery as it would have been very hard to figure it out on your own
Great - thank you. I also learned that when the battery is dead the car can pick up the signal in the cup holder.
Im completely baffled at how hard people are finding this. This video was very easy to follow and i opened the key straight away.
Great video. I would not have figured this out.
Thanks
The video doesn't make it clear that there are two buttons. The exterior black switch button opens the side with the key. Once that is open, an internal metal switch button opens the side with the battery. There are in fact two internal metal switch buttons.
No it totally FAILED to mention the internal metal switch. Thank you so much for pointing this out. I'd have to go to the dealer to get the battery replaced otherwise. Much appreciated!
I love Volvo!
I like how smooth, solid and safe theirs cars are. I hope they continue to bring us more innovations like this.
Volvo XC 90 ist ein Traum für lange Fahrten Entspannung Pur. Nach 2 Jahren Fahren höchst zufrieden. Danke Volvo.
F guys dyock l Na h z
I changed the batteries and all of a sudden, my key wont work. Help?
Great video. Now do one where the key fobs won’t work and two Volvo dealerships and Volvo corporate don’t know how to fix it and you can’t open the fuel filler door either even though the doors will unlock manually and run with the key fob in the center console. That’d be great because I have a $45k driveway ornament for the past 4 months.
Hello, we are sorry to hear about your experience. Please contact our global customer care team if you would like to discuss this further. You can email them at international@volvocars.com. /Irene
@@VolvoCars Thank you. I have emailed Volvo corporate and intially they were responding and they now have stopped responding to my emails. Worst customer service experience in history. I have not been able to use my car for the past 6 months and Volvo doesn’t even care. Never again.
@@VolvoCars Almost three weeks since I emailed that address you gave and ZERO response. 25+ weeks and my XC40 still sits in my driveway - undriveable because the key fobs won’t work, 2 dealerships couldn’t fix it, and you can’t open the gas cover without working key fobs. Great job VOLVO! Never again.
Really helpfull videos!!
Thanks! It worked.
Good video... quite a bit of engineering in that key! All's well that ends well!
If the black push button is missing, how can you open the cover?
Intriguing engineering!
Volvo is my favourite so far.
I have had to do several battery replacements for this key fob. I dread it every time - worse than a trip to the dentists. The key (sorry) is to keep the fob attached to a key ring so that you can get a good grip to slide on and off the covers.
An F- for industrial design.
Fucking terrible. I'd have expected something more practical from Volvo; I'm genuinely surprised each time I manage to crack it open
@@StashSpot Done mine for the first time 2 weeks ago,almost smashed it out of frustration🤣
Wowww that was easy! Thank you
Tried multiple times and just realized the most important part is to move/press the small button “down” and to the right. Just sliding it to the right with the fingernail would not work...
Which genius came up with this key fob design?/s
Thanks, information was handy
What is your feed back?
Volvo's are just Luxury especially the Volvo S60
For luxury, try the S90 T6 Inscription. Makes the S60 look rather plain.
+Tim, true, but the S60 Polestar is a drivers car, much better driving experience than the S90.
Then again, the OP did not even refer to Polestar. My S90 is Polestar Optimized, he he (not Polestar Engineered, obviously.)
Tunmise Toriola luxury means s90 v90 xc90 and xc60
Tim is the polestar upgrade worth it for the s90? Explain please :)
I have replaced the batteries for both keys but neither are working properly. I regularly get the ‘key not found’ message when I want to start the car. I then lock the car and unlock, then the key is detected. When I want to unlock (when I’m outside the car) I often need to lock first and then it works. After I have put the car in Park, it also gives the ‘key not found’ message, even if the engine has not been turned off.
Any ideas on how to fix this?
Yes, change the RKE
What’s RKE? I’m having the same trouble.
Awesome video, very easy to change the battery.
Very easy? Lol
Wasn’t able to open it with my finger nail like the video said - might have to get a new car key.
Cette pièce électronique est défectueuse...
I have an XC60 (2016) and this is not how my remote is set up.
Volvo please push out software update that allows walk away auto lock. Even my 2012 cadillac had this.
Good
love my car XC40 Recharge
Glad I found this video
I dont have that kind of key fob
Lost an hour to this. Turns out the button on mine for some reason isn't connected to the mechanism that moves the pin inside to release the cover like it is on my other Volvo key fob. Finally got the cover open by sticking a prong of a fork down into the tiny gap you can make to the left of the button after moving the button to the right, and then sliding the fork to the right and sliding the cover off like the video. What a pain!
