Getting a van (Iveco) cut. Is it really this impossible?

lancslass2008

Hi all

My friend has an Iveco Van. The Key is a bit bent. He wants a new one cutting before this one breaks so he phoned Timpson who say "We only cut them with the transponder and it's pricey. Another key cutting company told him it's hard to get hold of the blanks and Ford will charge you "an arm and a leg". Surely there is a company who can cut this van key for a decent price. As for the transponder, it doesn't work anyway, so this is not a problem.

Any help?

We're in Manchester!

Thanks all

Locknut

If you have both bits of the broken key send it to somone like me they will cut you a new one. and send it back with working transponder ready to start the vehicle.

Hammyman

My mate had no problem getting one done for a Tranny van at a local cobblers and they did the transponder too. OTTOMH, I think £20-£30 was the price.

Locknut

it would be nice but the Iveco is a differant animal to the transit in terms of keys

vaio

we've got the same van and the cost of a key plus re-coding was silly so we got "just" a key cut (which just about every key cutter can do) and use the old key transponder by holding it next to the new key.

It only gets checked when the engine is started so as long as you hold the old plastic bit against the new key when you start it works just fine. Once the engine is running the plastic bit can be ignored.

We did think about taping the transponder to its reader under the steering lock cover so it would be "seen" all the time but decided against it as we thought the insurance company might not be too happy about it.

lancslass2008

Ahhh

I didn't understand. So, that transponder has to be present to drive the vehicle?

I was looking to just get an identical key cut in metal without any transponder etc.

vaio

Maybe I didn’t make myself clear……

The transponder is in the plastic bit of the original key, if you get a plain metal key cut then you need to hold the plastic bit of the original key next to your new metal key when you turn the ignition on and start the engine. This is so the transponder reader (which is part of the ignition switch) can “see” the transponder.

Once the engine is running the transponder isn’t needed until next time you want to start it.