MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: h45gti on May 23, 2014, 12:05:45 am

Title: £160 for new replacement vw key
Post by: h45gti on May 23, 2014, 12:05:45 am

hey peeps, is £160 for new vw key, with the alarm bit worth it? not from vw, from a local key cutting place, I asked the guy how much, he hesitated few about 20 seconds with hmmm ahh and said 160, then asked him what about just a key no alarm, hesitated again and quoted £80, I then said cant you do it any cheaper? replied no, then I said is that your fixed prices or varied prices as a joke, then replied angrily with its fixed prices mate lol, so asked again why did you have to think about the price and hesitate then? he shrugged.. lol :fighting: :stupid:

Title: Re: £160 for new replacement vw key
Post by: PatchySan on May 23, 2014, 07:51:35 am

Assuming its the model year in your sig, the later MKV's have encrypted immobilisers (immo4c) so I think it's a dealer only job that to program the keys.  :sad1: I know the earlier ones (2004-06) can have spare keys done quite cheaply, I managed to get a spare one done for a MY2004 Golf for around £50-60 via my VW specialist and everything worked fine on that.

Title: Re: £160 for new replacement vw key
Post by: Dan_FR on May 23, 2014, 09:01:57 am

Immo4c is not dealer only - plenty of people out there and can supply and code a key for a lot less than £160

Title: Re: £160 for new replacement vw key
Post by: downsideup on May 23, 2014, 09:24:42 am

I had a similar problem, most local key cutters I contacted could not do the job because they needed a special tool.

I could only find one person who did it for about the same price as you have been quoted which was still cheaper that the dealer.

Title: Re: £160 for new replacement vw key
Post by: h45gti on May 23, 2014, 09:47:08 am

Just rang VW dealer price was £215, looks like I'm going to the local key cutter then haha!  160 it is then :driver:

Title: Re: £160 for new replacement vw key
Post by: daedos on May 23, 2014, 10:52:08 am

My local key place, Fast Keys in Wickford (Essex), charged £130. Make sure they reprogram all keys so the old lost one no longer works.

Title: Re: £160 for new replacement vw key
Post by: Jomty on May 23, 2014, 01:05:26 pm

I paid £160 for a new key for my bora a while back. Then found it in the back of my mates skyline. Doh.

Title: Re: £160 for new replacement vw key
Post by: h45gti on May 23, 2014, 01:34:52 pm

I need to go back now lol, airbag light on the dash and mfd display says airbag fault grrrr :fighting:

Title: Re: £160 for new replacement vw key
Post by: greygti on May 23, 2014, 01:38:41 pm

Yep I lost 1 of my keys to my gti around 2 years ago and it was around £170 for the new key and coded in etc from VW,an independent lock/key specialist wanted around the £150 mark !!

Title: Re: £160 for new replacement vw key
Post by: chrisr763 on May 23, 2014, 01:50:31 pm

Got a spare 3 button key made up for my 05 plate through VW. Worked out with coding £170  :evilgrin: Mugged

Title: Re: £160 for new replacement vw key
Post by: h45gti on May 23, 2014, 02:17:12 pm

Prices shot up as usual  :sad1:

Title: Re: £160 for new replacement vw key
Post by: OSB on May 24, 2014, 09:13:14 am

Prob wont make you feel any better, but a friend of mine recently paid well over £300 for his Range Rover key and fob!

Title: Re: £160 for new replacement vw key
Post by: SRC on May 24, 2014, 09:52:35 am

Shop around with your local VW indies: I use VGS in Kent.  £80 for a key on my 56 plate. :smiley:

Title: Re: £160 for new replacement vw key
Post by: h45gti on May 24, 2014, 03:31:46 pm

The guys who did mine were very good, although I had the airbag light pop up I called them, they sent the guy to to my area this time and connected vcds and cleared it  :smiley: :happy2: :driver: good service £160 not too bad,  key looks of good quality also along with the fob/alarm