zimm
07-06-2008, 04:06 PM
Hi,
thought i'd post on here as i've been told different things by every garage ive spoken to,
whats happened is that my mother passed away recently and the keys for her 1998 (T reg) 1.4 lupo have disappeared, we hoped they would turn up when we cleared the house but alas .. no ..
The car isnt locked as she lived miles from anywhere and never locked it, but obviously we cant start it. I understand that the keys are "chipped" to match the car, so just getting a new key wont work unless its programmed to match the car.. How is this done ? does whoever is doing the programming need access to the car itself ? if so this could be an issue as the car is parked at my late mothers house in the western isles (so no-where near a dealership/auto-electrician)
so far ive been told that i would have to pay for a truck to come from glasgow to collect the car and take it to a dealership in glasgow to sort out a new key and coding it.. cost ? about £1000 !!!!!
can the key be programmed in situ in some DIY way ?
could i just get a second hand ecu plus matching key/lockset ?
any idea's ?
thought i'd post on here as i've been told different things by every garage ive spoken to,
whats happened is that my mother passed away recently and the keys for her 1998 (T reg) 1.4 lupo have disappeared, we hoped they would turn up when we cleared the house but alas .. no ..
The car isnt locked as she lived miles from anywhere and never locked it, but obviously we cant start it. I understand that the keys are "chipped" to match the car, so just getting a new key wont work unless its programmed to match the car.. How is this done ? does whoever is doing the programming need access to the car itself ? if so this could be an issue as the car is parked at my late mothers house in the western isles (so no-where near a dealership/auto-electrician)
so far ive been told that i would have to pay for a truck to come from glasgow to collect the car and take it to a dealership in glasgow to sort out a new key and coding it.. cost ? about £1000 !!!!!
can the key be programmed in situ in some DIY way ?
could i just get a second hand ecu plus matching key/lockset ?
any idea's ?