Ok I've lost my spare, I think it was in the jacket that vanished out of the back when I drove home with the tailgate partly open (carrying a bed if you must know). Anyway SWMBO takes the remaining key to Peugeot today who say it's laser cut and will cost £140 to replace! Timpsons say it's a main dealer only job too. Any other solutions?
I think I could possibly make one. I don't care about the plipper function but I do need a spare key if I carry on this way!
Hi Malc, I have had a similar problem and I went to a good local locksmiths ( not Timpsons ) who supplied a key and programmed the ECU. The problem is that there is a transponder in the key that talks to the ECU and allows the car to start therefore a home made key will not work. I think it cost approx £40. The guy is in Bolton, I can give you the details if it is of interest but you will have to take the car to him as it is not possible to copy the transponder. Dave G
malc wrote:
Cheers. It's a1998 car so I was wondering if it was that complicated. It seems to work with a flat battery in the key. Bolton is a bit far but if you can work out my email address from the headers I'd be grateful for the info.
Dave G via CarKB.com ("Dave G via CarKB.com" ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:
Not necessarily on a mid-late '90s PSA car.
I _think_ the change from keypad to transponder came with the facelift, but doesn't much matter - if it's got a keypad PIN immobiliser, there's no transponder. If it hasn't, there is.
Personally, I prefer the PIN - lose the keys, the car still can't be nicked.
Hello Malc! You too, eh? I don't want to be the harbinger of doom to a friend, but you might want to check out the thread entitled 'long shot...', where you'll see that I have a similar problem with a certain Transit minibus.
Have you still got the master key? Things are a lot easier if you've got that, and shouldn't cost as much as the amount the dealer told D.
It might take a couple of days if they haven't got the necessary blanks in stock - be prepared to have to go back; be prepared even to leave the car and the key you've got with them for a couple of hours. Under no circumstances let them tell you that you need a whole new lockset unless it turns out to be absolutely necessary. The Ford main dealer have had the bus for over a fortnight now, and it's taking all I've got to continue being polite to them.
Good luck.
Apart from the numbers wearing out on the keypad, meaning there aren't that many combinations to try before you hit on the right one.
SteveH ( snipped-for-privacy@italiancar.co.uk (SteveH)) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:
I had the same code (with two digits the same) on my XM for 80k miles - and there was no visible wear...
But even so - there's still a lengthy lockout after three wrong tries.
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No master key on this one I'm afraid.
Malc
vanished out of the
No master key on this one I'm afraid.
Malc Have you got a security code? Usually 4 or 5 letters, comes on a credit card type of thing, which help set the immobiliser.
Hmmm..... there may be a code in the owners handbook. I assumed and so did the previous owner that that was the radio code.
-- Malc
The code will be on a card vabout the size of a credit card usally with a picture of the key on it
i know where your comming from the buggers want £200.00 for a spare key with plip on my new van
Nope, not got one of those.
Apparently there's someone in Malvern who can do it for between £40 and 70
Uh-oh...
Fingers crossed.
Don't need one. Just a code to program the keys apparently.
It's a stupid syustem needing a master key IMO.
-- Malc
Hope your PCM behaves better than mine is :'(
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