New key recommendations

[Touring_Rob]

Hi,

Does anyone have any recommendations regarding getting a new key cut and programmed for my 182?

Car only came with one key and its one of those things I would like to get sorted before its needed in an emergency

Seen that some people go straight to Renault, equally seen key blanks on eBay with unprogrammed fobs - is there any procedure or software that I could use at home to program my own key?

Thanks very much
Rob,

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

I always thought it was a Renault only job at something like £180.

 

[Touring_Rob]

?

 

[Touring_Rob]

I've seen immobiliser disabling things that can be purchased, which would let me buy a blank key from eBay and have one cut locally - however if its something that I could do using CLIP that would be a good excuse to for me to buy the CLIP toys required....

Bypass box fairly expensive, would be interested to know how it is working though! I'm guessing that if I already have a working key I could dissemble the key and place the chip near to the reader then just get a few cheap keys cut sans code gubbins?

 

[Andy_con]

renotech chelsmford
on wed i took two new uprogrammed keys to them and they coded them for £25 for the pair.

great service

got my blank keys here

https://www.fobfix.com/collections/renault

 

[masekwm]

I bought a blank key off eBay and went to Diamond Motors.

 

[JamesBryan]

Let someone who knows what they're doing with Clip do it for you. Not worth risking bricking your ECU trying to attempt for what it costs to get done at a specialist.

 

[Andy_con]

Let someone who knows what they're doing with Clip do it for you. Not worth risking bricking your ECU trying to attempt for what it costs to get done at a specialist.

agreed, £25 is nothing to have two keys programmed properly

 

[Touring_Rob]

renotech chelsmford
on wed i took two new uprogrammed keys to them and they coded them for £25 for the pair.

great service

got my blank keys here

https://www.fobfix.com/collections/renault

Thats an absolute bargain!

Thanks for the link - Essex isn't too far from me (surrey) so certainly worth a trip with some new keys me thinks. Does the remote unlock etc also work on the new keys?

 

[Touring_Rob]

Let someone who knows what they're doing with Clip do it for you. Not worth risking bricking your ECU trying to attempt for what it costs to get done at a specialist.

True, get your point however I don't dive in at some point and learn how to use it I never will - seems like lots of things in the Renault world are "take it to a specialist" which tbh I've not come across with other makes of vehicle.

 

[JamesBryan]

True, get your point however I don't dive in at some point and learn how to use it I never will - seems like lots of things in the Renault world are "take it to a specialist" which tbh I've not come across with other makes of vehicle.

The rest of Clip isn't too bad to use. I just wouldn't trust myself coding keys ?

 

[Touring_Rob]

The rest of Clip isn't too bad to use. I just wouldn't trust myself coding keys ?

Ahhh cool, sorry I thought you meant don't use CLIP in general - I think either way £25 is cheap enough to not warrant the risk.

 

[Andy_con]

Thats an absolute bargain!

Thanks for the link - Essex isn't too far from me (surrey) so certainly worth a trip with some new keys me thinks. Does the remote unlock etc also work on the new keys?

keys are fully coded, so everything works.

 

[green]

@andy_con. Did you send your key to the company to fix?

 

[Andy_con]

@andy_con. Did you send your key to the company to fix?

no I purchased brand new ones

 

[green]

no I purchased brand new ones

Seems like they only do a repair service now but thanks for the link ?

 

[Andy_con]

Seems like they only do a repair service now but thanks for the link ?

£15 for a brand new key, is it worth trying to repair a broken one?

 

[green]

£15 for a brand new key, is it worth trying to repair a broken one?

Yes it’s worth it...I’ve ordered one but the link says it’s a repair service not a blank key?... as in.. I send my key to them?

 

[eon172]

This all sounds promising and right bargain, I could do with a spare fob at some point too [emoji106]

 

[R29TJR]

Next question.

Once I've purchased a new key where do I go to get it cut? Just a usual place?

Tom

 

[Brigsy]

Been looking into this myself. I believe you need the pin code to match the vin number associated with the uch to program the keys with clip. I also hear other programs will do it without too not sure if true or not ?