This aint right.? Is it.? Clio members

[AliasOmega]

Figured its best here..

Surely if someone knew the reg of the car that this car was for, they could track it down and its a free access to the car whenever you want..

madness...

put it in the bin, not eBay the f*cker..

Take a look at this auction..

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GENUINE-RENAU...ryZ10410QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[AliasOmega]

what you think.?

 

[SBV116]

no its goosed! bin material!

 

[AliasOmega]

how come.?

 

[Tom H]

They cant be re coded...

 

[Ads_172]

I think they can... one of mine was on Tuesday.

 

[Gumby]

Your car can be recoded to the key I think you mean mate. You can't reprogram the key fob itself.

 

[AliasOmega]

i was more worried about the fact that 'apparently' he sold the 172, and found the key afterwards.

If this was true, and the car was sold a few auctions earlier or so, that would be an ideal chance to steal a 172 for free.

But it appears that he is a breaker, or flogs lots of keys on ebay.

 

[Kiev85]

surely the key will be a diff shape...and you need a blank one..?? why would you buy this...????

 

[Tom H]

I thought they could be reprogramed to the central locking, but not for the imobiliser?

 

[Kiev85]

I thought they could be reprogramed to the central locking, but not for the imobiliser?

surely tho the key has been already cut to a specified shape and wont turn in any other ignition barrel tho?

or am i wrong

 

[Ads_172]

Ah, that could be it. The key still started the car but wasn't unlocking it, so perhaps the fob was just reprogrammed to the c/l.

I've always assumed that the ignition barrel accepts all keys but the imobiliser will stop the car starting. But then, would this mean that any key can manually unlock a door!?!

 

[Leeshez]

I thought they could be reprogramed to the central locking, but not for the imobiliser?

surely tho the key has been already cut to a specified shape and wont turn in any other ignition barrel tho?

or am i wrong

I thought this. Oh well people will buy stuff.

 

[bmh.01]

i was more worried about the fact that 'apparently' he sold the 172, and found the key afterwards.

If this was true, and the car was sold a few auctions earlier or so, that would be an ideal chance to steal a 172 for free.

But it appears that he is a breaker, or flogs lots of keys on ebay.

Correct if you knew what car it was for theres nothing stopping you from using it to steal the car.

People put them in ebay because people will buy them thinking you can recode them to their car instead of paying renault £130 for a new key. But you can't.

 

[DrR]

surely tho the key has been already cut to a specified shape and wont turn in any other ignition barrel tho?

or am i wrong

I thought this. Oh well people will buy stuff.

Just swap the internals over. Simple really.

 

[alexbleubolt]

this is true with renault key cards, i took one into renault to have it reprogrammed, for my megane, and they said its already programmed to another megane, and told me the vin number and reg.

 

[DynamiqueDebz]

this is true with renault key cards, i took one into renault to have it reprogrammed, for my megane, and they said its already programmed to another megane, and told me the vin number and reg.

Crikey, that's abit dodgy. Surely they should not have told you that? We all know how easy it is to track cars if you really want to. No wonder so many cars get nicked if that's how renault go on. That's a tad naughty to say the least!