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Originally Posted by CNGBiFuel
Has anyone 'successfully' achieved replacement working remote fobs for late 98-99 on cars? As far as I can make out...
There's outfits that simply charge £35 for a repair service to swap lumps of plastic, you'll see the parts they use on eBlag for £5-6. (You can do this yourself in under 3 minutes). But:
1. Who do we go to to get an additional mechanical key?
2. Who do we go to to get an additional working 'chipped' remote fob?
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To clarify, it is the mechanical key that is chipped and not the remote fob.
You can get a key cut from any competent key cutting place but it will not allow you to start the car, only open the door / boot.
One way around this is to tape a chipped key (or just the chip from a spare key) to the steering column, out o site.
Basically, there are two separate "systems" involved:
1) the key chip which works with the sensor ring to allow the engine to start / run.
2) the remote fob which operates the door locks remotely and arms / disarms the alarm.
The expensive part appears to be getting a dealer to programm a remote fob to "talk" to the alarm / remote locking.
HTH