Volvo e-key

[plewis]

I have on a few occasions stopped my Volvo D4 engine using the start/stop button but then failed to push the ignition switch to turn it off. The most obvious result of this senior moment is near dead battery next time I use the boat. Without offering my opinion on the wisdom of the two step process to turn off the engine, I'm just wondering - has any one else had this problem? Also, my hope was that if the e-key/fob was far enough away from the boat, the ignition would turn off, but this doesn't happen. In fact, the e-key doesn't appear to do anything at all. It isn't even required to start the engine. In an effort to fix it, I was able to deregister and re-register the fob via menu prompts, but it still doesn't have any effect. What am I missing?

 

[Bobby Beard]

When you pass the fob over the start button it turns the light from green to red. After it's red you can not start the engine. You have to wave it in front of it again to start engine. It's a security fob.

 

[Red Raven]

There are a couple of steps that I use to ensure this situation does not result in a dead battery when leaving the boat for more than 24 hours. First, I always make sure the battery charger is turned on and we are plugged in. Second, I always turn off the engine and thruster battery switches before leaving.

 

[stwendl]

I was there told and experienced it first hand that if you turn off the main engine battery switch without turning off the engines with the key fob then the the next time you start the engine you may see some error code registered

Any who knows better feel free to correct me

 

[Gin]

One of my steps in closing up the boat is to put the covers back on the helm gauges. If the Volvo engine gauge is not on, I know that I haven't switched the engine off completely. Because having the gauge off is one of my "visuals" and it would feel weird to me to close up with it on, I've never had a problem. Or, well, let's just say I've never had THAT problem -- I've had others, just not THAT one. 😀

Gini

 

[Scuffy]

I have never have used the fob to disable the engine start switch. I just hit the start/stop button to shut off the engine and then shut off the engine and thruster batteries like was previously mentioned. To get going again we just switch on the thruster and engine batteries and hit the stop start switch after pushing the Volvo panel buttons to get our normal operating screen to appear. Never have had an issue. The boat spends it's time in our driveway when not on the water. I'm usually not too far from it when we are in the water. I leave the fobs on the boat as I was told they were not cheap if you misplace them. I always keep the cabin door locked if we have the boat in the water and leave to go somewhere.
For us the fob is not something we normally use.

 

[dclagett]

On my boat directly above the start/stop button is an ignition button. The ignition button activates the start/stop button and turns on the Volvo Penta engine display. So without first pushing the ignition button, assuming you turned the ignition off the last time you turned the engine off, the start/stop button is inactive and will not start the engine even though the engine battery switch is on. If you just hit the start/stop button to turn the engine off and then switch the engine battery switch off the ignition will be on the next time you turn the engine battery switch on. This action has caused erroneous engine errors to be displayed. I clear these errors by turning the ignition off and then on.

Since I am in a marina I like to lock the engine with the fob so if someone was to break into the boat the engine is disabled. Before I leave the boat, I turn the ignition off, swipe the fob across the start/stop button to lock the engine and then turn the battery switches off. When I return to the boat I turn on the battery switches, swipe the fob across the start/stop button, push the inignition button and then push the start/stop button to start the engine.

Hope this helps.