Getting a car key cut

Max_Damage

Does anyone know how much would it cost roughly to get a key made up for my '95 Ford Escort at a Ford dealership? Thanks

Mycroft H

Havnt the foggiest but cant be more than 50 notes for an oldish key - ring ford in the mornin

carchaeologist

Have you the red master key?Think you need that to get it cut,i lost the master key for my mondeo when i had it and i remember there being an issue if i needed another cut.Something to do with the chip for the immobiliser?

L-M

Any good locksmiths should be able to clone the chip, and cut the key for you. Would be alot cheaper than the lads at Ford, and i would say they would charge more than 50 yo yo's no matter what the key.

Mycroft H

Limerick-man wrote: »

Any good locksmiths should be able to clone the chip, and cut the key for you. Would be alot cheaper than the lads at Ford, and i would say they would charge more than 50 yo yo's no matter what the key.

My old vw only got charged 25 but that had no chips in it, just a plain key

L-M

landyman wrote: »

My old vw only got charged 25 but that had no chips in it, just a plain key

Lol, sound a bit expensive for just the key, unless they gave you a VW fob as well. Those chips can cost a fair buck.

Mycroft H

Limerick-man wrote: »

Lol, sound a bit expensive for just the key, unless they gave you a VW fob as well. Those chips can cost a fair buck.

Well I was well stuck at the time somehow managed to bend the key into a curve and i tried bendin it back but it was justa bout to break so i got it cut in the hardware shop there and then, or else i wouldnt hav been able to go home..... Guess the bloke at the counter must hav copped what had happened and charged me extra

Max_Damage

carchaeologist wrote: »

Have you the red master key?Think you need that to get it cut,i lost the master key for my mondeo when i had it and i remember there being an issue if i needed another cut.Something to do with the chip for the immobiliser?

Yeah, I've the red master key. The other black key is worn down so much that it won't open the boot anymore!

To the other poster, what sort of locksmiths would be able to clone the key? Any recommendations?

Mycroft H

As far as I know the key cutters in maynooth (the name is gone from me) dose it, and hes fairly reasonable

Hal1

The lock hospital [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]4534544[/FONT] they are just off the south circular road. Give them a ring. They program keys too, I'd imagine that would be cheaper than a main dealers.

L1011

landyman wrote: »

As far as I know the key cutters in maynooth (the name is gone from me) dose it, and hes fairly reasonable

"Jims Shoe Repairs" is the one in Tescos; theres also one in Dunnes now though.

Mycroft H

MYOB wrote: »

"Jims Shoe Repairs" is the one in Tescos; theres also one in Dunnes now though.

Jims shoe repair, thats the one.....

L-M

The only one i can reccomend is Ryan's Locksmiths, but i'm guessing you can guess what county it's in:o

Redsoxfan

The wife had a cloned key cut in a locksmith's for her 02 Rav4-worked fine for a while, but then went on the blink. Seems that it 'lost it's memory' or something? I think there is a way to do a manual reset, but it's a bit of a pain. They cloned key wasn't exactly cheap either-something like €50 I think (no fob).
She eventually paid up to get a genuine replacement.

Dunno if this issue would replicate itself for other cars?

You can generally find replacement keys on e-bay-getting them coded probably isn't that easy though?