2016 Volvo S80
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in San Diego

2016 Volvo S80 Smart Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

I got a call on a Tuesday afternoon from someone near the CSUSM area in San Marcos. She was sitting in a parking lot outside her periodontist's office, and her S80 fob had stopped communicating with the car.

The vehicle would not respond to the fob at all, and she had already tried the manual entry via the hidden blade. The car started, so the immobilizer was not fully locked out, but the fob itself was dead to the car.

She had already called the dealer. The nearest Volvo dealer told her Monday at the earliest. That was six days away, and she commuted every day.

I drove out to the lot that afternoon. When I pulled the fob apart the CR2450 looked okay on the surface, but the contact had a slight deflection from a previous battery swap, just enough to let the cell rattle under vibration. Clean contacts, properly seated battery, retest. The fob still was not pairing. So this was not a battery fix.

I connected my programming equipment and ran the Volvo add-a-key process through the diagnostic port, reading the central electronics module and registering the replacement fob I had with me. Cut the blade to the vehicle, confirmed every button function, walked the doors, and tested the start sequence. Thirty-five minutes in a parking lot.

She asked what the dealer would have charged. I told her to think about what six days of not having her car was worth on top of whatever they quoted. That was the end of that conversation.

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