Spare keys???

[generally01]

First off, sorry if this is the wrong place to ask but I went to price up getting a spare cut for the recovery truck.

As its chipped I headed for the local dealer and was told it would be at least £50 for the key and I would have to book the van in with the service centre and pay another £50 to get the chip coded. For a key!

Now I knew it was going to be a bit more as its a newer car but to be told at least £100 is a bit of a shock.

So does anybody know of a way of doing this and avoiding the prices of a main stealer?

Thanks for your help and please enjoy the pics as payment,

Dave.

[VW]

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whats the deal with the 356?

No idea about your keys though.

[popuptoaster]

Guess it depends what sort of vehicle the key is for, some cars can have second hand keyfobs recoded, others cant.

[keithyboy]

Timpson the shoe people can copy some for about £35. Some locksmiths can do it too. On some cars you can code in an extra key yourself provided you've already got one I think.

It depends on the model though.

For an alfa 156, only the dealer can do it and the key + prpgramming is about £160.

For a key! 2 years ago I was driving a car that I didn't pay that much for.

[generally01]

Cheers guys. The key is for the VW car transporter in the pics so its for an X reg VW commercial.
I tried Timpsons but no joy.

VW. I don't know the story on the 356, found the pics on an Australian forum but no background. Scary aint it? You can imagine being amazed at finding it, organising a way to get it out then the horror as it turns to dust in front of you.

Thanks for your help guys,
Dave.

[lowslowandold]

mate your lucky its only 100 you have to pay. worked a volvo place try double that and BMW is just a joke, renault try 100 for the key + 80 for coding, there is a "guy" around by me who can sort coded keys out pretty cheap. ill try and grab a number

liam

[mrj]

i think theres a transponder in the key, so you could have two keys without transponder made by the locksmith and hde just the one with the transponder behind the dashboard.... no good idea of course when someone tries to steal the van...

[ChasR]

Mar 14, 2009 6:38:10 GMT mrj said:

I think theres a transponder in the key, so you could have two keys without transponder made by the locksmith and hde just the one with the transponder behind the dashboard.... no good idea of course when someone tries to steal the van...

This depends. On Fords with the red chip yes you can go to Timpsons etc. but for the blue chips, you're stuffed if you don't have the two keys with working chips, as it's dealer only coding.

FWIW, try a VW specialist. I know for my Pug it's given me another option on how to reprogramme a key fob.

[Imperial]

on a VW you should be able to remove the chip from the key,so you could tape that behind the dash and its going to be less noticable (and cheaper ) than sticking a whole key there.personally i'd find another VW dealer, £50 to code a key is extortion,it only takes 10 mins ,or do they really charge £300 and hour labour?

[ChasR]

If the tape becomes unstuck (as I've seen happen) you have an even bigger problem then.

FWIW, try a Skoda dealership. Sounds stupid, but I know of quite a few people who get VAGs serviced from Skoda due to the costs being cheaper.

[Deleted]

that vw looks a bit rough to be honest.. maybe a space frame chassisa and some careful panel hanging ??

did a google for it...

up came this thread about it.. sad reading...
www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=265502

[generally01]

Nice find rottie007. I have had those pics on my hard drive a few months and always wondered what the story was.

[claypole]

I have a replacement key for my Polo with instructions how to code it using the original key yourself just need to get it "cut" sometime, lol.

It was off Ebay.

[keithyboy]

Mar 14, 2009 12:43:22 GMT Imperial said:

on a VW you should be able to remove the chip from the key,so you could tape that behind the dash and its going to be less noticable (and cheaper ) than sticking a whole key there.personally i'd find another VW dealer, £50 to code a key is extortion,it only takes 10 mins ,or do they really charge £300 and hour labour?

No they charge £50 per hour or part hour. Doesn't matter if the job takes 5 mins or 59 mins it's £50. ROBBING BARSTEWARDS.

[VW]

If you can take the chip out the key get it implanted into the back of your hand


Cool story bout the 356!