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£140 for a key - has my dealer missed a decimal point?Views : 1658 Replies : 15Users Viewing This Thread : |
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Jul 13th, 2012, 07:05 | #11 |
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Thanks Catflem - I'm loth to start hacking keys up to be honest.
Does anyone know can Volvo independents do the task? Nick
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Jul 13th, 2012, 09:42 | #12 |
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The ecu reads the code on the chip via a pick up ring around the ignition switch,it then uploads a new code to the key,just as you say but the spare key which may not get used for months has an old code on it but the car still starts when its used so my thinking is that the ecu must have a limited number of codes its cycles around and so long as the inserted key has a code from the reference list it will allow starting,or the ecu can manage rolling codes from more than 1 key .my wifes 1996 peugeot has 3 coded keys and they all work regardless of when they were last used.when ive had chipped keys cut for fords and a mitsubishi they all worked ok,
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Jul 13th, 2012, 18:16 | #13 |
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Thanks t+m - at this age of car I understand from Timpsons that this is unique to Volvos but more common with other brands more recent - another feature Volvo got to early - the local manager rang a colleague with more experience on car key coding - apparently they are multiple rolling codes and this explains Volvo having said the £140 was to "cut and code key and match the key to the car". Thinking through using multiple keys with rolling codes the car has to be able to handle a number of them - looking at original 1996 850 Owner Manual it shows the immobiliser and coded keys as "extra equipment" and states that if a key is lost you have to take all the remaining keys to a dealer to be recoded! Oops!
I fear I need to be saving up £140. Ho Hum Nick
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Jul 13th, 2012, 21:49 | #14 | |
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and.... it could invalidate your insurance if the car is stolen! If you have stated in your proposal that you have a factory fitted (Volvo, and therefore rolling code) immobiliser, but you then go on to disable it and the car is stolen, the Insurance Company is surely entitled to refuse to pay out.
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Jul 24th, 2012, 16:54 | #15 |
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pity we are all so honest on the forum.
now some not so honest car owners would check there car insurance and claim a new key saying the key was lost.
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Sep 25th, 2012, 11:39 | #16 | |
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Some time ago I had starting problem, but after seaching this excellent forum I just disconnekted the antenna and connected it again and the car has started ever since then. Insurance is no problem - today we have one nonchipped key each in the family and the chipped key under drvers mat ! What chances are there Timpsons can make a working chipped key from all car data VIN etc. I dont like to send them the only chipped key I have? |
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