Volvo on Call and the iPhone App

[Twin4Me]

I just had a notification that I need to renew my subscription for Volvo on Call.

The only features I use on the App are Locking the car when it sends me a reminder as I've forgotten, occasionally starting the car remotely on a cold morning and sending a location to the (truly terrible) Sat Nav.

Will these features stop on the App if I don't pay the subscription?
£35 for 1 year or £60 for 2 seems a bit expensive for this limited service?

[m@rk]

Yes
The iPhone app will be of no use to you if you don't renew the service I'm afraid.

[Whiterdesign]

If you don’t renew, the only item that will still work is the SOS button. You will lose all the other features including remote unlocking, remote start , stolen vehicle tracking, send to car and journey tracking. Not sure if this could effect your insurance as you will lose the tracking.

[Twin4Me]

Thanks. The tracking wouldn’t affect my insurance.
It’s a shame they don’t roll this in to the warranty renewal as part of that as that has just come up as well!

[Dermottdog]

I just had a notification that I need to renew my subscription for Volvo on Call.

The only features I use on the App are Locking the car when it sends me a reminder as I've forgotten, occasionally starting the car remotely on a cold morning and sending a location to the (truly terrible) Sat Nav.

Will these features stop on the App if I don't pay the subscription?
£35 for 1 year or £60 for 2 seems a bit expensive for this limited service?

Hi

I think that £35 for years subscription is an absolute bargain. That’s less than 10 pence a day to have the ability to remote start your car in the depths of winter, heating the seats and both windscreens and heating the steering wheel. Less than 10 pence a day to cool your car down in the summer. Come on man, you should be biting their hand off...

[Twin4Me]

I still think that after paying £400 to extend the warranty I think they might throw it in for free

[m@rk]

I still think that after paying £400 to extend the warranty I think they might throw it in for free

On my last Volvo (some years ago) they shipped with a lifetime warranty. The deal was that by getting your car serviced at a main dealer, they would extend your warranty until the next service was due. It added some serious value and of course made paying higher main dealer prices a good idea.

I do agree however that including the VOC subscription to the extended warranty almost feels like a no brainer

[Twin4Me]

Yes I think you get free roadside recovery if you get it dealer serviced. I know my wife’s Mercedes does.

I have an app for my Ducati which tracks routes (if I want it to) shows fuel level, service dates etc. This is free but Ducati servicing costs a fortune! (£1,000 for the big valve check and replacement belts service)

[ropetko]

BTW, I'm using VOC app on my iPhone a lot, even for checking the outside temperature while I'm at the office ))
There is also a VOC widget for iPhone available and I've been using it a lot, checking the car status from the main iPhone window. Unfortunately, it stopped working a while ago, displaying "Not Logged In" on the panel. Could that be regarding newest iOS 14 updates and privacy? Also, the VOC app recently displays Sign in panel for a second before it switches to Home.
Anyone else noticed similar behaviour?

[m@rk]

BTW, I'm using VOC app on my iPhone a lot, even for checking the outside temperature while I'm at the office ))
There is also a VOC widget for iPhone available and I've been using it a lot, checking the car status from the main iPhone window. Unfortunately, it stopped working a while ago, displaying "Not Logged In" on the panel. Could that be regarding newest iOS 14 updates and privacy? Also, the VOC app recently displays Sign in panel for a second before it switches to Home.
Anyone else noticed similar behaviour?

I have never found a VOC widget for iPhone. Where did you find it?