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Old Jan 23, 2008 | 10:00 PM
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i went to start my car the other day,it cranked over very slowthen it went dead shortly after .i tried to give a jump from my other car nothing, so i replaced the battery. still crank over no start.i checked only for spark ,and i had no spark .....my question is, could it possibly be my alarm that is cuasing this problem from the battery being dead and how dose the alarm system disables the engine from starting . is it a no crank disable feature or a crank but no start feature
 
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Old Jan 24, 2008 | 05:54 PM
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The alarm should reset if you lock and unlock the car.

You might have a bad Cam sensor.

What year is the car?
 
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Old Jan 24, 2008 | 08:39 PM
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94 850 turbo... does the alarm whenactivated allow engine to crank
 
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Old Jan 24, 2008 | 09:29 PM
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It should still crank after the alarm has been set off.

Try pulling codes if you need to learn how read link

http://www.troublecodes.net/Volvo/
 
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Old Jan 25, 2008 | 09:33 PM
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i went to start my car the other day,it cranked over very slowthen it went dead shortly after .i tried to give a jump from my other car nothing, so i replaced the battery. still crank over no start.i checked only for spark ,and i had no spark .....my question is, could it possibly be my alarm that is cuasing this problem from the battery being dead and how dose the alarm system disables the engine from starting . is it a no crank disable feature or a crank but no start feature
My 1995 T5 wagonhas done exactly the same thing.

One day it switched off normally without anysign of trouble - andabout two days laterwouldonly crank over but won't start.

Installing a new battery made no difference whatsoever.

I must admit I haven't had a chance yet to check out what the problem may be- so I've simply gone back to driving the older, butmore predictable,Volvo 240.
 
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 10:58 PM
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found the problem one of the relays just above the the radiator cooling fan had a broken wire thanks guys
 
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