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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: John Lewis on 01 March 2009, 21:29:00

Title: Key fob question
Post by: John Lewis on 01 March 2009, 21:29:00

My new car has no master key, just a transponder key and one of these fobs:

http://tinyurl.com/bwwk2y

Which is shite by the way and only works now & again.

Can I reprogram the master key from my old car at the stealers? Do I need to re-order the master? How much do either/both cost roughly?

Any experts in the OOF field that do this sort of thing?

Title: Re: Key fob question
Post by: PaulW on 01 March 2009, 21:31:47

Omega's don't really have a 'Master' key as such.  Unsure about that transponder type you have, might be aftermarket fitment if the previous owner lost the key perhaps...???

You should have a 'Car Pass' (small piece of card with lots of numbers on), this will have the code needed to code in new remotes.  You can get it from VX for about £25 if you don't, all you need to take is your registration document.

Title: Re: Key fob question
Post by: TheBoy on 01 March 2009, 21:50:54

vauxhalls don't use 'master keys', thats more a ford thing.

key needs to be prog'd to car with specialist equipment

Title: Re: Key fob question
Post by: John Lewis on 02 March 2009, 10:35:08

Cool.

Fortunately for me the interior and wallet have been well looked after, so the car pass is present. Awesomeness, cheers, TheBoy!

PaulW: yes I think theyre Timpsons specials IMHO - the cheapest I've seen around - or fleabay.

Do VX program the keys while you wait or do you need to send it off? Can I get my existing on-key fobs reprogged then and source a new blade, or will the stealers try and get me to have all new ones?

Title: Re: Key fob question
Post by: TheBoy on 02 March 2009, 16:14:10

Quote

Cool.

Fortunately for me the interior and wallet have been well looked after, so the car pass is present. Awesomeness, cheers, TheBoy!

PaulW: yes I think theyre Timpsons specials IMHO - the cheapest I've seen around - or fleabay.

Do VX program the keys while you wait or do you need to send it off? Can I get my existing on-key fobs reprogged then and source a new blade, or will the stealers try and get me to have all new ones?

Personally, I reuse older fobs, and older keys (if they have enough metal on to be recut).

I have a fob here thats programmed to both my cars, so if we're out with friends, we can give them a fob in case they need to go back to car etc.