eBay

jeanenbean · ‎07-13-2018

Hi, I'm an eBay seller who would like to sell a Volvo key fob I purchased. Selling this item is totally new territory for me. There are many numbers on the key fob and I don't know how to write my listing.

It would be nice to be able to identify in my listing which Volvo models could use this remote. Can someone help? Thanks in advance.

Jean

mr.elmwood · ‎07-13-2018

A lot of those numbers mean nothing for your pruposes. Legal ID numbers because it transmits info.

I simply sit and Google numbers until I figure it out. I search thru eBay. I look at Google images. It can take a while to narrow it down.

ujokinme · ‎07-13-2018

Google the 5WK49266 number and they show 32 of these on eBay.

Good luck.

chevypartsguys · ‎07-13-2018

It looks identical to the transmitter for the 2014 S60 I used to own.

mr.elmwood · ‎07-13-2018

Just thinking out loud.

Is there such a thing as a universal fob? I do not want to look.

chevypartsguys · ‎07-13-2018

Volvo part number should be 8676865.

tony1963 · ‎07-13-2018

Throw in the trash. Not worth anything.

mr.elmwood · ‎07-14-2018

New ones go for $100+.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=8676865&_sacat=0

Anonymous · ‎07-14-2018

@jeanenbean

...."throw it in the trash"....?

Since you are already selling items, be easy to list it too....

Why not?

Compare it and it's numbers to the listings such as mr.elmwood posted.

If a little research suggests its the same....list it!

Consider auction style with low starting bid....and let the buyers that need it decide what it's worth?

Quite a few listed on ebay....one member said 32....

mr.elmwood found listings for $100+...

I say list it

atikovi · ‎07-14-2018

Once these have been used, the next owner wont be able to get it programmed to their car. Pretty much useless except for the case and buttons for parts. Some places can supposedly reset them so they CAN be programmed but you can't.

tony1963 · ‎07-14-2018

Volvo has made their keys and remotes virtually tamper-proof. Once programmed, they will not work in any other car for obvious reasons.

And, if by chance, you find someone who can somehow reprogram them I'd be suspicious. Just get one from the dealer and throw that one in the trash.

Anonymous · ‎07-14-2018

And since that's the case...it's not going to work for the buyer and is a SNAD case waiting to happen...

I was wondering how it would work for other models and offer any type of security...

One silly thing I do....

When walking through the parking lot, I point and beep my remote at all the other Fords to see if it will honk their horn. Actually been doing this for years...since the '80's I think, after the wife and I purchased a new 1987 Taurus...

Probley a half dozen different remotes over the years...

It has never worked once....

Must be billions of different codes for those things...

Ah....jarred an old memory loose...

I ran that Taurus out on the salt at Bonneville in 1991....

Stock body...3.0 v-6.

Only made one pass....93 mph...lol

atikovi · ‎07-14-2018

@Anonymous wrote:

Only made one pass....93 mph...lol

Ford speedo error. Maybe 85 tops.

Anonymous · ‎07-14-2018

HaHaHa oh ya...most likely...

Stock body T-bird ran over 300 mph as I recall...

I didn't see picking up 200 mph as doable...

tony1963 · ‎07-14-2018

Let's say that there are ten switches, similar to what you have in old garage door openers. You have either ON or OFF for ten switches. The number of combinations is:

2 X 2 X 2 X 2 X 2 X 2 X 2 X 2 X 2 X 2 = 1,024 combinations

So, the odds are that your garage door opener is the same as every 1,024th one. The odds are far less for vehicle security that has a lot more switches internally.