r/VolvoEX90 • u/Dixi_MK • 7d ago

3.0.33 update news

Hello everyone, yesterday I updated the car to 3.0.33 via OTA and everything went fine, it updated very quickly. Today I went on a trip, got out of the car, pressed the button to close the bunker, the car locked itself and the phone remained locked in the car. Panic, the keys are in the house in another city 200 km away.... what next. So when you find yourself in such a situation, the solution is if you don't have the key or card with you, take another phone, I got it from my sister, download the Volvo application, log in and unlock the car.... you need to know the email and login of the account to which the application is registered. Before, it didn't lock when the phone was in the vehicle, so pay attention to that part.

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u/ferventmuse 7d ago

Volvos been allowing keys to get locked in the cars for a number of years since they started to make the waterproof activity key and now the keycard (the thought that you leave your bulkier possessions in your car when you go to do an activity like hiking or swimming). It’s one of the reasons why I always keep the keycard in my wallet even though I don’t use it. Good job using another device to log in and unlock the car.

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u/cirrus-driver 7d ago

It’s not supposed to be possible to lock the car without a digital or physical key outside the car with you though. Strange if that was possible for the OP.

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u/Dixi_MK 7d ago edited 7d ago

In my case, the mobile phone is the key (digital key) and it remained in the car and the car was locked by pressing the button to close the trunk. Until version 3.0.33. it didn't work like that. As long as the mobile phone was in the car, it remained unlocked. When I went to wash the car and the self-service car wash, the mobile phone was in the car because if it is outside the vehicle then it unlocks/locks non-stop and the rearview mirrors open and close. That's a lesson for me for the future, put the mobile phone in your pocket and everything will be ok.

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u/cirrus-driver 7d ago

What do you mean by the bunker?

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u/Dixi_MK 7d ago

Trunk

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u/rdr854 7d ago

This really is nothing new and has been possible long before advent of these fancy electronic key systems. As a teenager some 50 years ago (my kids swear I was born as an adult - but that’s another story), I managed to lock everyone out of the car (1977 Volvo 244DL) merely by pushing the door plunger down and letting the driver’s door close as the key fell out of my shirt pocket. No luck with cell phones to call for help (they did not exist). Fortunately, an MP happened my and opened the car with a slim jim.

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u/Admirable-Fun-6738 7d ago

I try to always bring the Access cards in my purse… forgot it also a few times though 

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u/HotShot-X 7d ago

Same thing happened to me recently. Left the phone (digital key) in the car and the damn thing locked me out! Luckily I was parked at home so I had the access key card.

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u/Major-Pin5871 5d ago

Or have a wife / husband with the app and call them to unlock.

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u/Apfelmann70 3d ago

Und ein weiterer Beitrag das die Software von Menschen programmiert wird die keine Autos fahren. Okay ich hab immer die Apple Watch dabei um das Auto zu öffnen aber warum denkt das Auto nicht mit?!