I've bought a couple of remotes on e-bay and they're much cheaper than the Volvo dealer. My "guts" worked fine, it was just after dropping them about 10,000 times on a hard driveway, the loop that attaches them to the key ring breaks. Of course Volvo doesn't sell just the plastic casing. Anyway, e-bay is cheap although you still need the dealer to program the car to the remotes (!). Next time either safety-pin the keys to your clothing or buy a key float -- easy to buy at marine supply stores, boats have ignition locks too!

If you still have your "valet" key and don't lock your glovebox that might save a few bucks here -- the car is supposed to have 2 regular keys with remotes and a valet key that doesn't open the glovebox or trunk.

-BTC

'98 V70 T5 5-speed, 169k mi, velour cloth seats, front IPD stabilizer bar, rear factory HD bar, Bilstein HD, Volvo strut tower brace and skidplate, e-codes, XC grill, Lidatek LE30, V-1, Mobil-1 since new. Goal: "Moonshot" (227,063 miles at it's perigee)

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