£75 for a spare key - reasonable?

[roxburd]

Local key cutter says he'll want £75 and access to the van for an hour to cut me a spare ignition key.

McLouis Fusion 331 2021

Reasonable price?

I was hoping to get one for a tenner or so - didn't realise they had chips in them! Bugger!

 

[Lenny HB]

Sounds a good price for the non remote key for a Ducato, Timpsons used charge £80 about 10 years ago. If you need the one with the remote they are over £300.

 

[Gellyneck]

Paid around £70 for a spare non-fob a couple of years ago to leave at home when we're travelling.
A fob version would have been c£165.
They did require access to the motorhome to "match" to the ecu.

 

[Manic]

I bought a new fob for my Peugeot 107 because the button plastic was broken and on that you had to remove the chip from the original fob.

 

[Diabalo]

Lenny HB Does the non-remote key still do the handshake to take the immobiliser off?

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[scotjimland]

Does the non-remote key still do the handshake to take the immobiliser off?

I have two non-remote keys , yes they do

 

[Lenny HB]

Lenny HB Does the non-remote key still do the handshake to take the immobiliser off?

Yes, we don't have central locking so I only use the non remote key. If it didn't there wouldn't be much point in having it.

 

[scotjimland]

Local key cutter says he'll want £75 and access to the van for an hour to cut me a spare ignition key.

McLouis Fusion 331 2021

Reasonable price?

I was hoping to get one for a tenner or so - didn't realise they had chips in them! Bugger!

that is a decent price.. and as said they need access to the van to match to the ECU

 

[The Coops]

Go on e bay there are companies that will cut the key for you from a picture, if you are bothered about it being posted to your address use a pick up box cost between £10 and £15

 

[Lenny HB]

Go on e bay there are companies that will cut the key for you from a picture, if you are bothered about it being posted to your address use a pick up box cost between £10 and £15

But it needs programing to the ECU.

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[The Coops]

But it needs programing to the ECU.

I thought he just wanted a spare key as for release steering etc not driving, there are programable chips from £30 as well so still cheaper but will have to pay to get it matched up

 

[Gellyneck]

Lenny HB Does the non-remote key still do the handshake to take the immobiliser off?

Our "spare" operates exactly the same as the original FIAT one.

 

[Gellyneck]

I thought he just wanted a spare key as for release steering etc not driving, there are programable chips from £30 as well so still cheaper but will have to pay to get it matched up

The blank, with chip, tends to be the cheaper component of the cost with the programming being more expensive. It was in our case.

 

[Diabalo]

Our "spare" operates exactly the same as the original FIAT one.

I asumed the spare just opened the door, had the van 10 years and never tried LOL

 

[Gellyneck]

I asumed the spare just opened the door, had the van 10 years and never tried LOL

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[daventess]

Local key cutter says he'll want £75 and access to the van for an hour to cut me a spare ignition key.

McLouis Fusion 331 2021

Reasonable price?

I was hoping to get one for a tenner or so - didn't realise they had chips in them! Bugger!

They wanted £160 for my old 2008 Honda, so £75 sounds like a bargain to me!

 

[daventess]

Go on e bay there are companies that will cut the key for you from a picture, if you are bothered about it being posted to your address use a pick up box cost between £10 and £15

Jesus. They'll be creating false eyeballs for retina scanners soon, just from your Facebook photos ...

 

[Orion]

I recently had a non-remote key cut for my wife’s Kia at Timpsons and that was £75. He used a chip reader to clone it to the existing remote, so no need for access to the vehicle.

 

[steve69]

Recently had one cut for £20 in Chester.
Only works with the Fob though, which has be used separately due to being a different shape. The original key on the fob was lost by the previous owner secreting it on his vehicle.

 

[Coolcats]

Jesus. They'll be creating false eyeballs for retina scanners soon, just from your Facebook photos ...

iris scanners maybe but not retina scanners, an iris scan is highly accurate, and whilst most biometric can be forged it is unlikely particularly if matched with another biometric such as the volume of space within your ear or a vein print from you hand.

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[Coolcats]

I recently had a non-remote key cut for my wife’s Kia at Timpsons and that was £75. He used a chip reader to clone it to the existing remote, so no need for access to the vehicle.

Wanting to access the vehicle is the worrying bit you can walk in to a car dealer they will make another key and not bother with accessing your vehicle…..it may be a cheap key but…..

 

[Coolcats]

Local key cutter says he'll want £75 and access to the van for an hour to cut me a spare ignition key.

McLouis Fusion 331 2021

Reasonable price?

I was hoping to get one for a tenner or so - didn't realise they had chips in them! Bugger!

Vehicle access for an hour ? Are they scouting your security I’d rather pay a dealer

 

[oldiesontour]

Go on e bay there are companies that will cut the key for you from a picture, if you are bothered about it being posted to your address use a pick up box cost between £10 and £15

But they are not chipped so won't disable immobiliser

 

[Lenny HB]

Wanting to access the vehicle is the worrying bit you can walk in to a car dealer they will make another key and not bother with accessing your vehicle…..it may be a cheap key but…..

I remember I had a new Ford Sierra came with plastic emergency key that would open any ford of that era.

 

[Gellyneck]

Vehicle access for an hour ? Are they scouting your security I’d rather pay a dealer

It does take them about an hour to check the key / ecu, cut the blank, check it for basic operation (ie unlocks doors, etc), programme to ecu and then recheck full operation.

They also double check original key/s still work effectively.

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[Diabalo]

Our "spare" operates exactly the same as the original FIAT one.

Just been up the van the spare blank key opens the door but the alarm kicks in, which is obvious I suppose. They blank key starts the engine ok if I open with the central locking fob, so for me a remote key is necessary.

In an emergency I think there is a convoluted way of dissabling the Autowatch alarm/immobiliser if needs be.

 

[Gellyneck]

Just been up the van the spare blank key opens the door but the alarm kicks in, which is obvious I suppose. They blank key starts the engine ok if I open with the central locking fob, so for me a remote key is necessary.

In an emergency I think there is a convoluted way of dissabling the Autowatch alarm/immobiliser if needs be.

Apologies Dane as just reread my original response to yourself and I guess you could read as it also disables the alarm. It doesn't when unlocking the doors!

Don't have the non-fob key with me but try unlocking the door with the metal insert key and open the door. This should activate the alarm however if you put the same key in the ignition and turn to "MAR-ON" it should disable the alarm and turning it again should start the engine.

Not ideal as we'd get a call from our tracking folk but .....

 

[pappajohn]

Wanting to access the vehicle is the worrying bit you can walk in to a car dealer they will make another key and not bother with accessing your vehicle…..it may be a cheap key but…..

I very much doubt they would do that without showing proof of ownership otherwise any scroat could get one .

 

[starquake]

Should add a "remote" key price we got was circa in £150 region from local auto locksmith. He did need access to OBD port and all existing keys so he could wipe then reinitialise the keys and chip.

Given Peugeot wanted £400+ for a remote key + programming, we thought was a bargain.

 

[Diabalo]

Apologies Dane as just reread my original response to yourself and I guess you could read as it also disables the alarm. It doesn't when unlocking the doors!

Don't have the non-fob key with me but try unlocking the door with the metal insert key and open the door. This should activate the alarm however if you put the same key in the ignition and turn to "MAR-ON" it should disable the alarm and turning it again should start the engine.

Not ideal as we'd get a call from our tracking folk but .....

That's handy to know for the future, I will give it a go, I hope it works.