Lost Key, Now what?
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From: Burlington, New Jersey, USA
Lost Key, Now what?
I finally did it. I lost one of the keys 
. Now what do I do? :impatient. When I was given the wrong valet key they had to send away accross the pond for it.
. Now what do I do? :impatient. When I was given the wrong valet key they had to send away accross the pond for it.
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From: Augusta, GA
You pretty much have two options, and which one to pick kinda depends on *how* you lost the key.
Is the key gone forever, with little or no chance of recovery, or it ever meeting up with your MINI again (ie, you lost it in California on vacation, and you live in Florida)? If so, you can just order a new one from the dealership. It's going to cost about $100-$150, and it'll take a while, as it's going to come from across the pond (unless things changed fairly recently).
If you think that the key could be picked up by someone in the area where you live, work, shop, or play, for safety of the vehicle, I would get the locks changed and recoded.
If I remember correctly, someone else had to do that and it cost about $750 or so. Otherwise, your MINI could be stolen with the key. And if insurance got wind of that, you'd be SOL.
(I actually started looking into this last week when I thought I lost my spare key. Luckily, when I was describing my dillema to my significant other, she found it laying literally next to my feet!
)
-Paul!
Is the key gone forever, with little or no chance of recovery, or it ever meeting up with your MINI again (ie, you lost it in California on vacation, and you live in Florida)? If so, you can just order a new one from the dealership. It's going to cost about $100-$150, and it'll take a while, as it's going to come from across the pond (unless things changed fairly recently).
If you think that the key could be picked up by someone in the area where you live, work, shop, or play, for safety of the vehicle, I would get the locks changed and recoded.
If I remember correctly, someone else had to do that and it cost about $750 or so. Otherwise, your MINI could be stolen with the key. And if insurance got wind of that, you'd be SOL.(I actually started looking into this last week when I thought I lost my spare key. Luckily, when I was describing my dillema to my significant other, she found it laying literally next to my feet!
)-Paul!
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 1,150
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From: Burlington, New Jersey, USA
Never Mind. It sucks getting old. At least now I know what to do when I do lose it.
Lose What?:impatient
Lose your key dumby.
I lost my Key!
When did I lose my key?
I lost somethimg, but I don't think it was my key
!!
. It sucks getting old. At least now I know what to do when I do lose it. Lose What?:impatient
Lose your key dumby.
I lost my Key!
When did I lose my key? I lost somethimg, but I don't think it was my key
!!
Last edited by FranticFreddy; Aug 18, 2007 at 08:46 PM.
I have an '06. My condo was broken into and the people stole my spare set of keys. I still had a set though. I could NOT get it reprogrammed. I only had ONE option and that was it....rekey the entire car. Grand total out the door $1000. Well, $997 to be more accurate. Pretty stupid if you ask me that ONLY option is to rekey.
Now I don't know what happens if you have an older model. My SA told me that the '06 was the only one where you had to rekey everything. DOn't know what to tell you. Hope you don't have to pay a grand like I did. :impatient
Pretty stupid if you ask me that ONLY option is to rekey.Now I don't know what happens if you have an older model. My SA told me that the '06 was the only one where you had to rekey everything. DOn't know what to tell you. Hope you don't have to pay a grand like I did. :impatient
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I have an '06. My condo was broken into and the people stole my spare set of keys. I still had a set though. I could NOT get it reprogrammed. I only had ONE option and that was it....rekey the entire car. Grand total out the door $1000. Well, $997 to be more accurate. Pretty stupid if you ask me that ONLY option is to rekey.
Now I don't know what happens if you have an older model. My SA told me that the '06 was the only one where you had to rekey everything. DOn't know what to tell you. Hope you don't have to pay a grand like I did. :impatient
Pretty stupid if you ask me that ONLY option is to rekey.Now I don't know what happens if you have an older model. My SA told me that the '06 was the only one where you had to rekey everything. DOn't know what to tell you. Hope you don't have to pay a grand like I did. :impatient
Quick, wire in a kill switch before they come back and steal your MINI
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