Re: Keyless entry as standard?? 850 1994

posted by Scott on Monday, 22 January 2001, at 10:35a.m. . . .in response to Kevless entry as standard?? posted by ifm.

Standard equipment on 1994 850 Turbo models. I have a 94 850 Turbo and I bought it new in
1994 and it came standard. I honestly can’t believe the dealers are telling you this crap, I hate when
they try and take advantage of people like that!! They know it’s standard equipment on the Turbo
models, and if they don’t know they shouldn’t be a Volvo dealership.
 

I just added another remote to my system two nights ago.
Assuming the receiver in the car works, here’s what you do to use the keyless system.
1. Purchase a remote from either the Internet or the dealership. (I just purchased mine for $40, from
a guy on ebay, I think they’re about 90-100 new from dealership.)
2. Turn the ignition key off and on five times (not to start position, but the on position) and on the
fifth time leave in the on position and press one of the buttons on the remote. This will program
that remote into the car. if you have more than one remote (up to three remotes) press a button on
the other remote as well, within 10 seconds of the button press on the first remote.

Hope this helps
Scott K

80K miles 1994 854T
 

Hello, (i'm the IFM the response you posted was meant for) i did quite a bit of digging into this keyless question and the answer i finally came up with is this. I phoned 7 or 8 dealers up and down the UK in search of a simple answer to what should be a simple question (was it standard on T5's) and the answer is.......
NO, at least not until 1995. I spoke to a dealer in Kent who said he didn't know (surprise, surprise) but said he could phone Volvo directly and within 10 mins
phoned me back. Apparently they had an incredible amount of problems with it in the early days even if it was installed on earlier ones there is a high probability that a dealer may have disabled it. He must have phoned a central database at least because he told me it is fitted on my car by checking with the license number.

Ian

 I have an 850Glt (winter pkg) and need another keyless entry. The dealer says over $100 for another. Is that true? Also, the paint job is cherry (garage kept
 always) but the black trim is faded. Any hints on how to get that trim looking as good as the paint?

 --
 Syd Grant

 Syd,

 My local dealer quoted me US $88.95 for a remote, so that's a little pricey.

 The gray trim on my 854 R was looking "chalky", so I used Natural Shine Vinyl & Rubber Protectant by Meguiars. It looks like thick milk and has a "leather"
 aroma (nice for using inside the car)and it doesn't stay greasy like ArmorAll. One coat leaves a nice satin sheen. More coats (after the first one dries)
 leaves more shine if you want it. It worked equally well on the black plastic trim on my 98 Mazda pickup.

 -Chris
 --
 1997 854 R

 Check ebay.com. There are almost always a few of the remote key 'fobs' up for bid there. Usually they run about $20-30 and they are easy to program for
 use on your '93 850 (you can program up to 3 'fobs').

 To program you get your remotes handy and turn the key in the ignition from off to position "2" 5 times leaving in position 2 on the fifth time and press one
 (and only one) of the buttons on each of the remotes you want your Volvo to use. That's all there is to it!
                                         Re: Question about keyless remotes[850][1993]   [post reply]
                                         Jot Bond -- Wednesday, 28 March 2001, at 7:09 p.m.

 Does anyone know if you can program one remote for two cars (both 96 850)? Thanks
 --
 Jot Bond

 As I understand it you are not programming the remote, you program the car to work with the remote. You fiddle with the key to tell the car to learn a new
 signal, then press a button on the remote. The car remembers the new signal. Nothing changes on the remote.

 Can't see any reason why lots of cars couldn't learn the same signal.

 If that's the case, what prevents someone (like a seller on E-Bay) from selling you one of his remotes, you reprogram your car, and then he comes over to
 your house and gets in the car with the other remote? Are you sure that the car gets reprogrammed? I always assumed the remote got reprogrammed.

 Am I _sure_ sure? No, but I'm pretty sure. I also think there is a limit to how many remotes will work with a particular car, which points to it being programmed
 in the car, not the remote.

 As far as the ebay scenario you mention, I don't know but I bet the 2 remotes that come with a car are not identical. Rather, I imagine the car is programmed
 to respond to the 2 (different) remotes that came with the car. If that is the case then the security issue is more like when you buy a remote off ebay you
 could unlock the donor car.

 But I don't know this for sure.