How to run Diagnostics on your Volvo!

Hi Guys,
In todays video I show you how to run diagnostics on your Volvo without VIDA!!
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[@robgreen1818]

Just bought an S80 D5 executive 2013 and absolutely love your content! I had a nightmare with my previous car, an 09 Alfa Mito Lusso and really want to learn to do some basic Maintainance myself. You’ve already taught me about flushing the coolant and cleaning the inlet manifold. All the best with the channel!

[@drivelife.channel]

Hey Rob, thanks so much for the support! 😁 I'm currently in the process if getting all of my maintenance videos into one playlist so look out for that!! 😁

[@mrzooks2383]

Cheers for this, very useful

[@kmorton54]

Excellent video and advice. What is the Amazon part info? I want to order one for my 2011 3.2l S80

[@kanesfist9895]

Do they do a trial version. For those of you looking for transmission temp I think the only one is vida. I believe the others just pick up coolant temp even though it says transmission temp e.g torque pro

[@geoffreygcotton]

Excellent video, but what works well with Apple iPhone for Volvo XC 90? Many thanks geoff

[@justinlarsen4631]

Hi sorry In a bit of a hurry and didn't read much about the Veepeak, But is it also bidirectional. can I work on my car ot will the brakes lock up or can I put it in service mode and rip out my dash without my airbag lights blowing up. Cheers, Sounds like. nice piece of software if I can stay ahead of my problems. thanks

[@malcallen695]

Good info 👍

[@drivelife.channel]

Thanks Malc!

[@sunshine8556]

Hi mate, are you still using/recommending this reader and apps? Boxing day sale for the Veepeak on amazon but my heart says vida/dice but I can't seem to find any vida/dice amazon or ebay?!

[@minimalfeelings]

Nice vid, mate. Would you happen to know if this is iPhone compatible and could diagnose a P1 platform? C30 2.0D. Thanks, keep it up!

[@Alexander_l322]

Get yourself VIDA and a DiCE unit from eBay! Best thing I got for my Volvo! It’s dealer level diagnostics, it’s really the only way to see everything and fault codes a normal scanner won’t pick up.

[@lars5306]

Alternatively vxdiag vcxnano also works wonders and doesnt cost an arm and a leg. Works just fine with VIDA and VDASH.

[@Alexander_l322]

@@lars5306 or just get VIDA and a DiCE unit from eBay for about £60 for everything and it works wonders.

[@asummers5234]

@@Alexander_l322 cheapest one on ebay is £117 and thats from china, cheapest one in this country is £130, I got my VCXnano for £40 from Aliexpress and like Lars says it works fine. for some reason the knock off dice units have gotten harder to find and more expensive than they used to be.

[@Alexander_l322]

@@asummers5234 I paid £65 for mine from eBay

[@asummers5234]

@@Alexander_l322 Im sure you did, you wouldnt pay £65 for one now though you would pay £120ish. If somebody was looking to buy one now they would better off with the vxnano, its 1/3 of the price and so far I havent found anything a Dice would do that this cant.

[@sally6457]

How did the mot go? Is the light misting of oil on rear shock absorber one of the parts that you replaced previously?

[@drivelife.channel]

Car passed! fortunately the shock i replaced was absolutely fine! its the other one I need to replace next 🤣

[@SlimTortoise]

Just brought one of these after listening to your recommendation, Thanks :-), Just wondering if you have tried the free apps? I'm really looking to check the Automatic gearbox oil temp so I can do a level and oil change on my D5 next service.

[@drivelife.channel]

Yep, there are several free apps that work well 😁😁

[@paulhetherington6022]

Which version of the app did you purchase? They offer three different levels.

[@UnderTheRadar1976]

Hi will it reset airbags as most don’t

[@toneranger]

The no temperature gauge on the dash drives me nuts, the P2 had it. Plus the lack of backlit lighting on the dash is mental otherwise a great car. Another great video. I have Bluedriver obd, but doesn’t seem to read my Volvo that deeply. Do you know are the various apps able to link with different old readers ? I love my 2008 P3 D5 Estate but here in Italy you can’t drive them in cities at all at certain times of day, a blanket ban, just crazy for a 13 year old car. Just bought a 2011 mk3 focus 1.6td for the missus and it’s great.... after a terrible experience with an ‘03 Mondeo I swore I’d never buy one. So my Volvo has to go with the COVID situation, but with the new Euro4 restrictions it’ll be hard to sell for such an amazing car.

