Remote/keyless entry

[turboboy]

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?

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