Renault Megane Keycard

Exemplar

Neighbour has lost both keycards for his 2003 Megane DCi. Any advice? Newark On Trent area...

TIA

Alex

mickbhall

Try looking on owners forums they may be able to guide you, Worst case is dealers mighty expensive.

Exemplar

Yes i thought that too..... did a google and it returned ££££

mickbhall

Upon a serach it dont look good looks like it has to be done through a dealer.
http://www.keyrepair.co.uk/TIPS.html
Qoute from site
As of 4 June 2006 You will NOT be able to buy a new keycard from Renault without supplying the VIN number and proof of ownership of the vehicle.

The reason behind this is due to a major security issue that has been discovered outside the UK. The scenario is this. You take your vehicle for some work to be carried out. The dodgy technician has a blank keycard. He programs that keycard to your vehicle. Then they either come to your home address and steal the vehicle or sell the key and the address to a friend who then steals it

So the procedure is that you or us a dealer has to provide customer specific details to Renault France who will authorise the card to be ordered. The card then arrives at the dealership with your VIN number already coded to it. We then apply to Renault for the programming code and have 1 hour to program the key before the code expires.

So if anyone is considering buying a New key from Ebay for example. You will NOT be able to get it programmed fullstop as the Clip will not allow a non Vin encoded key to be programmed as explained above. Note also that a new Vin encoded key Cannot be programmed to any other vehicle even if it has not been programmed to the original one.

KeithP

Found this post on HonestJohn, which seems to indicate that second-hand keys can be reprogrammed...

Laguna key card - autoremoteman Hi, I specialise in repairing remote contols, if you have renault keycards with the buttons not working, I can repair them at a reasonable price. (£25.00 - 30.00 usually) I can also supply new "virgin" keycards, or, if you have a keycard which is used i.e. from another Renault car, I can virginise it so that it can be programmed to your vehicle by a local locksmith with the correct equipment.
Rich autoremoteman@googlemail.com

Locknut

Search the phone book for an Auto Locksmith or on google I'm sure there will be one somewhere close. we are cheaper than the main agent and quicker as we dont have to order the cards by vin.(that takes a week minimum) then you have to get it to them to have it programmed. where most auto locksmiths can do it all on your driveway.