New key?

[wwmnw]

A mate has lost the key to his X reg astra, anyone know how much Vauxhall charge for a new one?

[General Baxter]

how much is a new ecu lol

[wwmnw]

I was hoping for a reply along the lines of £x including the programming lol new ecu chip and transponder would be costly brand new.

[bazil]

duno but Scania are £20 for the key and £110 to programme it!

[wwmnw]

:eek: scrap yard raid here we go lol

[Spudly]

Youre probably looking in the region of about £80 for a new key plus about £50 for recoding, plus recovery to the stealership unless you know someone with a recovery truck!

[bazil]

iirc audi were £80 to programme and around 20 for the key too

[Spudly]

Typical exampe is a Renault Laguna II, £83 for a new keycard and £50 for coding:eek:


Scrapyard will do you no good as you dont need a new ecu, you need a new key + coding!

[General Baxter]

does he have the security card?

[Spudly]

does he have the security card?



He said astra, not pugeot:p

[AlexW]

Scrapyard will do you no good as you dont need a new ecu, you need a new key + coding!

Wrong, Change the ecu, transpoder and keychip and it will be fine. Your just need to get a lock set then and fit the chip into the key for that.

The ecu on these should be bolted to the inlet in the engine bay.

[General Baxter]

depends what engine, if its a TD will need the pump coding to the ecu then lol

[AlexW]

Ah yeah true, Forgot about teh gay td's

[Connor]

Typical exampe is a Renault Laguna II, £83 for a new keycard and £50 for coding:eek:

This was the example i was going to give,
after my mums one decided one day to corrupt :roll:

[General Baxter]

get the security card go to vauxhall, buy a key and get it coded off the card, simplez

[wwmnw]

Sorry, I think its a 1.4 but it is petrol.

[AlexW]

Common as muck then, Find a lock set and matching ECU set.

[General Baxter]

erm how would you get the new key cut to shape?

[AlexW]

He said astra, not pugeot:p

Vauxhalls have them too.

[AlexW]

erm how would you get the new key cut to shape?

Read what I said, New lock set?

[General Baxter]

He said astra, not pugeot:p

vauxhalls have them too jack ass

[wwmnw]

So, its either pay over £100 to get a key & get it coded or raid a scrap yard for a new ecu transponder etc and lock set?

[bazil]

phone a local dealership for a price lol

[General Baxter]

So, its either pay over £100 to get a key & get it coded

if you just get a new coded key, it will be a blank, how will you cut it to the right shape will need a new lock set lol



shall we say it again

[AlexW]

I was told £120 previously, Depends if he has the little card thing, Key wont be cheap though, I think even those old keys are about £50, No idea if they would let you do a used key either.

But yes, as baxter says, Your need a new lockset, Which imo, If your changing all that, Just do the extra 10min job of swapping the ecu set.

[wwmnw]

Looks like a scrap yard would be the best bet then.

[John]

i had a new key cut for my zafira, it was a flat type key (not the horseshoe shape to fit a remote keyfob in) Key cost about £18 and £35 to code it in. Every dealer varies though. Just ring em and see what they say before you faff about swapping locksets.

[Danny s-p]

Looks like a scrap yard would be the best bet then.dont by them from the scrappy lend it;) give a call tomorrow or you get riped of by the scrap yard all tell u a secret

[wwmnw]

dont by them from the scrappy lend it;) give a call tomorrow or you get riped of by the scrap yard all tell u a secret

OK mate :thumb:

[rubachuk]

Thought you could buy the blank key and a a second hand remote and transponder chip from somewhere like ebay, and then get it all reprogrammed by someone with Opcom. Or buy a copy of Opcom yourself also off ebay. I looked into it a while back when one of my Astra keys went AWOL.

I'd have a search on Astra Owners Club

[Hoochie]

When i flushed mine down the bog it cost £140 for a citroen key in total included coding.

[davidfox280585]

how much is a new ecu lol
you can order a key from vaux pre programmed with the 4 digit id on for iirc around £80
or go scrapyard get a full lockset for peanuts,(providing you have your security card in your documents or history)
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSYLSg1Q9eSSvm4uA6QeN7BChYEmKqCA VU8oX6lH1OwPGk2Qhxd
buy opcom and reprogramm it yourself,opcom is around £25 off ebay,and it works ive watched my cousin programme plenty of astras and vectras:thumb:

[mowgli]

When i flushed mine down the bog it cost £140 total for a citroen key in total included coding.

you must have really hated that citroen...... my mate had a perfect boot print in the wing of his xm

[wwmnw]

This Opcom stuff sounds interesting.