V50 Spare Key-HOW MUCH!!!???

[MarsellusWallace]

Just called my friendly local Volvo dealer to price up a spare key for a 2008 V50.They have quoted me £34.60 for the metal slide out part,£74.50 for the remote part of the key,£10.00 for 'software',and £95.00 to code it to the car.With the VAT this makes the total price a whopping £256.92 for a new key.

Is this the going rate or can they be sourced cheaper?

[MX7]

I had similar with a Mazda. I got a blank off Ebay, then went to my local key cutter who cut and programmed it for £10.

[digitalsafari]

Sounds about right from a main dealer, I got a used 2008 S40 SE LUX 2.0D with Keyless Drive from an independent, which only had one key, the independent covered the cost of getting a second key complete with the emergency metal key and programming by the Volvo maindealer.

Since then saw an ad for a local independent Volvo specialist in Devon that offers key programming etc.
Crapstone Garage (just outside of Plymouth)
http://www.wheresbest.co.uk/business/678022/Volvo-...

Edited by digitalsafari on Monday 26th September 22:00

[Changedmyname]

Afraid this is the norm, I paid £240 for my new key at VW ,and allll the way from Germany.

[Petrolhead_Rich]

Very complicated things those little keys, but not to the extent Dealers charge, but where else are you going to get one coded, the s40/v50 knows how many keys are coded too so some car work will have to be done, the plunger has a transponder fitted which is separate to the remote control part too!!