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Replacement Key - Ford Focus

  • 08-05-2012 03:28PM
    #1
    DA365
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 249 ✭✭


    Hi guys,

    Lost main car key with remote at the weekend unfortunately.

    I still have the non remote spare but don't want to be chancing my luck with only one key.

    Having the remote doesn't really bother me - I just want a spare again locked away in the house.

    The dealers are quoting crazy money to replicate the key & immobiliser, does anyone know if there's a cheap locksmith in Dublin that can make a replacement key for a 01 Focus?


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  • #2
    ProudDUB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,569 ✭✭✭✭ProudDUB


    'Fraid not. For a key to work in the cars ignition, the locksmith needs a computerized code to embed into it. That is where the expense comes in. It is not just about cutting a key the old fashioned way. Only the dealerships have access to those code. Locksmiths do not have access to them.

    I am in the same boat. I need spare keys for my Focus too. Getting a key cut that will manually open the door & boot is the same as getting any other key cut. I was quoted 13 euros to get the key cut. But I have to buy a blank car key from a dealership to take to the locksmith, and that is another 15 quid. There are no codes involved. Grand total for a key that just opens doors is 25 euros.

    To get a key that manually unlocks the doors, and will work in the ignition (that the locksmith need a code for) was about 100 euros. There is no immobilizer function.

    To get a key cut that has an immobilizer function that and will work in the ignition, was over 200 euros.

    Hard to find a way around this when the dealerships are the ones with the codes, and they will charge you mega bucks to look them up. :mad:


  • #3
    The Pontiac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,417 ✭✭✭The Pontiac


    Sounds like blackmail from a true monopoly operated business.


  • #4
    mondeoman2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 619 ✭✭✭mondeoman2


    DA365 wrote: »
    Hi guys,

    Lost main car key with remote at the weekend unfortunately.

    I still have the non remote spare but don't want to be chancing my luck with only one key.

    Having the remote doesn't really bother me - I just want a spare again locked away in the house.

    The dealers are quoting crazy money to replicate the key & immobiliser, does anyone know if there's a cheap locksmith in Dublin that can make a replacement key for a 01 Focus?


    If your Near Dun Laoghaire,Brown Brothers locksmiths on patrick street will clone your key for about €60,i got one cloned for a 00 mondeo st200,worked no problem;)


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