The key to your car will not match a different handle, otherwise anyone could get into everyone's car. . . Maybe you should switch the original passenger handle to the drivers side and put the other handle on the passenger side where you are less likely to need to use the key to enter your vehicle.

...have one lock on the driver's door and a second one on the rear hatch or trunk. Since my car has remotes I almost never, in fact, never use the outside locks. Out of curiousity and because if the remote battery fails I'd need to use the key, a couple of years ago I tried to see if the rear hatch lock worked. It didn't apparently because of all the dirt that gets packed into the cylinder over the years. I cleaned the lock cylinder with WD-40 and then generously lubricated it with gun oil. It still worked fine as of 5 minutes ago.

I'm pretty sure the lock cylinders are the same: ignition, driver door, glovebox, trunk or rear hatch if it's a wagon. The valet key won't unlock the glovebox and trunk, I don't know about the door, but gee that would be an amazingly stupid idea if it didn't unlock the door wouldn't it?

-BTC

'98 V70 T5 5-speed, 154k mi, front IPD stabilizer bar, rear factory HD bar, Bilstein HD, Volvo strut tower brace and skidplate, e-codes, V-1, Mobil-1 since new, Michelin Arctic Alpins

Cold out isn't it? That happend to me last year when moisture froze the flap that is supposed to keep water and dirt out of the lock. I eventually took a small hammer and tapped my key until it went all the way in. Then I heated my key and inserted it into the lock and let the lock thaw out. My remote key fob doesn't work.

The locks all match the same key. Replacing the door lock will require a locksmith to change the tumblers to fit the old key.

Klaus
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98 V70Rawd(101Kmi), 95 854T(85K mi), 88 245(165K mi)