On the website of the Russian Club of Volvo Owners, users report that the current version of the Volvo on Call 5.30 application now does not allow them to log into their account at all, or makes its use pointless – for those who are in it managed to log into functions such as tracking the geolocation of cars, controlling door locks, checking fuel levels or remotely starting an autonomous heater.

The most persistent users have experimentally discovered that if instead of the latest version of Volvo on Call they install an older version (5.17.1 or 5.22.1), the lost options can be restored. At least for now.

But that is not everything. Volvo took the example of some other car manufacturers and also disconnected the brand’s Russian official dealers from servers running software. This caused a number of problems for military personnel: now they cannot register keys, reprogram electronic units and update software in cars. Dealers will likely have to find alternative channels to operate.

On the website of the Russian Club of Volvo Owners, users report that the current version of the Volvo on Call 5.30 application now does not allow them to log into their account at all, or makes its use pointless – for those who are in it managed to log into functions such as tracking the geolocation of cars, controlling door locks, checking fuel levels or remotely starting an autonomous heater.

The most persistent users have experimentally discovered that if instead of the latest version of Volvo on Call they install an older version (5.17.1 or 5.22.1), the lost options can be restored. At least for now.

But that is not everything. Volvo took the example of some other car manufacturers and also disconnected the brand’s Russian official dealers from servers running software. This caused a number of problems for military personnel: now they cannot register keys, reprogram electronic units and update software in cars. Dealers will likely have to find alternative channels to operate.