[@samjackson7701]

I found this ridiculous as well when I purchased my 3.2L P3 S80. Why would you ever REMOVE a diagnostic feature, especially one that can be absolutely essential in troubleshooting an overheating car? I ended up purchasing a generic, 'always-on' diagnostic tool for my car that just sits and pairs with my phone whenever I drive... But still, it's absolutely and utterly ridiculous that they would remove something like that.

[@toneranger]

@@samjackson7701 totally. Good idea for the real time mobile read out. In the V90 they removed the 40/20/40 split rear seats which again makes no sense, it's 40/60 now. Going backwards on the details Volvo

[@malcolmstokes6917]

Looks fine for diy. Will the Garage Pro release the electric handbrakes to change the pads/and or discs please ?

[@sandymcintosh]

That's a very good question. I'd be interested in that too :)

[@idigbebop]

Here’s an option to release the parking brake. Unplug the brake caliper electric connector. Notice there are two elec pin blades on the brake side receptacle. Hook up a small 12 volt battery ( UPC size) with alligator test leads to the blade pins. The electric plunger will back out to release the parking brake. It’s either in or out depending pin polarity.

[@muntasirmahmood4374]

Please can you do a video on how to change the cabin air filter as all the tutorials I’ve found are for left hand drive not right hand drive.

[@Alexander_l322]

It’s quite easy, it’s on the passenger side behind the trim on the side of the transmission tunnel, it unclips then you take it out of the way. You then find the black rectangular box and it will have 2 or 3 clips that you press to get it to open and inside will be the filter. Pull out the filter anyway you can(it’s tight) then vacuum the filter housing. Note the direction of air flow( an arrow on the filter will tell you) face the arrow point towards the inside of the car. Getting the filter back in is not hard but it’s so tight to get in so you squash the filter up and try to shove it back in the housing! I did it like this and it fitted and works well but be careful not to push the filter too far in as it should sit about flush with the filter housing opening. Then get the cover and get it clipped back in place(again tight but do able) and finally get the side trim back in which is the easiest bit of the job!

[@Tommyb1508]

Went on amazon to purchase the odb reader. There is a BLE and a BLE+ . Would the + version be better? And the software app. you use at the start/1st app garage pro. Is this better for volvo cars thanks.

[@drivelife.channel]

The + version gives better connection stability :)

[@MrGodsking]

@@drivelife.channel do you have amazon link for this i could not find it

[@T0Teu]

You can do a scan on your parking assist sensors with Garage Pro and veepeak? If you can, I does tell which sensor is out? Thanks in advance!

[@drivelife.channel]

Yep :) it should do as it is all part of the computers :)

[@T0Teu]

@@drivelife.channel Thanks for the info 👍

[@T0Teu]

So apparently doesn't tell you which sensor nor showing you any error code, although my parking assist error is on, unfortunately doesn't go that deep in the system. But for any other little stuff is great. You get what you pay for 😊

[@Alexander_l322]

@@T0Teu you need VIDA and DiCE mate

[@benryan1229]

Can you code the Volvo with this or Carly

[@EvanHaworthStaines]

CAN you use a Carly adapter with this app ? Does it work properly?

[@drivelife.channel]

Unfortunately not :/

[@EvanHaworthStaines]

Have you found any apps that you can code with ? Without using vida? Trying to find something to activate some options on my v50

[@Alexander_l322]

@@EvanHaworthStaines you need Vida/DiCE and VDASH to code things. Check out D5T5 website for more information.

[@peterhendriks6596]

I got a Veepeak BLE+ and it is not working with a iPhone 7, iOS 14+. Or an iPad Air. The bad part seems it needs Internet, which is iffy in front of my garage. So not happy with it at the moment. I registered and all, but the internet dependency is detrimental to the user experience...

[@SamBondPhoto]

I have this exact same problem. Did you manage to fix it?

[@mytubegermany]

Can it show Volvo Parts Numbers?

[@peterlang3369]

I have Carly for a year and they have no loyalty ask for full price again and for all cars is very expensive and no discount codes seem to work, I paid for full use of Torque pro and have used for a while and is good never tried garage pro though so downloaded and see it will work off my carly universal adaptor or one I use for Torque pro

[@drivelife.channel]

I was so disappointed by Carly! When I got it they offered a lifetime plan, but then changed it and wouldn't honour it despite the fact I had paid for it! Let me know how you get on with garage pro! its a great little bit of kit 😁

[@jimd2101]

For starters.....the real problem is the steering wheel is on the wrong side ......😆😆😆😆

[@gerardjones7881]

the amazon ratings are very poor for this app. too many complaints for my money.