vida account,

[nshekhan]

i am in need of help,
i live in Europe/Norway, and i want to have vida as help to update the softwares on my car volvo xc90 t8 2017, but i have been in contact with the Volvo Car Bookstore and they have told me that i can`t have vida unless i live in either canada or the united states, is there a way that anyone can help me with this problem,
i have talked to Volvo Car Bookstore but they said either canada or united states,
i have orbit as well but that is not much help either,

[BeachBoy]

Indeed vida officially only supported in North America

there are workarounds but they would not be discussed here, better luck on volvo forums as this is for Orbit only

[leandro.vitali]

Acquiring VIDA in Europe through an independent registration office is possible; I've already done so, however, it's limited, only allowing access to diagrams/services, reading DTCs, and simple activations. Unfortunately, it doesn't allow for car/module updates.

[ChainedAlice]

Now that kind of blows my mind. Why would it ONLY be available here? I thought Europe had all kinds of consumer protections in place and we get access, but no one else does? Does this mean a Volvo indy mechanic can't access Vida either? So you HAVE to go to a dealer for this kind of stuff?

[nshekhan]

thank you for understanding what i meant, at the dealer they pressure you to pay 600-1000 dollers just for small things that don`t need repairs and if you dont pay a heffty fine then they can`t help by updating the softwares on your car, i tride to work with orbite but i cant seam to update it, i have been trying to get vida for a Little over 2 years, but i havent found a way to do it, and i was wondering if there was a way for me to get it i woulde really apreciate it. or if ther was a way to do it on orbit i woulde apreciate if somone told me.

i don`t get why i have such a expensive car and i can`t even use a programm that  can fix my car with, im not only talking about my self but worldwide,
thank you to every one that woulde want to help me

[Steffe]

Yeah, it's really weird. Not even us here in Sweden can access it 

Think I'd need access to fix a current software install issue (think a map update has gone bonkers).