Replacement Keys

[stevestrat]

Originally Posted by dave lincs

Rimmers can get you a new key

I'd regard that as the last option as you'll pay through the nose for it though. Last figure I remember is a key through official channels was well over £200 plus VAT, takes 2-3 weeks as it has to come from BMW in Germany.

[alanaslan]

The last time I did this through the not so local dealer I was charged £95 for the key with its blade cut to suit. The programming of the key to the car and the programming of the car to the key was charged out at Half an hours labour. This brought the total cost up to just a shade over £200 after the VAT man got his cut.
We had problems goodness it was three and a half years ago it Pauline’s Saloon we managed to buy a key from a ebay dealer it was £37.50. It came with both bar codes which I am told is a must unless you just want a clone key. I had a number in my phone described as car key locksmith I called the number and he came out to the house and for £50 cash programmed the keys including moving the drivers seat to the correct drivers position for each of us on the key. A fantastic deal. But he stressed that you must have the bar codes. A very very very nice man.


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[Yorkshire GOC]

Originally Posted by Becs512

Don't judge me but, I only had one key....

And now all my keys, including the Rover key have gone missing !!!
Can anyone help tell me how to get a brand new key..and programmed so, I can open and use my car?
Feeling very stupid...surely it can't cost more than the car I love is worth?

If you cannot find the key drop key guru Big Russ a PM

[Becs512]

Keys were eventually found...under the bed...🤷NAUGHTY WORD-♀️
But, ordering a spare key is the order of the day now...

[Maxfly]

Lost keys, one of the most frustrating things, although usually its my mobile phone with me! I remember the other half's main key for her Astra disappeared and we could not find it anywhere. Fast forward 2 years and we were moving house so the usual sorting of stuff that had been hoisted up into the loft was happening and I opened up one cardboard box of old kids clothes to find said keys just sitting there right on top of everything.

[canan]

Update:
After cb750chris updated the circuit board on my fob, I got a blank key off eBay for about £4. I then attempted to swap the blade from the old key fob to the new one. Most videos make it seem so easy to do.


Unfortunately the old blade and new blade are slightly different shape at the top so would not fit back into the fob. This solution explains the issue. I didnt want to go through all this trouble, espcially as the forum suggests made I could get it cut by a locksmith.

I went to Timpsom's first aand as other have found, they refused. Company policy was to by the blank from them. But I sent a few emails out to other locksmiths and got some positive replies.


I found a locksmith in Hendon, North West London who couldn't find the key details on the computer. But he looked at an old manual and had to take the key into the back of the shop where he had a old key cutting machine. It worked! He cut it for £18.50 . I will be going back to cut to second key

[Jamiewelch]

Originally Posted by canan

Update:
After cb750chris updated the circuit board on my fob, I got a blank key off eBay for about £4. I then attempted to swap the blade from the old key fob to the new one. Most videos make it seem so easy to do.


Unfortunately the old blade and new blade are slightly different shape at the top so would not fit back into the fob. This solution explains the issue. I didnt want to go through all this trouble, espcially as the forum suggests made I could get it cut by a locksmith.

I went to Timpsom's first aand as other have found, they refused. Company policy was to by the blank from them. But I sent a few emails out to other locksmiths and got some positive replies.


I found a locksmith in Hendon, North West London who couldn't find the key details on the computer. But he looked at an old manual and had to take the key into the back of the shop where he had a old key cutting machine. It worked! He cut it for £18.50 . I will be going back to cut to second key

If a key cutting place says they don't have a machine that will do one that old. Just tell them it is a BMW key blade, BMW still use the blade design to this day.