I recently purchased a 2001 S80 T6 which also only came with one remote. I searched several Volvo forums, called several Volvo dealers and stopped in at a large Volvo-only independent shop for a solution.

The answer was the same all the way around; They've got you.

I ended up spending just shy of CA$300 for a remote and a spare key (I only received one master key with remote and the valet key with the car) at Volvo of Toronto. I had to pre-pay for the key itself. The following day once the key had been cut, I brought the car in so that they could program the remote and the key. That took about an hour.

They cannot do anything with eBay remotes because there is a code on the packaging the remote comes in that is required when they're doing the programming. The software required to program keys and remotes is VIN-based to match your car and is downloaded by the dealer from the 'mother ship' in Sweden. The independent shop I visited advised that the license fee from Volvo for them to have access to the required software is, not surprisingly, cost-prohibitive.

Likely not what you wanted to hear, but I hope that helps.

Hmmm... Tulsa must have slightly lower hourly rates than the local (one and only) dealer in OKC. I'm pretty sure they quoted well over $500 for the 60k service on my '02 T5. I'm not there quite yet, but will most likely do that one myself.

Very interesting story on the remote entry programming. On the 850 T5 that I had, you could program the remote yourself, no problem. But a used (guaranteed to work) remote was more like $20-$30 on eBay at the time. Guess I'm glad I got two remotes with the S60!

Gary L
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1971 142E ITB racer, 1973 1800ES, 2002 S60 T5