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Offline Ant.W28LKR

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New Key/Fob
« on: November 22, 2013, 11:24:32 pm »
When i bought my car i was only given one key.  I think the time has come to buy a new key as a spare.  Is it a VW job? What does it cost price wise? 

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Re: New Key/Fob
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2013, 09:26:36 am »
Im in the same boat. Apparently an auto locksmith should be able to supply and code a key within an hour. Price is about £100-ish.


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Re: New Key/Fob
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2013, 01:16:08 pm »
I had a spare VW key done at my local independent specialist, overall the whole thing costed me about £50-ish rather than £250 the VW dealers wanted!

If you have the earlier MK5's (<2007) most likely it would have the immo4 system which apparantly is easier to code than the later ones. I bought a blank key off eBay with the immobiliser chip and electrics for about £10, had the key cut at my local locksmith for £10 and took it to my local indy to code which costed £30 and in the end it works great.

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Re: New Key/Fob
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2013, 03:34:23 pm »
£100 + vat for the new key, then £50 to code it - main dealer. 

You have to show the V5 and two types of ID with address as proof you are the legal owner.  Came in under 3 days if I remember correctly, was expecting it to be around 10-14days.

Had one don't a couple of weeks ago.

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Re: New Key/Fob
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2013, 11:47:34 pm »
I had a spare VW key done at my local independent specialist, overall the whole thing costed me about £50-ish rather than £250 the VW dealers wanted!

If you have the earlier MK5's (<2007) most likely it would have the immo4 system which apparantly is easier to code than the later ones. I bought a blank key off eBay with the immobiliser chip and electrics for about £10, had the key cut at my local locksmith for £10 and took it to my local indy to code which costed £30 and in the end it works great.

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