Volvo Owners Club Forum - View Single Post - General: 850: - £140 for a key

Nicks 850 broke! · Jul 13th, 2012, 18:16

Thanks t+m - at this age of car I understand from Timpsons that this is unique to Volvos but more common with other brands more recent - another feature Volvo got to early - the local manager rang a colleague with more experience on car key coding - apparently they are multiple rolling codes and this explains Volvo having said the £140 was to "cut and code key and match the key to the car". Thinking through using multiple keys with rolling codes the car has to be able to handle a number of them - looking at original 1996 850 Owner Manual it shows the immobiliser and coded keys as "extra equipment" and states that if a key is lost you have to take all the remaining keys to a dealer to be recoded! Oops!

I fear I need to be saving up £140.

Ho Hum

Nick

Jul 13th, 2012, 18:16	#13
Nicks 850 broke! Member Last Online: Oct 13th, 2013 18:14 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Houston	Thanks t+m - at this age of car I understand from Timpsons that this is unique to Volvos but more common with other brands more recent - another feature Volvo got to early - the local manager rang a colleague with more experience on car key coding - apparently they are multiple rolling codes and this explains Volvo having said the £140 was to "cut and code key and match the key to the car". Thinking through using multiple keys with rolling codes the car has to be able to handle a number of them - looking at original 1996 850 Owner Manual it shows the immobiliser and coded keys as "extra equipment" and states that if a key is lost you have to take all the remaining keys to a dealer to be recoded! Oops! I fear I need to be saving up £140. Ho Hum Nick __________________ Current Volvo (2012- ) - 1996 "P" Silver Volvo 855 2.5S 10v Manual Estate Previous Volvo (2010-2012) - 1996 "N" Met Purple Volvo 855 2.0S 20v Manual Estate Previous Volvo (1999-2010) - 1995 "M" faded red Volvo 855 T5 Estate (black ice victim)