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Post by sergeantslack on Aug 28, 2018 18:20:41 GMT
There I was, all ready to go live in a field for the weekend, cars is mostly packed, just the last things to pop in the boot and bam! key didn't go all the way in and snapped. Thankfully not clean off so I can still risk using it. Has anyone tried programming a third key from two existing programmed transponder keys? Wondering if it can be done as with other vehicles or if I should just get used to having the old key fob without the shaft as a funky keyring?
I am now using the OEM key which I didn't realise had a chip in it as the previous owner was using a cheap replacement key but I don;t think it will survive that long. # -Slack
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Post by jon on Aug 29, 2018 5:47:06 GMT
I'm fairly sure that the NA doesn't have a factory transponder setup... I think that came in with the factory alarms in the mk2.5s....
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Post by wannabe on Aug 29, 2018 10:10:01 GMT
+1 I didn't think NAs had immobilisers? Although perhaps that's just early cars - IIRC the UK mandated that electronic immobilisers were required on cars around 1995ish, so perhaps the late UK cars had them? sergeantslack - can you post a picture of your key? (Just the round end, not the end with the profiled metal bit!( |
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Post by jon on Aug 29, 2018 10:53:49 GMT
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Post by Whistler on Aug 29, 2018 11:40:19 GMT
Late Mk1s had transponders. You can take an unbroken key to almost any key cutter and they'll cut you a key and transfer the information on the chip to the new key. The last one I got cut cost about £35 IIRC.
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Post by sergeantslack on Sept 4, 2018 21:55:46 GMT
Mine is a base spec UK model with '98 reg and it does have a transponder. Got the yellow key light on the dash and everything. I have one unbroken key with chip and one almost broken key with chip. Wondering if I buy a blank key with chip if I can program in the new transponder chip using the two existing ones. Anyone tried it?
-Slack
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le sigh