2025-2026 Volvo EX40 SUV Entry and security -> Locking and unlocking using the detachable key blade User Manual
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Entry and security -> Locking and unlocking using the detachable key blade for Your Volvo EX40 SUV First Generation (2025-2026)

Note  
If you lock the car while a key is still inside, that key is temporarily deactivated. If anyone is inside the car when this  
happens, they will still be able to open the doors. The locked-in key will be activated again when you unlock the car  
with another valid key.  
If you press the lock button with the boot hatch still open, make sure you don't leave the key inside the car when you  
close the hatch. If the car detects that the key is still inside, the boot will not lock.  
Unlocking the car  
Press once on the unlocking button.  
The car unlocks.  
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The alarm is disarmed.  
Note  
Automatic relocking  
If you don't open any of the doors or the boot hatch for a couple of minutes after unlocking, the car relocks automat-  
ically so that you don't accidentally leave it unlocked.  
Unlocking the boot hatch  
Press once on the boot hatch button.  
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The boot unlocks.  
The alarm remains armed on the side doors.  
If the key isn't working  
If the car doesn't respond to the key's buttons, try changing the key battery. As a backup, you can use the detachable key blade  
to lock or unlock the car.  
6.3.3. Locking and unlocking using the detachable key blade  
There's a detachable key blade inside the standard key that you can use as a backup for locking and  
unlocking.  
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Note  
When you unlock and open the car using the detachable key blade, the alarm will be triggered.  
Finding the key blade  
1. Hold the key with the Volvo logo facing upwards.  
Slide the small catch on the keyring bracket to the side and slide the front shell away from the bracket.  
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The front shell detaches.  
2. Lift the front shell off and locate the key blade underneath it.  
Unlocking with the key blade  
3. Go to the front door on the left-hand side of the car. Pull out the door handle to its end position.  
4. Turn the key clockwise 45 degrees clockwise so that it is pointing straight backwards.  
5. Turn the key back 45 degrees anticlockwise back to its starting position and remove it.  
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The door can be opened.  
The alarm triggers.  
Deactivating the alarm  
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6. Place the key on top of the key symbol in the backup reader.  
Location of the backup reader inside the tunnel console's storage compartment  
Note  
When using the backup reader, make sure that the area is free of other car keys, metal objects and electronics such as  
mobile phones, tablets, laptops or chargers. Such objects could disrupt the reader.  
7. Press the brake pedal and select a gear.  
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The alarm deactivates.  
Locking with the key blade  
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Note  
You can lock the front door on the left-hand side in the same way that you unlocked it.  
Each of the other doors has a lock reset in their side that needs to be pressed in using the key blade.  
Insert the key blade into the keyhole to reset the lock. Make sure it's fully inserted.  
Location of the key reset  
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Important  
A door's lock reset only locks that particular door, not all doors.  
If the child lock is active when you lock a rear door with the key blade, that door can't be opened from the outside  
or the inside. To unlock it, you need to use the buttons on the key, the central locking button, the keyless locking  
system or the Volvo Cars app.  
6.3.4. Locking and unlocking from inside the car  
You have several options for locking or unlocking the car from the passenger compartment.  
The central lock can be controlled from the front seats using the buttons on each respective door.  
Locking the whole car  
Press the lock symbol  
on the central lock button.  
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All of the doors, the boot hatch and the fuel filler flap are locked.  
Unlocking the whole car  
Press the unlock symbol  
on the central lock button.  
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Depending on your settings, only the selected door or all doors unlock, as well as the boot hatch and fuel filler flap.  
Unlocking with the front door handles  
Pull the front door handle.  
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Depending on your settings, only the selected door or all doors unlock, as well as the boot hatch and fuel filler flap.  
Unlocking a rear door with the door handle  
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