Wanted Spare key!
- Thread starter Paul Rice
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Theres a mobile guy in Donny Paul. Quoted me £125 for a flip type key remote and coded.
If you just want a key cut it may not cost much will just see if i can find his number
If you just want a key cut it may not cost much will just see if i can find his number
If you don't need any of the internals or need it coded you can get a standard key or even flip key from eBay for a few quid and you can get it cut for around a tenner. If no one local will do it then use a company called keys in the post who you can send a spare along with the new one to them and they will cut it and send it back. You won't be able to use it to start the car though unless you transfer the transponder chip over so it overrides the immobiliser.
I'm waiting on a new flip key to be returned from Royal Mail as I sent one to keys in the post but their local sorting office decided to lose it (it was there all along even though the guy went along with the card they left) and it's now being returned to me. I hope I get it back as its got my spare inside as well, still waiting though a few weeks later
I'm waiting on a new flip key to be returned from Royal Mail as I sent one to keys in the post but their local sorting office decided to lose it (it was there all along even though the guy went along with the card they left) and it's now being returned to me. I hope I get it back as its got my spare inside as well, still waiting though a few weeks later
I didn't realise that they are coded
They all have an eeprom chip in them to act as the transponder for the immobilizer.
The chip can be read by an autoelectrician and a blank chip programmed other wise the key may open doors and work the looking but it won't start the car.
I looked into it as i only have a single key.
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Sure it was these guys Paul there are quite a few.
The can do it at your home they remove the EWES module .Locate the position of the key you have an program the other.
They also can delete all the other keys you don't have incase someone else does have one
Pleased I got a spare then mate
I too have two keys , both will open the locks and turn on the ignition but only one will start the car. Both keys have transponders. I have been told and I don't know if it is true. If a key is not used for a long period of time the the immobiliser won't recognise that key when it is used. Does anyone know if this is the case and if so what can be done to bring the key back to full function?
I seem to remember that the diamond shaped keys like for my Z4 need to be rotated in use to maintain the battery in the key. I don't think that applied to the round ended key that my Z3 had though Alan.
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Does it unlock the doors when you press it or do you mean it opens the door when you insert the key into the door to unlock ?
If its a case that it does not open via the unlock button then you can re programme the key to the car. I did a thread ages ago when i had the Z3
I've just been out to try the suspect key and it does everything it is supposed to apart from start the car.