£160 for new replacement vw key

[h45gti]

hey peeps, is £160 for new vw key, with the alarm bit worth it? not from vw, from a local key cutting place, I asked the guy how much, he hesitated few about 20 seconds with hmmm ahh and said 160, then asked him what about just a key no alarm, hesitated again and quoted £80, I then said cant you do it any cheaper? replied no, then I said is that your fixed prices or varied prices as a joke, then replied angrily with its fixed prices mate lol, so asked again why did you have to think about the price and hesitate then? he shrugged.. lol

[PatchySan]

Assuming its the model year in your sig, the later MKV's have encrypted immobilisers (immo4c) so I think it's a dealer only job that to program the keys.  I know the earlier ones (2004-06) can have spare keys done quite cheaply, I managed to get a spare one done for a MY2004 Golf for around £50-60 via my VW specialist and everything worked fine on that.

[Dan_FR]

Immo4c is not dealer only - plenty of people out there and can supply and code a key for a lot less than £160

[downsideup]

I had a similar problem, most local key cutters I contacted could not do the job because they needed a special tool.

I could only find one person who did it for about the same price as you have been quoted which was still cheaper that the dealer.

[h45gti]

Just rang VW dealer price was £215, looks like I'm going to the local key cutter then haha!  160 it is then

[daedos]

My local key place, Fast Keys in Wickford (Essex), charged £130. Make sure they reprogram all keys so the old lost one no longer works.

[Jomty]

I paid £160 for a new key for my bora a while back. Then found it in the back of my mates skyline. Doh.

[h45gti]

I need to go back now lol, airbag light on the dash and mfd display says airbag fault grrrr

[greygti]

Yep I lost 1 of my keys to my gti around 2 years ago and it was around £170 for the new key and coded in etc from VW,an independent lock/key specialist wanted around the £150 mark !!

[chrisr763]

Got a spare 3 button key made up for my 05 plate through VW. Worked out with coding £170  Mugged

[h45gti]

Prices shot up as usual 

[OSB]

Prob wont make you feel any better, but a friend of mine recently paid well over £300 for his Range Rover key and fob!

[SRC]

Shop around with your local VW indies: I use VGS in Kent.  £80 for a key on my 56 plate.

[h45gti]

The guys who did mine were very good, although I had the airbag light pop up I called them, they sent the guy to to my area this time and connected vcds and cleared it  good service £160 not too bad,  key looks of good quality also along with the fob/alarm