Lost car key - help

Kim_kim

dacouch wrote: »

I discovered that I always find lost items in the last place I looked, the solution is to look in the last place first.

I didn't have it when I finished work.
I must have dropped it on the walk into office.

Kim_kim

[Deleted User] wrote:

Hi,

did you leave it in the ignition and lock car using the button?

Is it on same keyring as house key, and still in house door?

I locked car in public car park & it was gone when I finished work.
It must have dropped from my pocket on walk in.

Iceweasel

The only solution is to go to your Suzuki dealer with photo proof of your identity and address, plus the reg number and the VIN number - which as facade says is readable from the outside - usually the bottom corner of the windscreen on the passenger side.

Do you have any insurance which covers lost keys?

Kim_kim

Iceweasel wrote: »

The only solution is to go to your Suzuki dealer with photo proof of your identity and address, plus the reg number and the VIN number - which as facade says is readable from the outside - usually the bottom corner of the windscreen on the passenger side.

Do you have any insurance which covers lost keys?

No idea :-( I'll look.
Am I looking at more than £200?

Kim_kim

Nearest dealer is miles away, will take half a day to go there, hang about & get back.

Kim_kim

motorguy wrote: »

I think the key was around £100 and £60 to program it in. The dealer wanted me to tow the car to them once i'd got the key, then they would code it in for £100....

This is where I'm at a disadvantage.
It's just a key to me, like any other key :-(
I'm divorced & I know nothing at all about cars.

Will mind need towing to the dealer?

How did the person who was programming yours get it open to programme if it was locked?

Strider590

This may sound crazy, but have you checked for holes in your pockets/bag/whatever, maybe the key has found it's way into the lining of one of the above?

Kim_kim

Strider590 wrote: »

This may sound crazy, but have you checked for holes in your pockets/bag/whatever, maybe the key has found it's way into the lining of one of the above?

A million times

Iceweasel

Kim_kim wrote: »

Nearest dealer is miles away, will take half a day to go there, hang about & get back.

Do not assume that you will be able to go to a Suzuki dealer and walk out with a new key the same day.

I am unfamiliar with the procedure for Suzuki keys but many keys have to be obtained from the factory and come ready to be coded.

Most German marques take several days to obtain.

Due to car thieves it's no longer a case of going to Timpsons, buy a blank key and get it cut to match the key number.

It's the age of digital electrickery these days.

Phone the dealer and explain the situation - you can't be the first customer they have had in this situation.

On a different tack - if the car is still in a public car-park - are you incurring charges for it?

Your car insurance company should be able to help you too - have you contacted them?

Kim_kim

Iceweasel wrote: »

On a different tack - if the car is still in a public car-park - are you incurring charges for it?

Your car insurance company should be able to help you too - have you contacted them?

It's in a corporate bay, they are corporate parking weekdays, daytime, free evenings.
Normal parking weekends!
But I can't get to & from work without a car. My boss is driving me in, in the morning.
I'll try the other local offices & the people who manage the car park tomorrow - it was all too late at 6.30 tonight when I realised.