Message Center: "Start Inhibited, Try Again"

[colovolvo]

Anybody else ever seen this message? The car started fine after I cycled the key off and back to start.

[barrysharp]

Never had it on my XC70 but have seen it once on my S60R. It apparently happens now and then, but should be rare or very infrequent. I resolved mine as you did. I think it's related to the wireless connectivity between key and ignition switch being flakey at times. If it repeats frequently I would bring it to the attention of your Volvo service dept.

[Okanagan XC]

Had the samething happened to my XC70 the first time I tried to start it at home after I picked it up brand new from the dearlership a month ago. Cycled the key as you did and hasn't happened since.

[colovolvo]

Thanks. Didn't think it was a big deal, but with all this ECM stuff going on around here, it's easy to get paranoid about anything ignition related.

[brian]

Happened to me while I had very little fuel in the tank and was parked on a slope. I was told by the guy who services my 2002 that the car will not start if there is not enough fuel at the fuel pump in the tank.

[v70+xc70]

Talked to Dalzells after it happened to our xc.

Can be triggered by electronic interference, eg key fob from another car on the key ring, etc that stops the alarm system from receiving a signal from the correct ignition key saying its ok to start.

[barrykensett]

I can re-create it if I wrap my hand around the key when starting.
Barry

[Sasquatch]

Dang those computers.

See: too much computerization/tech (http://www.volvoxc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8570)

[Kubrick]

I had this happen to me and it was antenna ring. The antenna ring is in the ignition and it reads the chip in the key to start the engine. I was getting this message 2-3 times every time I tried to start the car. Took it to the dealership, they diagnosed it as a bad antenna ring, and I haven't had any problems after they installed a new one.

-Barry

[Cross Current]

Well it happened to me today. Multiple attempts at recycling the ignition sequence didn't cure it. Dealer called and he suggested I insert the key in the door and go through a lock then unlock cycle. That didn't work either. Another suggestion was to flip the key over and place it in the ignition. Still no start. Miraculously 30 minutes later I tried again and after it didn't start, I flipped the key over and inserted back in ignition and it started. Uggghhh.

[Willy]

Interference may be a problem, the alarm of my 940 refused to arm itself once, when I looked around I saw an X-ray warning on the back door of a small hospital. I moved the car, all was ok.
I just wonder, has anyone had results by changing the battery in the key?
Willy

[used2drive_780]

I have a 2005 V70, and I got the "start inhibited" message...

I tried to start the car a bunch of times, then when I was on the phone with Volvo On-Call, the car started!

I hope it was a one-time thing.

My first assumption was that it was the battery (original battery is 5 years old, probably at end of life). But I wonder what the problem really is?

[PGI007]

I had this happen to me about 2 years ago. After sitting for about 15 minutes it eventually started. It happened again last month. I drove home from work at lunch to meet a contractor, then it wouldn't start when I went to go back to work. Tried the other key fob and it started, and the original fob worked again perfectly afterwards. I don't have an answer other than "it happens". If it were a weakening battery I would expect it to occur to me more than twice in 2 years.