lost ford car keys

mr_rush

I think I've lost my main car keys. For a ford focus with central locking.

Any idea how much they would cost to replace? Am thinking about selling my car soon so need a second set and central locking will help the price (somewhat).

thanks

cc25

I wanted to buy a salvage Ford Focus with no keys, and this is what I was told by the main dealer when I asked about the cost of getting a new key to fit.

Hopefully, you have the key code (6 digit number?) in the paperwork for the car. If you don't have the code number, the dealer who supplied the car originally may provide the code to you upon proof of ownership. Otherwise, the code is on the lock barrels, and can be read by partly dismantling a door or tailgate to get at the lock barrel to read the number.

After getting the key code somehow, you then need to get a transponder key blank cut to match the code (about £30). Next the transponder key will have to be matched to the ECU in the car. The main dealer has to do this, and they said they charge about 1 hour labour (about £80?). So overall cost for 1 new key, say £110. A second key ordered at the same time would be another £30, say. I'm not sure about the remote locking, if the cost of this was included or not (I didn't ask, I just wanted to be able to drive the car).

mr_rush

found it.
need to learn to be more organised!

forgotmyname

Always a bit dubious of companies that have company web domains registered as private individual's.

And website makes me more suspicious, No business address, Thought that was a legal requirement now?

forgotmyname

haha, Dodgy... My spider senses were right..

stan92 (shazad akbar) is the owner of the above website.


AND the money savingco link in his signature is also him despite being addressed in the US.