Cost of new VW Golf MKV key?

p1tse

need new key, key cut, new remote fob and programming

aqueoushumour01

i need a key cut too so it would be interesting what it costs. look on ebay for a fob and get it reprogrammed - i believe reprogramming costs arounnd £40

JillsDaughter

I've just been quoted by my local VW dealers for this - £124.31 for the actual key, £49.50 for the programming. Good news is that includes VAT!! Doubt very much I'll be paying those extortionate prices!

Kilty_2

aqueoushumour01 wrote: »

i need a key cut too so it would be interesting what it costs. look on ebay for a fob and get it reprogrammed - i believe reprogramming costs arounnd £40

Lots of modern keys can't be reprogrammed. I know Vauxhall ones (Astra H/Zafira/etc) definitely cannot.

Flyboy152

JillsDaughter wrote: »

I've just been quoted by my local VW dealers for this - £124.31 for the actual key, £49.50 for the programming. Good news is that includes VAT!! Doubt very much I'll be paying those extortionate prices!

What other choices do you have, other than going without the key?

Flyboy152

Kilty wrote: »

Lots of modern keys can't be reprogrammed. I know Vauxhall ones (Astra H/Zafira/etc) definitely cannot.

Hmm....where did you hear that? I'd be very interested to know.

Kilty_2

Flyboy152 wrote: »

Hmm....where did you hear that? I'd be very interested to know.

Via members of an Astra owners club that have access to both Tech2 and third party Vauxhall diagnostic kit.

TiTheRev

JillsDaughter wrote: »

I've just been quoted by my local VW dealers for this - £124.31 for the actual key, £49.50 for the programming. Good news is that includes VAT!! Doubt very much I'll be paying those extortionate prices!

That's about spot on, but there are a couple of options. In some instances you can get a non-remote version that reduces the key cost to £60-70. Programming is half an hour's labour (£46 where I am) but that is the same whether there is 1 or 10 keys there.

Too many times we've had people come in with fob's from eBay and they just do not code. They have the wrong chip, no chip, or in one instance no PCB inside at all!! It really is hit and miss, and in my humble opinion a false economy. Rather get it done right 1st time, and bite the bullet. It's cheaper to get a new key than the recovery charges/locksmith etc, and then a new key on top, that you'd need if you lose the only one you have.