MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: numec on December 17, 2012, 11:12:00 pm

Title: spare key
Post by: numec on December 17, 2012, 11:12:00 pm

Any help if I want to get a spare key?? near Manchester area  :smiley:

Title: Re: spare key
Post by: bacillus on December 17, 2012, 11:12:57 pm

VW dealer??

Title: Re: spare key
Post by: chrisr763 on December 17, 2012, 11:21:16 pm

Cough up £170 at a dealer and they will get you one in a week  :wink:

Then pay to get it coded... again at the stdealers

Title: Re: spare key
Post by: numec on December 17, 2012, 11:55:36 pm

any other way beside coughing up to the dealer? 170 is quite  :confused:

Title: Re: spare key
Post by: chrisr763 on December 17, 2012, 11:56:49 pm

Well what's the reason? Do you only have one key? Or is one of your existing keys ugly and scratched?

Title: Re: spare key
Post by: skard on December 17, 2012, 11:57:05 pm

You'll need to give us a clue what year of car you have

Title: Re: spare key
Post by: numec on December 18, 2012, 12:03:08 am

I only have 1 key..its a 56 reg..

Title: Re: spare key
Post by: skard on December 18, 2012, 12:06:22 am

Chances are you have a later type immo so you need a trip to the dealers

Title: Re: spare key
Post by: numec on December 18, 2012, 12:09:09 am

Quote from: skard on December 18, 2012, 12:06:22 am

Chances are you have a later type immo so you need a trip to the dealers

so it is not possible to buy the complete key (incl immo) and get it coded by vagcom?

Title: Re: spare key
Post by: skard on December 18, 2012, 12:15:25 am

I have only done keys on older models. You can program with VCDS only if you have the SKC (secret key) but not your model as far as I know.

I think you need a pre-coded one and can have it cut elsewhere to make it slightly cheaper.

Title: Re: spare key
Post by: numec on December 18, 2012, 12:18:56 am

Quote from: skard on December 18, 2012, 12:15:25 am

I have only done keys on older models. You can program with VCDS only if you have the SKC (secret key) but not your model as far as I know.

I think you need a pre-coded one and can have it cut elsewhere to make it slightly cheaper.

care to shed some lights on that? what do you mean by pre-coded?

Title: Re: spare key
Post by: chrisr763 on December 18, 2012, 12:19:19 am

Can an 05 have a key coded using VCDS?

Title: Re: spare key
Post by: skard on December 18, 2012, 12:20:49 am

I haven't done a key on a 56+ so all I'm doing is relaying what I've read.

Title: Re: spare key
Post by: numec on December 18, 2012, 12:28:06 am

can I buy the complete key from ebay and cut it elsewhere, then I get to the dealer only for the coding? Is that possible?

Title: Re: spare key
Post by: Eddie-NL on December 18, 2012, 12:32:01 am

you need a new key, or a new transponder. The transponder also needs some info from your car (if you order a key from the dealer it is loaded with info from your car)

If you have some expensive equipment you can get round that

Title: Re: spare key
Post by: Polo6n1600i on December 18, 2012, 11:41:19 am

Just done all this recently - the whole bill inc coding came to £181 at the dealers

Title: Re: spare key
Post by: numec on December 18, 2012, 06:56:27 pm

Quote from: Polo6n1600i on December 18, 2012, 11:41:19 am

Just done all this recently - the whole bill inc coding came to £181 at the dealers

wow.. :scared: