I am amazed I don't see any further responses to this thread. Like DSK, I had mine replaced in 2014 by an independent specialist in Wantage, Oxfordshire near me, who had to take it to Volvo to get the part and have it programmed. Total cost was very similar.
Five years and 49,000 miles further...guess what? Groundhog day!
I can't bear to part with the old girl; she's only done 188,000 miles and with the LPG conversion routinely returns the equivalent of almost 58mpg compared to the cost of petrol. I'm a retired electronics engineer so the mods required to fit a Sacer unit (the contactless device) are not a problem for me.
The parts are on eBay for £76, which is acceptable.
So has anyone else experience of doing it, or am I in uncharted waters? I doubt it.
Speak up chaps! Please?
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Current: 2001 Volvo V70 SE Auto LPG, and a cheap folding bike.
Previously: Honda CR-V, Jaguar XJ8, XK8 , Vauxhall Zafira, Several Honda Civics, Golf GTI Cabrio, Fiestas and old Minis