Submitted by philberesford on Sat, 08/12/2012 - 12:52.
Those things are NOT cheap to replace. VAG keys cost a fortune. My dealer wanted something like $400ish for mine. Hope the owner sees the post first before pulling out fistful of the hard earned ones.
If that happened, you used to be able to get a new key, put it in the ignition and turn it on. Leave it for 30 - 40 minutes and the body computer would sort it out i.e. accept the new key and allow you to start/unlock/lock the car again.
Those things are NOT cheap to replace. VAG keys cost a fortune. My dealer wanted something like $400ish for mine. Hope the owner sees the post first before pulling out fistful of the hard earned ones.
If its a current model key they ask about $800 for them these days
Someone will not be happy
$800! Faaaaaaaaaaaaaark!
Bugger. And I thought $70 - 80 was expensive for my Conformodore.
Lose *both* keys to your compodore, and you'll be up for a similar figure once you include the necessary re-encoding of your car's security system.
If that happened, you used to be able to get a new key, put it in the ignition and turn it on. Leave it for 30 - 40 minutes and the body computer would sort it out i.e. accept the new key and allow you to start/unlock/lock the car again.