hi
really worried right now been looking for hours today and last night with my girlfriend and i cannot find my car keys anywhere and i dont have a spare set so this is the problem, i dont know what to do next i think VW will shaft me on the price of a replacement so i wondered:
can i find out what number my key is off any documents i have at home?
or what should i do now?? i also called up a place called autokeys and they said to come n collect the car and do it its like £250 i dont have anywhere near that amount of money
please anyone help me out?
cheers jon
****LOST MY KEYS HELP ANYONE PLEASE ****,
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vdubyabush
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Re: ****LOST MY KEYS HELP ANYONE PLEASE ****,
Hi mate,vdubyabush wrote:hi
really worried right now been looking for hours today and last night with my girlfriend and i cannot find my car keys anywhere and i dont have a spare set so this is the problem, i dont know what to do next i think VW will shaft me on the price of a replacement so i wondered:
can i find out what number my key is off any documents i have at home?
or what should i do now?? i also called up a place called autokeys and they said to come n collect the car and do it its like £250 i dont have anywhere near that amount of money
please anyone help me out?
cheers jon
Look in your service folder and you should have a little tag with your keycode and immobiliser no.
The keycode should be 4 digits and from that you could get a key cut off eBay.
If your key has an immobiliser chip this will have to be programmed to your car at a main dealer or auto locksmith with specialist kit as it has to be synch'ed with your ECU.
A key just cut will be enough to open doors and boot it will start the car for a few seconds only, when it looks for the chip in the key and there isn't one it will shut down.
HTH, Mo
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vdubyabush
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That's the very book I'm on about.vdubyabush wrote:ok mate i hope you dont mean the service manual thing thats in a black vw book as i carry that in my car for safe keeping, whats another way of finding out that number???
I know with my car I didn't get a key no. tag in my service book so I had a key cut from a photo again off the same seller on eBay, but that keys only good for opening the door and not driving but OK as a spare.
No other place has the key info recorded apart from the key tag and main stealer database which will cost £££.
Mo
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i know i am in the RAC and they cover being able to come out and get into the car and i think that costs me nothing as i have cover plan 3 which is the most £££, am going have to look at home see if its with my V5 or anything and if not see if the RAC can get into my car so i can get that black book
Hi,vdubyabush wrote:i know i am in the RAC and they cover being able to come out and get into the car and i think that costs me nothing as i have cover plan 3 which is the most £££, am going have to look at home see if its with my V5 or anything and if not see if the RAC can get into my car so i can get that black book
I'm sure the RAC will be able to get in easily, I've seen them on TV use some sort of 'slim jim' which they slide into the window gap similar to what the Police use.
Good Luck mate, I've used this guy to get a key cut from a photo for my Polo as a spare and from a code for my Audi. Keys were absolutely spot on and were delivered in 1-2days. They guy will answer any questions, just ask.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Key-blade-for-Aud ... dZViewItem
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