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VT--I don't know if all the Volvo 850's imported to the US had remote keyless entries as standard equipment. I own two 97 wagons and have had my share of difficulties with them regarding the remotes. For one, double check that the remote you bought for your 850 is the one for that year. The 97 remote is slender, with "Lock" at the top and "Unlock" beneath it. On the 96's, the remote was wider with both controls side by side, as I recall. They are NOT interchangeable, and probably 96 is not interchangeable with earlier years, even though they look similar. One of the remotes on the 850 I had shipped to my wife in Norway quit working. So I went down to my friendly Volvo dealer in Arendal and picked up another one identical in outward appearance at no small expense. I took it out to the car and tried programming it by turning the key five times, etc. No way in hell was a European Volvo remote going to work in an exported version I belatedly learned after doing some checking. Live and learn.
You raise a good question that I can't answer, and that is if your locks are all electric and lock with the twist of the key, does it also have a remote hidden somewhere under the dash? Hopefully a Volvo mechanic will respond to that one and let you know. If indeed the car came without a remote, you might want to grab a Volvo manual, see what you're looking at, and haunt some wrecking yards. As an added thought, the Volvo's with the remotes also came with an alarm system that you could only turn off with the remote. The horn for the alarm system is not either one of the two in front of the radiator. It is separate, located on the firewall under the hood. Raise the hood, see if there's a little black looking horn around the top of the firewall. If so, then you have an alarm system and the chances are good that the car also has a remote locking system. If it does not, then there should be something in the operator's manual telling you how to turn off the alarm system without using the remote. Dick
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