Oh dear, I've lost my keys

[Tripletrouble]

So, how much is a replacement fob going to cost me I wonder?

[Whippy53]

check your car insurance, might not cost you anything.

[Forkit]

Ah, fond memories of the Great British Beer Festival.
A friend brought along the keys for a Transit he'd hired to move house the next day.

Imagine his surprise at finding out it would cost £800 to have the locks changed

[Tripletrouble]

check your car insurance, might not cost you anything.
I've just checked, it does thankfully.
Plus replacement of ignition, immobiliser etc, etc.
I'm going to give it 24 hours to see if they are found, after that I'm phoning the insurance company.

[Guest 2]

Well its only a matter of having the old key divorced from the car and a new one made up and married to the car (so to speak).

The key blade will obviously still open the car but it ain't going anywhere!

[Tripletrouble]

Sorry to sound stupid but how do they "divorce" a key from the car that I don't have?

[Guest 2]

Through their computer. The key is matched electronically to the car and if the driver should lose said key, the lost key will be wiped from the cars memory and will not start the car or switch on the ignition.

[Tripletrouble]

I see, cheers. So what do you reckon, £200 for the key, coding, etc?

[Guest 2]

No idea, best speaking to Audi direct or if you have key protection on your insurance use that.

[Tripletrouble]

Key protection insurance only applies if your keys are lost or stolen and have something on them that would identify your car.
A new key is £297.24.
They cannot deactivate the old key. They code the new key and your existing one with a new code to the car.

[diecastsink]

I do not know what is the situation now, but earlier with my A4 B7 (had several faulty remotes) they could delete all keys and then program new keys. So the old keys were deleted (divorced) electrically, but the blade still works, as mentioned. Btw, C7 shows in MMI how many keys are programmed. Actually they can delete individual keys, but usually they will delete all and then reprogram new ones.

[johnsimcox]

Key protection insurance only applies if your keys are lost or stolen and have something on them that would identify your car.
A new key is £297.24.
They cannot deactivate the old key. They code the new key and your existing one with a new code to the car.
Don't forget to get them to also recode the plastic emergency key.

[Tripletrouble]

I ordered the key this morning.
At lunchtime I had a call from my Sons school. The found a bunch of keys in his school bag when they were getting his costume out for the school Christmas play. I immediately rang Cardiff Audi and cancelled the order.
TFFT, almost £300 sovs saved just before Chrimbo. Result.

[Passatier3]

Nice one TT. Your son can have a Christmas present as well now! :D

[Igloo]

I ordered the key this morning.
At lunchtime I had a call from my Sons school. The found a bunch of keys in his school bag when they were getting his costume out for the school Christmas play. I immediately rang Cardiff Audi and cancelled the order.
TFFT, almost £300 sovs saved just before Chrimbo. Result.

Woops, Atleast it's been found :)

[daycartes]

Well done for finding your keys. However the question is- Is Audi Key Insurance worthwhile. I know that it doesn't cost anything but if I have to lose my keys with the reg number on them to be able to claim then it isn't really fit for purpose. Having the reg number on the key fob could be regarded as not taking adequate precautions to prevent theft! I wonder if any one of you forumistes has successfully claimed. Is this why the dealers have ident tags on the key fobs?- so that they can claim!!

[Tripletrouble]

No idea. This was my car insurance, Aviva.

[Igloo]

Well done for finding your keys. However the question is- Is Audi Key Insurance worthwhile. I know that it doesn't cost anything but if I have to lose my keys with the reg number on them to be able to claim then it isn't really fit for purpose. Having the reg number on the key fob could be regarded as not taking adequate precautions to prevent theft! I wonder if any one of you forumistes has successfully claimed. Is this why the dealers have ident tags on the key fobs?- so that they can claim!!

"Well, When I lost the keys it DID have a return address on a keychain"...

[Aautolocksmith]

From our customers experience I have a feeling most of these key cover companies are not great.

Had a case where customer lost their keys we provided a full invoice claiming we had provided customer with a fully working remote key, only to get a call from the insurance company saying they only cover non remote keys even though that the customer lost a remote. There are many different insurance companies for keys out there so can't speak for all of them.


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