Page 1 of £58.95 + £8.70 to get a remote Ford Car Key to work again - Help!

Went into Ford dealership today cause Ford Mondeo key would not work remotely - only by sticking it in the car keyhole.

Got two batteries at £8.70 from parts dept
Went to Service dept where they fitted them in for free. The batteries were okay but the key still didn`t work remotely. They said they would have to stick it into their computer to recode it cost £58.95 takes about 45 mins - oh and I had to get all keys recoded.

Is this a Joke? No they said - but even then the key might be faulty!

I`m really P*ss*d off. For all I know they could have screwed it up by taking longer than 15 secs to install the batteries - who knows - it worked okay before.

Any nice person out there know if there is another cheaper way round this?

Thanks Niteowl

Just phoned my mate and he said that at his garage if you have bought the car there it`s free, if you bought it elsewhere it`s a tenner.

58 quid eh?.. well mines gonna cost me £150 to get a replacement for my Renault Clio... you can get a third party company to replace the key.. but i`m pretty sure they can`t operate the central locking.. just the imobiliser.. i`ve resigned myself to fact that i have to unlock and lock all doors manually... and that goes against my pact of no exercise

ROT.....You can re programme your key fob yourself ,save your money m8,what key fob you got ??? 3 button or 2 ??

concerned 1st post :-)

Hi lei179
I`ve got the 2 button. I`ve tried re programming it using instructions in hand book - but obviously doing something wrong cause I still can`t get it to work.

Any help appreciated.

Niteowl

hi m8,
follow instructions on this link very easy to do,saved myself some cash with this one.

cheers.
http://www.mirez.co.uk/KeyProg.htm

Hi Thanks for the link. Will give it a go.
Hopefully when it works I`ll tell Ford where they can stick their remote control key charges.

Niteowl

Leil179

You`re a Star!
after almost giving up - you just saved me £58! the link you gave did it. After several attempts and in sheer frustration. the Dam thing worked!
No thanks to Ford or their Manuals - what a load of s***e.

Cheers I owe you a pint mate.
Niteowl

Looking at what help you have had nightowl, does any one know of a link for "renault scenic" key fobs

Glad i could help Nightowl.

RENAULT CODES ARE ALL VERY SIMILAR,
TRY THESE :-)
http://www.advanced-diagnostics.co.uk/keyfob.pdf



cheers guys.