Replacement car key. Outrageous cost!

red_eye

rizla01 wrote: »

Hi,
Hope this helps.

i have a similar prob with a Ford Fiesta.

The Key CAN be copied, tho and it'll cost only about £10.

Problem is that the chip is required to turn off the alarm. The alarm picks the signal up from the chip embedded in the key so that when you enter the car the alarm does't sound and the immobiliser is de-activated.

If you have ONE chipped key it can be permanently kept under the dash and the system will pick up the signal and remain off. This will enable you to use any key that fits to start and drive the car but to have the alarm turned on as well will require removing the 'Chipped' key.

I assume this is the same with all of these chipped keys.

You can either try it or chat to an auto-electrician who should be able to tell you if it'll work on your car.
GL

you can remove the chip in any key just split the key or in your case look on top of the key find the tab http://www.spare-keys.co.uk/ford_car_keys.html

red_eye

springtide wrote: »

Just following this thread with interest as we only have one key for our VW Polo. Does the same system apply for these keys too? We don't have an alarm, but do have an immobiliser and were told that the keys would cost a fortune as well. Could we keep the chip hidden in the car and use some cheap copies as well?

Thanks

you can split the fob to get to the chip

withabix

red_eye wrote: »

broken key as in the metal bit (blade) or the fob? the chip is in the fob the blade can be cut anywere and put back in the fob. for the fob a replacememt can be reprogrammed by local garage with the right diagnostic equipment where to get the fob from? try a alfa specialist

like interservice in leicester they might be able to find you a fob

As the post you were replying to is OVER 5 YEARS OLD, I suspect the OP has resolved his problem by now.


Anyway, it was an Alfa, so it will be worth less than the key by now.

withabix

red_eye wrote: »

you can split the fob to get to the chip

...and that poster was from 2007 as well.....

red_eye

withabix wrote: »

As the post you were replying to is OVER 5 YEARS OLD, I suspect the OP has resolved his problem by now.


Anyway, it was an Alfa, so it will be worth less than the key by now.

lol I blame ironal he/she bumped the thread up to 1st page:D

forgotmyname

Feeling guilty, Buy him a new key or a new car? And NEVER buy a modern car with only one key.

Eritreas_arm

My car had to be towed to the auto electrician this week as it was turning over but wasn't firing up. Unfortunately the auto electrician has diagnosed that a replacement immobiliser unit is required - likely to cost more than the car is worth (it's an R reg Hyundai). Ho hum.

About 2 weeks before I had a new key cut and chipped at Timpsons, and the key had worked for 2 weeks without problem until the car died. Is anyone aware of newly chipped keys causing such problems? It could, of course, be a coincidence. But after 5 years of trouble free motoring for the immobiliser unit to malfunction shortly after getting a new key cut which works with the immobiliser seems like a pretty large slice of coincidence.

forgotmyname

Not sure about your car, A Hyundai what???

But on mine it wont crank over if the immobiliser is not disabled.

So its possibly not the issue, Any warning lights?

richard734

All, didnt go through this whole thread, sorry if I am repeating

If you need a new key, I suggest contacting a local independant dealer and asking them who they use locally. I just had a replacement key/multifunction remote for an Astra done by a guy that all teh dealers use - Vauxhall £180, Timpsons etc wouldnt do it, National mobile auto elec/key guys £140-£160, and the local garage that the delaers use ...... £60 while u wait.

bigsaving

Hi
If you can get your transponder out from your old key, then a cheap way is buying a blank key from key-fobs.net or ebay, take it to a local key cutter the ones you find at car boot sales or down a back street ( these one will normally cut the key) put your transponder in to the new key.
This should then only cost you about £10 in total depending on what key it is.