Replacement key fob
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Thanks. I know some locksmiths can program them but not sure about this. Guess I'll call our local mini dealer and prepare to be bent over.
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My thing is, where do those selling on ebay get the keys? Sure some might still have one from their car but there are listings on there for keys not cut & some that have several for sell. Steal 'em??? Just interesting.......
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mini-cooper-remote-key-fobs-6-/181128416817?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2a2c184e31&vxp=mtr
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MINI-COOPER-REMOTE-FOB-IGNITION-START-KEY-SHELL-BLANK-HOUSING-CASING-COVER-/290899288106?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item43baf2e02a&vxp=mtr
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I was just curious to see if it worked, obviously the key portion worked but the buttons would lock/unlock. I tried to start it and vrooom it started. Then I stepped out the car and tried the lock again and boom! Lock and unlock.
Cracked the code? Who knows.
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Holy crap, that's expensive for a key. I just bought a used Acura with just one key. Locksmith charged me $65 and i thought that was expensive...
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a few weeks after I got my new off the lot 07-S one of the FOBs stopped working.
A few calls and yes warranty would replace but I had to go to the dealer to get it. You can't mail it? NO..... we have to program it to the car ... and see certain documentation. A few fax's and phone calls pass . . .
So they call me and say it has arrived and I drive to the dealer (an hour). They check the paper work and hand me the new fob (fob only, NOT the key part). I hold out my key and ask them if they want me to pull my car up to the garage. "no" they take my old fob and tell me the new one should work fine .... come back if it doesn't My car never left the parking lot.
I walk out to the car and press the unlock button and the new fob works fine . . .
Having driven an hour each way for nothing I was kinda pissed and went back to the service manager and asked what the . . . you COULD have mailed this . .
He told me - a fob that has never been associated with a car will link to the first car it sees. But to CHANGE an association requires reprogramming.
FOR ME - bottom line was NO reprogramming was needed and I got a new working FOB (btw - NO not comfort access and they changed the battery) but was pissed I had to drive the 100+ miles when they could have MAILED it to me.
BS? I dunno .... but I KNOW my car was not programmed for a new FOB, it never got closer than 25 yards to the garage
A few calls and yes warranty would replace but I had to go to the dealer to get it. You can't mail it? NO..... we have to program it to the car ... and see certain documentation. A few fax's and phone calls pass . . .
So they call me and say it has arrived and I drive to the dealer (an hour). They check the paper work and hand me the new fob (fob only, NOT the key part). I hold out my key and ask them if they want me to pull my car up to the garage. "no" they take my old fob and tell me the new one should work fine .... come back if it doesn't My car never left the parking lot.
I walk out to the car and press the unlock button and the new fob works fine . . .
Having driven an hour each way for nothing I was kinda pissed and went back to the service manager and asked what the . . . you COULD have mailed this . .
He told me - a fob that has never been associated with a car will link to the first car it sees. But to CHANGE an association requires reprogramming.
FOR ME - bottom line was NO reprogramming was needed and I got a new working FOB (btw - NO not comfort access and they changed the battery) but was pissed I had to drive the 100+ miles when they could have MAILED it to me.
BS? I dunno .... but I KNOW my car was not programmed for a new FOB, it never got closer than 25 yards to the garage
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