Key programming
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Otherwise, if bugeye can't help, you have to go thru a dealership. The key is coded to your VIN. They require the VIN number and proof of ownership. You can fax or email copies of those documents. I've been down this road. You have to think past the pocket book. Otherwise, anybody could obtain a key and drive off with yours.
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Welcome, yep coded to Vin and again make sure you take your proof of ownership. If you get some off ebay or other places watch as they state it works without anything, which it has to be coded and new.
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I googled the website his link shows and checked availability for my State. It says there is one a bit over 200 miles away. Handy as hell for a quick roadside rescue don'cha think? And how long would it take them to acquire a factory key set to the VIN?
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Anyone who is interested can always pm me for the website name.
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Seems to me this thread has taken on a subject worthy of serious consideration. The popularity of beer has taken on an entirely new direction over the past 15 to 20 years. Was a time that beer meant lager or pilsner. It wasn't long ago that we could count maybe 1 to 2K the number of breweries across the country. Now I understand there are more than 5K. All I can say at this point, my beer fridge isn't big enough.
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Seems to me this thread has taken on a subject worthy of serious consideration. The popularity of beer has taken on an entirely new direction over the past 15 to 20 years. Was a time that beer meant lager or pilsner. It wasn't long ago that we could count maybe 1 to 2K the number of breweries across the country. Now I understand there are more than 5K. All I can say at this point, my beer fridge isn't big enough.
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I know there weren't many. To compare what they were brewing back then with what is available now is like..hmmmm..you could compare a lot of the old stuff to sex in a canoe. (if you need to know the comparison, PM me. The answer is not suitable for some public sensibilities.)
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I would see if you could get your money back for that eBay key.
Val
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I had to get a new fob for my 07 pretty early on ... one failed in the first year
dealer told me I had to provide the registration and ID and then come in for programming. I faxed the info and a while later got a call that the new fob was ready for pickup. "can you mail it to me?"
"No, it must be programmed to the car."
So I drive an hour to the dealer, go to parts and they hand me the new FOB .... "So what do we need to do to program it?"
"Nothing, just go use it on the car?"
"I thought it needed to be programmed to the car? grrrrrrrrrr"
Seems a 'virgin FOD can connect to the first car it ever sees ...... but a reused fob needs to be reprogrammed.
Summary
I got a NEW FACTORY FOB
it worked the first time I used it
car never saw the service bay when the new FOB was picked up ....
If Ebay sells a virgin it could work
If ebay sells a 'recovered' forgetaboutit.
i would mention that my factory replacement came with a properly cut KEY .... not just the FOB ....
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update
reading between the lines from the post immediately below
MAYBE (and talking GEN2 here)
a FOB can not be reprogrammed at all .... so purchasing a used FOB is wasted $
a new factory 'basic' FOB is connected by VIN and will work without 'programming' UNLESS it is 'comfort access' where a car to FOB programming step IS required .... for the CA functions
but I'm guessing on these new ideas ....
dealer told me I had to provide the registration and ID and then come in for programming. I faxed the info and a while later got a call that the new fob was ready for pickup. "can you mail it to me?"
"No, it must be programmed to the car."
So I drive an hour to the dealer, go to parts and they hand me the new FOB .... "So what do we need to do to program it?"
"Nothing, just go use it on the car?"
"I thought it needed to be programmed to the car? grrrrrrrrrr"
Seems a 'virgin FOD can connect to the first car it ever sees ...... but a reused fob needs to be reprogrammed.
Summary
I got a NEW FACTORY FOB
it worked the first time I used it
car never saw the service bay when the new FOB was picked up ....
If Ebay sells a virgin it could work
If ebay sells a 'recovered' forgetaboutit.
i would mention that my factory replacement came with a properly cut KEY .... not just the FOB ....
***************
MY EXPERIENCE .... not entering an argument ....
*************
update
reading between the lines from the post immediately below
MAYBE (and talking GEN2 here)
a FOB can not be reprogrammed at all .... so purchasing a used FOB is wasted $
a new factory 'basic' FOB is connected by VIN and will work without 'programming' UNLESS it is 'comfort access' where a car to FOB programming step IS required .... for the CA functions
but I'm guessing on these new ideas ....
Last edited by Capt_bj; 04-12-2018 at 02:22 PM.
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I went through this process a month ago. Drove to West Palm Beach with the necessary paperwork. $400 later I drove home and waited for the call that my new fob was in. As it turned out they call MINI. In New York and it was produced that day and shipped out before the end of the workday. Yes, it is a virgin fob but it’s only going to work on your car. Holding it in for 15 seconds was all it took. I do have comfort access but for them to program that was an additional $99 which I didn’t care about. This was my spare key. The garage that I go to in Vero just said to bite the bullet on this one as they made it so a garage could not offer any help.
Last edited by Shiner; 04-14-2018 at 08:07 AM.
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