Hello, we are sorry to hear about your experience. Please contact our global customer care team if you would like to discuss this further. You can email them at international@volvocars.com.
Last key cost over $200 to replace, but my insurance coverage paid for it. This time I watched video and did it by myself cost less than $2.
The back compartment doesn’t come off….
Volvo cars nie le fait qu'il y a des rappels de voiture pour changer le démarreur à ses frais...
Terribly difficult and frustrating to change the battery.
Thank you for your feedback, Irwin. We will forward your concerns to the correct department.
Love the vehicle, hate the fob.
I don't know who approved this design, but holding the little button requires force that is perpendicular to the force required to remove the cover plate.
That makes for extreme frustration.
Flat out dumb.
I can do it with one hand. Just use my index finger to slide the button and the rest of my fingers/hand to slide the cover off and it’s very easy to slide the second cover off to expose the battery cover.
@@Alexander_l322 how small are your hands?
@@Alexander_l322 you must own one of the few who work as it was intended but the rest of us are fucked
J'ai dû la changer au bout de 3 ans...ce n'est pas normale...
Volvo key fob battery type
While I like my Volvo I find this process totally unintuitive. Try that in the dark.
Please do not wait until the battery is 100% dead.
When the "key fob low battery" notification appears on your dash (like mine last night), simply bring it inside and replace it in the morning.
Anyone who thinks this key is too complicated doesn't have enough exposure to luxury cars. I own an Audi, a Lexus, and a Volvo, and this key is no worse than the others. Modern keys have so much technology, they need to be protected from careless damage.
Il faut faire un rappel des voitures
Someone would have expected a better key design. Very bulky, very complicated and unergonomic and nickel trimming fades with a bit of use
3:10
Volvo key fobs are not designed very well.
I'm picking up my XC40 in three months ... please explain...
@@TheBlackice38 try to change the battery. 2nd it stoos recignizing you when you change your battery and they want you to come to the dealer ..to change the battery..its not close or convenient..
The little plastic hand which holds the battery is super easy to break. a terrible design there .
It is easier to steal a car than it is to get the battery out of this key.
We currently own 2 current Volvo’s, our 2 and 3 ones. Generally I am a fan, but these keys suck. When 2 educated people have to look up this video every time a battery dies, it is not a good design. Too many small buttons, that have to get pushed in just the right way to get this thing open. And of course the back of the battery case is plastic and too more pressure on it will rip it up. Love Volvo, absolute hate these keys.
Hi CJ, we are glad to hear that you are a Volvo fan! Thank you for your feedback, we will forward it to the relevant department.
Yeah, it's a complete PITA to replace the battery in these things. It's much harder than it should be. We have four of these fobs and I have to look up the instructions every time I need to replace a battery.
Utterley rubbish design. Just come out for the second time to rescue a driver with a dead fob.
They have a spare battery but no screwdriver and not enough finger strength to open the fob up.
Stupidly difficult and overbuilt
Un problème de démarreur
These keys are so terribly designed
Daftest key design I have ever seen (XC90 T8)! Volvo couldn't do better than this! What a terrible engineering!
This has to be the absolutely the WORST designed key fob in the world. It is NOT easy to open as they imply. It is very very difficult at every step and many will actually need three hands (i.e. two people to do a couple of these steps! Even the battery compartment is poorly designed and hard to open. The slot is way too shallow to use a screwdriver and difficult at best with a coin! AWFUL design and not a great video guide for it either!
Hello, we are sorry to hear about your experience. Please contact our global customer care team if you would like to discuss this further. You can email them at international@volvocars.com. /Irene
I completely agree and to add insult to injury, the battery requires replacement far more frequently than any other car brand I’ve owned
worst key design ever. Quality of car is great but this key design is awful. Chrome chips off plastic quickly, impossible to open and shut easily (shouldn't need a video every time to figure out how to change the battery), and plastic tabs holding the battery break. Ugh...
K. Ta kbo
I don't know what your fingernails look like in Sweden but getting a fingernail into that "indentation" was impossible. It barely accommodates a 0.035 Alan wrench.
"Slide the cover down and up...." WHUT?? "the cover will loosen"....no it won't. Thanks for nothing.
Hello, we are sorry to hear about your experience. Please contact our global customer care team if you would like to discuss this further. You can email them at international@volvocars.com. /Irene